Another of our guests at the recent Skypephone S2 event has written up his thoughts on the day, namely one Neville Hobson, who tried out the first Skypephone last year. He found it “a great product” which “introduced the benefits of Skype to many people in a package that really is pretty affordable”.

As well as linking to Chris Dawson’s post on the event, Neville offers his thoughts on the Skypephone S2’s position in the ever-changing marketplace – the fact that the new model will come with HSDPA is its “biggest appeal”, something that was “sorely lacking” in the original model. Neville also thinks the design has been improved; the larger, high-res screen gets the thumbs up, though he doesn’t think the 3.2MP camera is a big enough leap, though “it’s better” than the 2MP camera on the original Skypephone.

Though Neville thinks he won’t buy a Skypephone S2, he does think they will “fly off the shelves from next month” due to the mere £70 cost of the PAYG version as it’s much more affordable than other, higher spec phones. Head over to read the full article at Neville’s blog.