Skype users everywhere will be very happy that the free phoning system is now available on a new phone – and those who are new to it will wonder why they haven't been using it for years already...

WHO WOULD USE IT?

Anyone who buys the new 3 Skypephone, whether they are an old hand at calling people via their PC or they are new to it. Anyone who wants free Skype to Skype calls when out and about.

WALK THROUGH

The first screen, once you log on, offers you a choice of the languages the phone is available (it will eventually be available in English, Italian German, Mandarin, Swedish and Danish) in and once you’re past that you’re into a clean page with all the guidance you need to use the phone.

The first section covers all the basics you need to know about the 3 Skypephone.

If you don't already know you'll find out what Skype is and how the new phone works. There's a step-by-step guide, complete with screengrabs, to creating a Skype account and adding Skype contacts to your phone. For those of you with Skype accounts already there is a guide to logging in the mobile phone way.

Obviously there is also a guide on how to call and send Instant Messages to other Skype users as well as calling those who’ve not discovered it yet – it’s made clear how you make free calls, which calls you will have to pay for and how the system works in tandem with Skype on your PC, if you have it.

The 3Skypephone includes internet access on the handset and the site goes through the various features on the phone which lead you on to the mobile web.

Plus, no phone is complete now without camera and music-playing capabilities and there is a “how to” guide to taking and storing photos and downloading and playing your favourite tunes.

Below this section is a link to frequently asked questions, which is a pretty comprehensive section covering everything that you may need answering. For those of you with little time (or patience) to spare to figure things out there's also a handy fast guide with indicators which make all the phone’s screen icons, as well as the key pad buttons’ functions, clear. The guide also links to the sites where you can find out where and how to buy one although you have to go the pc website to buy the new phone.