iSkoot for Skype Launches in Android Market.

iSkoot is First VoIP Application Available in the Android Market

SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 22 /PRNewswire/ -- iSkoot, a leading provider of Web communication services made for mobile phones, today announced that its mobile application, iSkoot for Skype, is launching in the Android Market, Google's new mobile application store. iSkoot for Skype is the first VoIP solution available in Google's Android Market.

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iSkoot for Skype makes it easy and affordable for people to keep in touch with friends, family and contacts with an always-on-the-go lifestyle. iSkoot for Skype leverages the voice-optimized circuit-switched wireless networks of mobile carriers, allowing for full operation even without access to WiFi or 3G networks and ensuring the best possible call quality. Normal carrier voice and data charges always apply.

"We are honored to be the first mobile VoIP application available in the Android Market because we are dedicated to bringing carrier-grade Web communications services to mobile phones and platforms around the globe," said Jim Hudak, iSkoot Vice President of Business Development. "iSkoot continues to work on delivering innovative products that give people a rich mobile experience so that they can cut the cord from their desktop."

Available immediately for download in Google's Android Market, iSkoot for Skype also runs on nearly all major mobile platforms, including J2ME, S60v3, UIQ, Palm, Windows Mobile and BlackBerry. Android is an open and compressive mobile operating platform developed by an alliance of leading technology and wireless companies including Google Inc., T-Mobile, HTC, Qualcomm, Motorola, and many others.

iSkoot has built significant momentum during the past year with the recent acquisition of Social.IM, the social network IM client, which positions iSkoot to grow beyond mobile VoIP and create a compelling and valuable consumer solution with a growing lineup of Web communications that can be integrated and pushed to your phone.

   For more information, visit http://www.iskoot.com/.    About iSkoot  

San Francisco-based iSkoot, with offices in Cambridge and Israel, brings leading internet services like Skype(TM) to mobile handsets around the world, delivering rich consumer experiences. iSkoot worked with Skype and Hutchison to launch the first carrier-deployed mobile Skype application in 2006, and delivered software for the Mobile World Congress award-winning 3 Skypephone currently sold in eight countries on three continents. iSkoot takes advantage of the voice-optimized circuit-switched network for delivery of voice communications, in keeping with its mission to engineer elegant and mobile operator solutions to the challenge of bringing resource-intensive internet services to mobile handsets. For more information, visit http://www.iskoot.com/.

iSkoot is a trademark of iSkoot Inc. All other trademarks, service marks and company names are the property of their respective owners.

    Contact:    Erica Jostedt    SutherlandGold Group for iSkoot    415.848.7172    erica@sutherlandgold.com  

CONTACT: Erica Jostedt of SutherlandGold Group, +1-415-848-7172, erica@sutherlandgold.com, for iSkoot

Web site: http://www.iskoot.com/