Updated: Skype for Mac
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One of the best choices for online telephony for Mac just got better. The latest Skype update pushes the program to version 2.7.257 adding support for Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard and higher-resolution video for face-to-face video calls. The new default resolution is 640x480 pixels at 25 frames per second. You are only limited by your Webcam, so get out there and upgrade so that your friends and family can have a bigger, crisper view of your smiling mug on their desktop.
The chat client-like interface makes it easy to browse and call contacts.
(Credit: CNET Networks)Skype has always been one of my favorite applications for its familiar chat-like interface, and the capability to talk with users worldwide for free (provided they're also using Skype). For a little extra money, you can sign-up with Skype and make calls to anyone in the world (including land-lines) at a fraction of the price of regular long distance. Got a friend in another country? Skype might be just the solution you need.
What do you think? Have you made any video calls on your Mac? Do you chat with friends in other countries using Skype? Let us know in the comments!
Jason Parker writes software reviews and features for Windows, Mac, and iPhone. If he learned to dance, it would make him a fabled "quadruple threat," but we can't get him to do it. 
Skype is an amazing piece of software. Cross-platform, it allows you to communicate with both Mac & PC users (we use it on a Mac and the quality of both the sound and the video is mind-blowing). It is a great complement to iChat as the Apple application is not - yet - cross-platform).
We use it to communicate with our professional partners around the world as well as to call family and friends abroad. The cost of communication makes Skype a solution worth considering when it comes to international calls. The fact that Skype is free of ads is also a plus. The new Mac version is another step toward perfection for this great chat, call, payment (via integrated PayPal), video conference program.
By the way, Skype Pro gives you an incredible range of "goodies" such as:
- Free call to landlines and cell phones in the USA & Canada.
- International call from your cell phone at Skype rates (when is the last time you called Europe or South America from you mobile for 2 cents a minute).
- Check www.skype.com for a complete list of features available.
Again, I recommend Skype to anyone and everyone. Give it a shot: you will not regret it!
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- by redpuffygurl June 4, 2008 2:42 AM PDT
- Skype is always great.
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