Earlier today Nokia, with over 850 million wireless handsets sold, announced a new partnership with Skype: From a Business Week report this morning:

Nokia said it will cooperate with eBay Inc.'s Skype telecommunications subsidiary to enable cell phone users to make calls over the Internet, particularly with its new N800 Internet Tablet, which allows wireless Skype connections.

The initial product resulting from this partnership is Skype integration into the new N800 which appears to be already available in the U.S. but will need an upgrade later this spring:

Skype said it will team up with Nokia with the N800, which is already commercially available in the U.S. and selected European countries. The updated version of the device with Skype features will be available by the end of first half of 2007, Nokia said.

It seems that pictures of the N800 have leaked out. We expect to hear more information about this device at the Skype press conference later this morning.

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