Cellulare Magazine have published a hands-on video of the new Skype cell phone offered by 3 Mobile (see yesterday’s coverage).

A few observations:

• The handset itself won’t win any prizes on the style-front. It’s a bog standard candy-bar design, with a slightly cheap looking trim. This isn’t a phone for the tech-savvy early adopter crowd to rival the iPhone, but is squarely aimed at younger, more general, price conscious consumers.
• Despite offering first-of-its-kind native Skype functionality, the phone doesn’t feature WiFi. Duh!
• Sending Skype-to-Skype IMs maybe free, but there is, sadly, no QWERTY keyboard.
• Presence — the ability to see who is “online” and ready to receive a call — is a great feature on a cell phone.

Watch the video for yourself, after the jump…

Other posts that may be of interest

• Through its own mobile client, Skype is now available on about 50 cellphones
• Skype, U.K. mobile carrier 3 introduce first true mobile Skype phone
• Poll: Can Skype replace your landline?
• Sony releases updated Mylo personal communicator; adds Skype capability to PSP
• Weekly wrapup, 29 October - 2 November 2007
• Skype outage makes for a quiet working day

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