The Nokia N810 Internet Tablet sits on display at the Web. 2.0 Summit in San Francisco, California October 18, 2007. Top mobile phone maker Nokia is introducing an upgraded version of a wireless multimedia device without a phone, the company said on Wednesday, as it takes aim at Apple Inc's iPod Touch. The Nokia N810 Internet Tablet is intended for heavy users of Web sites, such as Google, Skype, Facebook and Flickr. It connects to Wi-Fi hot spots or Bluetooth connections, instead of cellular networks, as mobile phones do.

BEIJING, April 21 (Xinhuanet) -- The Internet calling subsidiary of eBay Skype is introducing its first plan for unlimited calls to overseas phones which will allow unlimited calls to land-line phones in over 30 countries for 9.95 U.S. dollars per month, media reported Monday

"Skype has already been selling unlimited calls to the U.S. and Canada for 3 dollars a month. It is expanding that offering with another plan, for 5.95 dollars per month, that gives free calls to Mexico City, Guadalajara and Monterrey, and a discount on calls to other places in Mexico," said Don Albert, vice president and general manager for Skype North America.

Skype is generally used as a software application running on a computer equipped with a microphone and speakers or a headset.

"But subscribers will also have the option to call a local number from their phones and be connected to international numbers that fall under their plan, paying only local access charges or using their cell-phone airtime," said Don Albert.

Unlimited international calling plans have been popping up in recent years from hardware-based phone services like Vonage International Holdings Corp. and cable companies, but the prices are generally higher, and the plans are add-ons to basic calling plans that cost even more.

Skype said its subscribers called phones for 1.7 billion minutes in the first three months of the year, compared with 14.2 billion minutes used in computer-to-computer sessions, which are free.