Laurence-Hélène of Blog Till You Drop has taken sometime out to review the 3 Skypephone and identify its key sector of the market.

Having worked with mobile phones and consumer purchasing habits, she is well schooled in giving her view of how things breakdown when it comes to the type of individuals who are buying devices. Splitting the market three ways into “Techno Geeks”, “Love Phones” and “Cost Conscious Consumers”, it is those she describes as being driven by tariffs and respective value that the 3 Skypephone will appeal to most. Offering reasoning behind this choice including the obvious financial advantage of Skype, Laurence-Hélène then talks more generally, “The 3 Skypephone is a great little phone – sleek, nice blue back-light and intuitive.”

The article also features some speculation on the shape of things to come in 2008 regarding the mobile sector, all of which you can read by heading here.