In a recent conversation someone told me he believed there was a Skype for Symbian devices and I could not believe I missed it while looking for it.

So I did the obvious and typed in Google "Skype for Symbian" and the first sponsored link invites to download it directly from skype.com.

Great ! Not really. It does not exist. Or at least Skype is making it very hard to find :-)

Is this how ads work in the new world order ? Promote something that does not exist, hoping people might find something else they like instead of going to the competition. Bah!

This all despite the CEO promising to release a Symbian version as early as 2005 and recurring promises to release a Symbian version every X months. Should we look for another conspiracy theory here ?