Skype Tests Android App

Skype already offers a mobile app for select Java-enabled LG, Motorola, Nokia, Samsung, and Sony Ericsson phones. Now, the company is testing an application for Android on the T-Mobile G1.

With this app, users can call and text chat with their Skype friends using their phone’s cellular network, as opposed to their PC’s Wi-Fi or local connecton. That also means you’re subject to your carrier’s calling and data rates, whereas if you made a Skype-to-Skype call on your PC it would be free.

So, you take a hit on costs, but the beauty of it, of course, is the mobility; you can call your Skype friends anywhere, and not have to be tethered to your PC. Particularly, if you’re calling Skype friends living abroad, it’s still a less expensive way of keeping in touch than placing a regular phone call.

Having trouble imagining how this works? Check out the gallery after the jump.