Personalize Skype

An article I came across last week talks about a new plan that lets a user Personalize Skype by using avatars, having specialized ring tones, etc.

The ringtones and avatars are not particulary new, but what caught my eye was the partner they chose to enable the payments for these technologies. Qpass has been a market leader in the micropayment space for some time and from what I have heard they have made great strides as more and more digital content has been bought by users, in the form of ringtones, games, news articles, and phone minutes.

Qpass is a solid company for sure, but one has to ask if that relationship will last considering PayPal is now under the same roof as Skype. It will be interesting to see how this develops.