Telephone calls across the Internet with eBay’s Skype service will soon be free of clunky headsets, computers and cables: the application is going mobile across Europe, thanks to a new “Skype Phone” from Hutchison Whampoa’s wireless subsidiary 3.

Britain will be the first country to try out the new phone on Friday, which will eventually be available across Europe and Asia by the end of the year. The handset will retail for $102.92 as part of a prepay package–or for free with a contract–and includes 3G functionality, a music player, wireless Internet and a 2 megapixel camera.

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