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At the Mobile World Congress show in Barcelona, Verizon and Skype announced a new service that would be available for 3G smartphones with a data plan in March. The new product called Skype mobile can be used to make/receive unlimited Skype-to-Skype calls and send/receive instant messages to virtually any Skype user; call international phone numbers at Skype Out calling rates, and finally see if Skype friends are online. Here's a list of the smartphones that will work with Skype mobile in March: BlackBerry Storm 9530, Storm 9550, Curve 8330, Curve 8530, 8830 World Edition and Tour 9630smartphones, as well as DROID by Motorola, DROID ERIS by HTC and Motorola DEVOUR.

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