- Quick specs
- Price: Free
- Operating system: Windows 2000/XP
- Date added: December 14, 2007
- Total Downloads: 4,815,834
- Downloads last week: 29,219
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- CNET editors' rating: stars
- Average user rating: stars out of 1094 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 3.6 improves video quality for video calls.
What's new in this version:
Clearer, crisper video quality.
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User reviews of Skype 3.6
- Average user rating: 3.9 stars out of 1094 votes
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1 out of 1 people found this review helpful
Version: Skype 3.6
Pros: I've been using Skype since its inception. It is free and works without glitches.
I actually bought some Skype $ for phoning Cell-phones or landlines and the minimal charges are more then reasonable.
A very good program. Even though owned by Ebay.
Cons: communicating made the easy way.
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1 out of 1 people found this review helpful
Version: Skype 3.6
"Easily connects people via PC"
Pros: Very good tool for the live connection free of charge, or for small amount of money
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2 out of 2 people found this review helpful
Version: Skype 3.6
"works great I'm talking to my family in Honduras"
Pros: I have no problems with the software every few months I'll check for updates or my c-net download.com will advise me of updates. I'm always up to date and everything works without error.
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1 out of 1 people found this review helpful
Version: Skype 3.6
"Has some interesting new features"
Pros: Has HD video conferencing, conf. call feature and improved sound quality. They have cut down on the lag of the video chat, and the user interface seems more simplified and neat.
Cons: Tends to take up significant memory when running
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0 out of 1 people found this review helpful
Version: Skype 3.6
Pros: thank
Cons: oky
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