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As with Skype on the desktop, fees will be charged for calls to traditional phones. Skype’s iPhone application will be free to download and will allow free calls between Skype users. One of Skype’s unusual iPhone features is the fact that it allows subscribers use to the phone numbers in their existing iPhone address book so they do not need duplicate lists. CCS Insight analyst Ben Wood said the new applications give best iphone app Skype a chance to boost its mobile phone position, which has been weaker than that of social sites such as Facebook, Twitter or News Corp’s MySpace. It has already announced Skype for Nokia phones and for phones based on Android, Google Inc’s mobile system, and Windows Mobile, from Microsoft Corp.