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Skype For Windows Reaches 3.2 |
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Written by Adam Gosling
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Thursday, 10 May 2007 |
Skype has let Skype for Windows
3.2 out to play and play it will. The main improvements for the latest version are an incremental evolution of the noise quality, the ability to send money to a contact using PayPal and to import your contacts list from your email account.
At least one of the major changes is a funky
one. I have a cow pattern Skype now thanks to more options for users to
personalise Skype. You can also use the client to take a photo of
yourself with your webcam using a new video snapshot feature and then
add that pic to your profile. I might skip that particular
personalisation given how I look today.
Another major addition you will find in 3.2 is the ability to import address books from other applications such as Hotmail,
GMail and Yahoo! This rather predatory tactic could work as a defensive
move against the free email providers increasingly eating into Skype's
market potential if not its market share.
The three search
giants are in a battle to the death trying to tie in users by offering
all manner of free services, including notably email, Instant Messaging
and increasingly popular and Global voice services. The eBay owned
Skype stands outside this battle somewhat as it does not provide email
and isn't really in the traditional Internet search game (although it
does now haveSkypeFind a yellowpages style search service for businesses).
The
latest version also apparently improves the sound quality with enhanced
echo cancellation and background noise reduction technologies
Also
included in the new release is the Send Money feature which allows
Skype users to send money to any of their Skype contacts viaPayPal.
This is an excellent example of how PayPal and Skype connect people
through payments and communications.
Carter Adamson, director, desktop products for Skype said, "Skype has
always been committed to giving people the best Internet calling
experience possible and we feel we've hit the mark with the latest
version. Now you can really individualise your profile and make it
even more unique with video snapshot, put all the contact details for
your online relationships in one place and enjoy exceptional sound
quality so much so that you feel like you're actually in the same room
as the person you're calling."
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