According to the Skype development team a Skype application for the Pre is on the back burner. The dev team says that it is working on applications for Windows Mobile, Android, and the iPhone in the first half of 2009.

That said, the first half of 2009 is nearly over, perhaps it won’t be too long before Skype comes to the Pre. An official statement from the Skype dev team gives no estimated launch date. Read the official statement after the jump.

“We are focused on delivering the best Skype experience for mobile consumers that we can, across any cell phone or mobile operating system. If someone has a cell phone, we want them to be able to use Skype on it. That’s our vision and we’ve already delivered new mobile applications for Windows Mobile, Java-enabled cell phones, Android-powered devices and the iPhone in the first half of 2009. As things are evolving quickly in this space, we will continue to keep our eye on Palm’s Pre and webOS platform, which seems to be getting good traction in its first weekend. But we have nothing to announce at this time.”

[via The Mobiler]