Skype has unveiled native BlackBerry and iPhone clients of its popular Skype VoIP application at the CTIA Wireless trade show this week. According to Skype COO Scott Durschlag, this move to offer clients additional platforms represents the first stage of Skype's strategy. The idea is that Skype will progress on to preloading by handset makers, and then to carriers themselves offering Skype. With the recent furor resulting from Nokia preloading Skype on its N97 smartphone though, it is not clear how Durschlag intends to achieve his final point.

Skype says that the BlackBerry client will be available in May for the BlackBerry Bold and Curve, with support for other models coming later. The iPhone version is already available from Apple's App Store, though it officially only works over Wi-Fi.  Both Skype messaging and video calls are supported, though not video calls. As for the soon-to-be-released Palm Pre; Skype will first observe how well the phone does before committing to it.

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