CES 2009 - Skype Lite for Android tomorrow, Lenovo includes VoIP remote

LAS VEGAS - It appears CNET's content management system has betrayed them! A Google search reveals "Skype Lite landing on Android phone, others too [1]," but attempts to pull up more information on the link to news.com as of 5:50 PM Vegas time return "Internal Server Error."

Fortunately, jkOnTheRun has scoured up more info on Skype Lite, the topic of discussion at Skype's press event Thursday - if everyone doesn't just skip it since the cat is out of the bag. The client will be launched tomorrow, and it will support a large number of Java-enabled handsets. A client for Google Android will also be announced, but no indications on how soon it may appear on the Android marketplace; maybe next week, maybe not. JK (well, K), goes on to speculate that Lite probably won't support more than "basic calling functionality at low rates...possibly chat."

If time permits, this reporter is also going to try to make a drive-by at Lenovo's booth. The company announced its first all-in-one desktop, the IdeaCentre A600. The slick new desktop box includes a 4-in-1 Swiss-Army-like remote control that melds the functions of "air mouse," game controller a la the Wii, VoIP handset and media center remote. I want to find out how easy (or not so easy) it is to configure the box for a VoIP service; I suspect there's a wizard of some sort loaded with a bunch of service providers.

For more:
- jkOnTheRun we sal-lute you! Post [2].
- PC World's rundown on the IdeaCentre. Blog [3].

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