Windows Phone Thoughts: Microsoft to Integrate VoIP into Windows Mobile?

"Coming from a source we tend to trust quite a bit, comes the hot juicy rumor that Microsoft may be up to some coup d'etat: Adding Voice Over IP functionality in Windows Mobile phones - at least the Pocket PC variant. In a move sure to conquer the hearts and souls of wireless carriers (or "operators" as we like to call them here), Microsoft is expected to offer an unobtrusive substitute for the already built in dialing application which will be able to initiate calls through the standardized SIP-protocol, which is much bigger here in Germany than the over hyped Skype."

PPCT reader MarcTGFG has started a new dual-language (German/English) PDA news blog, and has some interesting inaugural articles, including this one about Microsoft potentially including VoIP in future Windows Mobile versions. He speculates that this may lead to friction between MS and the carriers. I don't know, but I'm guessing MS would take steps to avoid that, since converged devices seems to be their key push at this time.