Until recently, Skype required that you store your contacts on your desktop or laptop. This reduced mobility, and broke one of the rules for Office 2.0. Skype changed this and is storing contacts online now. Combined with the proper headset, this might make it the first Office 2.0 phone.

If you’re using a dekstop, many headsets will work just fine. But if your primary computer is a laptop equipped with Bluetooth, the Plantronics Voyager 510 is a pretty interesting option. Multipoint technology enables seamless switching between your laptop and your mobile phone, allowing you to carry a single headset — therefore a single charger — on the road.

Moving forward, it would be nice to integrate Skype’s contact list with Salesforce.com’s. There is a simple AppExchange application for initiating Skype calls related to specific oppotunities, but it’s not generic-enough to be really useful. Ideally, anytime a contact is recorded into Salesforce.com with a Skype ID, it should be automatically recorded into Skype as well. Skype currently provides a client-side API, but it does not support REST or SOAP.

UPDATE 6/10/2007: SanDisk now offers smart drives preloaded with Skype.