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The official Samsung Froyo 2.2 update on the Galaxy S has been extremely sketchy. Its been released then pulled. Seems that a mixture of politics (profit) and a possible flawed update are just 2 of the reasons for the problems. Samsung seem to have not really wanted to update their Galaxy S (or the Fascinate - the American version), as it then made their newer model phone seem unimpressive, and folks may well have felt the original Galaxy S (with Froyo) would be good enough, and then not upgrade phone models. Either way, the Froyo update is still being rolled out very slowly, and apparently begrudgingly.
The HTC Desire on Froyo seems a good option, even though the Galaxy S have better video playback capabilities. But for Skype, it seems ideal......and a bit of a bargain now, as more and more later phones are released. The HTC Desire HD rendered the regular Desire to the "good, but not as powerful" domain.
As for factory unlocked - any phone from Expansys, Clove and I think Carphonewarehouse also, comes unlocked from any network.
EDIT:
The official Skype page says that it is aware of problems with Samsung Galaxy S. Therefore it seems that the choice is being made for you, no?
http://blogs.skype.com/en/2010/10/android.html
*Skyp*e is not available in the Android Market in China or Japan.
*Skype has been tested on HTC and Motorola devices with Android OS 2.1 and above. It may work on other Android phones, but we can’t guarantee full functionality or compatibility. We’re aware of some problems with the Samsung Galaxy S, and we’re looking to address these in the future.*
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