Google Android handset to use Skype?

Quite possibly, this could be the end of cell phone plans. Imagine a cell phone with an open source linux operating system combined with Skype or Skype-like services. Unfortunately, even this combination does not do away with the need of a carrier. Although that doesn’t mean you can’t just get a data plan with any existing carrier and use that to make Skype calls on your Linux based cell phone. Now don’t get me wrong, Google has the muscle to partner or start their own cell phone carrier service. But there’s quite a few very different ways this could go. According to Theregoesdave.com, he has brought up this interesting theory. For more about the Google/Skype/eBay partnership or acquisition, check the Techcrunch.com article here.