- Quick specs
- Price: Free
- Operating system: Windows XP, Windows 2000
- Date added: September 02, 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 chat client 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 3.5.0.229 includes unspecified updates.
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Version 3.5.0.229 includes unspecified updates.
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User reviews of Skype 3.5.0.229
- Average user rating: 3.9 stars out of 1072 votes
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Version: Skype 3.5.0.229
"Could not survive without it"
Pros: I don't know how I stayed in touch before Skype -- cheap, easy, good quality -- what more could you ask. Especially good a getting around firewalls and network restrictions -- even got a bit of free net access when it's found it's way around some public hotspots ;)
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Version: Skype 3.5.0.229
Pros: a effective techno, instant reach
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Version: Skype 3.5.0.229
"Skype is a coool , Its a great software ,"
Pros: I like all the things in skype , Now i can call to my friends and family when iam away withouth any telephone and mobile
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Version: Skype 3.5.0.229
Pros: we can talk through it
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Version: Skype 3.5.0.229
Pros: Perfect sound quality even with a cheaper mic, many features including chat and conference calling, cheap and great for use instead of landline
Cons: Slightly bulky software, but runs fine
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