- Quick specs
- Price: Free
- Operating system: Windows XP, Windows 2000
- Date added: August 08, 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 1072 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 3.5.0.202 added a feature wherein you can share videos by adding video to your mood message, capturing memories from video calls, offering advice and earn money, and transferring calls to your contacts.
What's new in this version:
Version 3.5.0.202 added a feature wherein you can share videos by adding video to your mood message, capturing memories from video calls, offering advice and earn money, and transferring calls to your contacts.
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User reviews of Skype 3.5.0.202
- Average user rating: 3.9 stars out of 1072 votes
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0 out of 3 people found this review helpful
Version: Skype 3.5.0.202
Pros: it works
Cons: not sure
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0 out of 1 people found this review helpful
Version: Skype 3.5.0.202
Cons: free softwares offering same coverage quality and interface are still present
dont fall 4 it
go 4 adcalls cooperate
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1 out of 1 people found this review helpful
Version: Skype 3.5.0.202
"Easy to use, clear when working"
Pros: I like Skype because it is easy to use. You can check how your equipment works by calling the skype help and running the check microphone utility. It is what it is and works well.
Cons: I have the same problem with Skype as with other VOIP products. They do not work well with satellite broadband. You need to have a steady upload speed and that is not always going to be so with Hughes or Wildblue.
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1 out of 1 people found this review helpful
Version: Skype 3.5.0.202
"skype system is presently down"
Pros: I have not tried this particular version yet as Skype systems are down and it is not possible to login; but from past experience Skype has the best audio and video of all VOIP providers on the internet and features that no one else has, like call forwarding, etc. Needless to mention that they also have the cheapest rates and most reliable connections when calling telephones.
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Version: Skype 3.5.0.202
Pros: talk with people around the world
Cons: talk with the family
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