For me, the promised addition of Skype to the Nokia N800 Internet Tablet has meant the ability to connect to millions of Skype users for free voip calls -- a network far larger than Gizmo and Google Talk offer -- and, of course, video internet calls.

Maybe I've been missing the boat on this.

A forum post here at ITT alerted us to a post at jkontherun with a photo of Skype running on the N800 and a few pieces of information: July. No video yet.

No cam calls? What's the point? I thought.

And then I wondered why the photo showed a "Buy Skype credit" link in the app. You only use that when you pay for Skype calls, which is only when you're calling someone who doesn't have Skype.

Yikes!

Will I be able to call anyone on any landline or cellphone whatsoever from my Internet Tablet? Looks like it to me.

That, I think, is maybe going to ease my unhappiness at having to wait for Skype cam calls. More than a lot, I should say.