3 are doing a great deal for Skype users. Buy a Skype phone from 3 on Pay As You Go for £49.95 and a you get ‘unlimited’ Skype calls over 3’s cellular network. The only constraint is that the PAYG service must be valid or renewed within 30 days of expiring. But of course you can buy a £10 non-expiring PAYG credit and then just use it as a Skype only phone. And its a very neat phone too! Cheaper and better looking and handling than the Belkin and Linksys Skype phones, both of which need Wi-Fi and therefore aren’t portable away from your home or a hotspot like the 3 phone.
Its not a smartphone, but is reasonable to use and for Skype alone its dead easy. Just click the central Skype button and Skype launches and you can make and receive Skype calls. Easy!
The only problem I’ve encountered is that the service frequently flip flops to 3G and back which seems to have less signal strength at home. Details here http://www.3skypephone.com/
