Immediately prior to the announcement of Microsoft acquiring Skype, the team had been investigating the opportunity of creating a Windows Phone 7 application.
At short notice, I put together a conceptual application presented by Joe Belfiore at Microsoft's MIX 11 conference, showcasing how the Skype brand could fit within the concept of a panorama based application.
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