Although most of time this blog covers enterprise communications, there were some interesting stuff out of CES 2011 that may be of interest to readers.

One of the biggest and surprising news came from Skype, and CEO Tony Bates was in the Las Vegas Convention Center to deliver it live: the acquisition of Qik. Mobile video, group video calling, and the new SkypeKit SDK were also highlighted by Bates on stage. All part of the company’s ramp-up to an IPO this year.

On the other hand, VOIP provider Ooma chose to focus solely on consumer voice telephony. It has a good-looking and robust product, but there are no plans to target the video business at all.

And how about that sexy tablet called the BlackBerry PlayBook? RIM booked a pavilion at CES to show the world that it’s serious about the tablet — and it’s not an Android.

More CES 2011 coverage is available on gagagadget — don’t forget to check out the YouTube channel and Flickr group!

Get ready for Skype to become even more ubiquitous.

Today Skype lets loose its SkypeKit SDK for developers to incorporate Skype-tastic features into consumer devices and desktop applications. In essence, any Internet-connected device can now become VoIP-enabled via Skype. Right now the SDK is available for Linux with Windows/Mac coming later. The SILK audio codec is part of the SDK and definitely something to lure developers into creating HD audio apps.

This couldn’t come at a better time. Consumer electronic devices are fast becoming networked and an important part of our lives that we wonder why we cannot communicate using these devices. We don’t really care for the traditional phone hardware anymore in today’s IP world. If my digital photo frame is Internet-enabled, why can’t I use it to call people too? It sits in the living room or at my desk — convenient and popular locations to conduct calls.

I’m excited to see what developers come up with to Skype-enable our electronics!