Earlier today, Skype and Samsung announced that the free VoIP app would be available on the company’s new Samsung LED 7000 and 8000 series models, due to ship within a couple months.
The TV set continues to be the home’s convergence point for the technologies we early adopters have all been using for years. Internet video, time-shifting, gaming, music and more have been available on console gaming platforms as well as cable set-top boxes for a few years now. The last piece of the puzzle unavailable to all but the most adventurous of set-top box hackers continues to be voice connectivity.
These units are shipping now to Korea (US availability coming soon, is the closest answer I can get). Users will still have to buy a FREETALK TV Camera, available soon in the Skype Shop, according to Pocket-Lint.
Our chief CES correspondent Art Fewell captured some early footage of the Skype enabled TVs in January.
I have some calls into Samsung now to get pricing details, so expect updates as we get them.
