Skype Beta is now available for download in Windows Phone Marketplace. The full version will be available soon. Here is the official video

After acquisition of Skype by Microsoft last year it was expected that Windows Phone will eventually have Skype available on it. To the dismay of many, Skype was not offered with Windows Phone Mango update but MWC 2012 has finally brought Skype on Windows Phone.

In my honest opinion this announcement should have been made a couple of years back as users do not wait for features and jump to other OSs. I have disposed off my HTC HD7 due to unavailability of Skype and many other (basic and) essential features provided by Android and Apple but missing in Windows Phone. Do you own a Windows Phone? What do you think about this release?