- Quick specs
- Price: Free
- Operating system: Windows XP, Windows 2000
- Date added: March 12, 2007
- Total Downloads: 4,552,928
- Downloads last week: 20,639
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- CNET editors' rating: stars
- Average user rating: stars out of 1074 votes
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CNET editors' review
Reviewed by: CNET Staff
Skype is well regarded for offering stable, free VOIP to other Skype users and affordable calling from a PC to a phone, be it a landline or a cell phone. The most recent upgrade makes getting in touch with friends and family--and even complete strangers--much, much easier.
Functionality still varies depending on your Internet connection and what else you're doing with it while using Skype, but they are making some efforts to improve that. When you finish a Skype call, a Web page opens and asks you about the conversation's sound quality. The clean layout combines familiar chatware functions with a dialing interface, so that calling a phone is as simple as entering the desired number and hitting the dial button.
Improvements include conference calling with as many as nine people, video calling, and a browser plug-in that turns phone numbers on Web pages into links that automatically dial via Skype when clicked. There are also Skypecasts, throwbacks to the party-line multiperson telephone conversations from the mid-20th century.
Overall, we think Skype is a strong contender in the Internet Telephony category, and anyone who's interested in talking for free should give it a try. For international callers who have computers, this program is a no-brainer solution for long-distance bills.
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Publisher's description
From Skype :Skype is software that enables you to make free calls anywhere in the world. Skype uses innovative P2P (peer-to-peer) technology to connect you with other users. It offers several features, including SkypeOut calling from Skype to regular and mobile phones worldwide, conference calling, and secure file transferring. Skype calls have better sound quality than your regular phone and are highly secure, with end-to-end encryption.
Version 3 is easier to use, has more powerful and personal interface, and connects with the world on Skype Public Chats.
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User reviews of Skype 3.1.0.150
- Average user rating: 3.9 stars out of 1074 votes
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12 out of 13 people found this review helpful
Version: Skype 3.1.0.150
Pros: The sound clarity is great and the cost very reasonable.
Cons: Well,downloading was easy,making an account was easy but you try and log on with all the right imfo and get denied it's frustrating,even tried to find someone to ask on it what the problem was,no one to talk to????
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4 out of 4 people found this review helpful
Version: Skype 3.1.0.150
"Great way to stay in touch with freinds and family"
Pros: I have family in Ireland and it only cost me .021cents a minute. How long can you afford to talk on your current system? Sound quality is spectacular!
Cons: NONE
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2 out of 2 people found this review helpful
Version: Skype 3.1.0.150
Pros: Nice interface.
Cons: The overall quality is just awful! The voice keeps on coming and going and strange squeaky sounds are all over the place! It makes it practically impossible to have any conversation. Try yahoo messenger or anything else.
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1 out of 1 people found this review helpful
Version: Skype 3.1.0.150
Pros: Easy to download and set up, took me about 10 minutes to download and install.
Cons: In the license it states that it is going to use your computer when it is idle for a relay... or something to that effect.
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Version: Skype 3.1.0.150
Pros: Easy to use, download, install, pay (for the calls), cheap phone calls worldwide...
VERY nice and funny emoticons.
It's just a very very good soft, congrats
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