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Nintendo DS jumps on the WiFi VoIP bandwagon?

Nintendo DS

How shameful—most likely your Nintendo DS is going to pull double as a WiFi VoIP phone before your cellphone will. It's been reported that you'll be able to use the headset port on the DS along with its built-in WiFi to make VoIP calls, but it's not yet clear whether it'll be possible to use it with something like Skype or Vonage or whether it'll only work with some other proprietary (read: Nintendo-owned) service for chatting during online gaming. So many questions, so few answers…