Interestingly, I started writing an application for Windows Mobile 6.5 a few years ago that used IM methods of texting people. At that time SMS messages were ex

Interestingly, I started writing an application for Windows Mobile 6.5 a few years ago that used IM methods of texting people. At that time SMS messages were expensive (10p a message) and I wanted to avoid these costs. It wouldn't have adopted very well though as at the time no other smart phones existed (on a large scale). I thought then that the celluar networks were antiquated and would become redundant. In saying that though I still could not find the link between Microsoft and their intentions with Skype, it's kind of obvious and equally exciting when you read this article. I really hope it does pan out as the writer suggests, the only people this hurts are the carriers really and they have stung the customer for long enough. I remember when mobiles first started, costs of making a call were 60p a minute, there were reports that the costs were so over inflated that the carrier was making around 50p a minute profit. I have no moral stance in seeing them get hurt in all of this.