The First Skype Booth
Skype just recorded 30 million simultaneous users of their service. I think we can both agree on that Skype has a large user base and it is the most popular VoIP application on the world. Is it so popular that one day instead of phone booths, we will see Skype booths all over public areas like airports and hospitals? Well, we are not quite there yet, but the Estonian Tallinn Airport just placed a futuristic-looking Skype station in their building.
This Skype station has a 22-inch touchscreen and a headset and you have to log in with your Skype account to use it. If you have Skype credits, you can use them, if you don’t Skype-to-Skype usage is still free. What if you forget to log out when you are done? That shouldn’t be a problem, since the Skype booth will automatically log you out as soon as you step away from it.
I think it sounds absolutely great, and I’m curious to see if this thing will go popular in the upcoming years.


