Update: Microsoft-Skype Deal Apparently Confirmed For $8.5b–Press Event 8am
All Things Digital (of The Wall Street Journal) is now reporting the Microsoft and Skype is a done deal and they will officially make an acquisition announcement tomorrow morning at 5am PT (8am EST) for a price of $8.5b after considering their long term debt. Apparently Ballmer has been personally heavily involved in the negotiations.
anyone else hoping their Windows Phone alarm wakes them up at all early tomorrow?
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Hey great. Now here’s another soon to be MS app/feature that will be way better on MS’s competitor devices than on it’s own.
>:-\
Building out an ecosystem while taking a dump in your competitor’s kitchen is sweet!
@Sean: Touche’!
There goes the neighborhood.
Hmm, Google Voice versus Skype Out. Smart Move again, MS. Apple/RIM, it’s your move.
Quick side note:
For those of you who don’t know, Skype out in the US is $2.99 for 10,000 minutes a month (domestic calling).
Just to show how nerdy someone (OK, me) can be about that, imagine this situation:
– A MiFi device from Virgin (about 40 bucks a month)
– Any device that has the Skype app and Bluetooth or a built in Mic with WiFi (Galaxy Player, Current Generation iOS device)
– Skype-Out Account with phone number ($6.99 every three months I believe)
(Why not Google Voice? It still needs a number to forward to…)
Technically, you can have your own little carrier set up with no (smartphone) for 50 bucks a month. That’s why I will forever love Skype. eBay owned or Microsoft owned.