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Skype 2.5 goes gold, adds SMS messaging
Did you ever notice, back in those 1950s & '60s "In The Future" news segments and featurettes, that nobody ever said "In the future, you'll be able to make free calls to anyone in the world, using your computer?" Probably because those shows were all sponsored by Ma Bell.Our 2nd-favorite multimedia chat tool (and #1 disruptive technology) Skype for Mac 2.5 is out of beta today, adding
Update: The SMS messages still require Skype Credit as before, apologies for the mixup.
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Jason said 12:54PM on 1-31-2007
Hey guys, you mentioned it briefly, but I think the BIG news is with the new video codec, the spec to define near-HD quality video is outlined. It's called Skype Garage.
Instructions:
http://share.skype.com/sites/garage/2007/01/neardvdquality_video_calls_wit.html
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TicTac said 1:51PM on 1-31-2007
Can't see where it says "FREE" SMS messages. "Cheap" is the term they use
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Darren said 3:23PM on 1-31-2007
Hmm, i don't see anywhere on the site where it says send sms for free. I see where it says send sms for cheap meaning it's not free.
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Michael Rose said 1:08PM on 1-31-2007
Updated to correct free vs. paid SMS
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mauve said 3:15PM on 1-31-2007
Just tested it, and can confirm text messages are charged, but also work like a charm to UK and Swiss networks. Nice.
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shmooopy said 2:20PM on 1-31-2007
you said 10 party chat, but its 10 party audio call. the chat can handle like 50 people at a time if not more. actually skype chat is awesome. if you have a group chat and someone goes offline they get get any messages they missed when they reconnect - actually extremely helpful for work stuff. also note that that the 10 party audio call can be a mix of other users and regular phone calls.
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jason said 2:44PM on 1-31-2007
What was the deal with Skype using your computer as a supernode? Something to the fact it was using your bandwidth to support the peer network.
Anyone remember how to disable that
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Konstantino said 2:55PM on 1-31-2007
What's with iChat being TUAW's favourite IM client? iChat, to say the least, is crap. I thought maybe Adium would have been TUAW's favourite. But iChat has support only for .Mac and AIM (and Jabber), and is extremely limited with what it can do. Its only possible selling point is the flashy video chats it can do, period.
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Teller said 9:02AM on 2-01-2007
Text chat actually works with up to 100 participants.
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Fred said 12:09AM on 2-08-2007
Sadly, sending DTMF tones (to log into meeting systems or listen to your answering machine etc) still doesn't work. This has only been a known issue with Skype on Mac since 2 years-or-so, so no reason to fix it already. :(
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kranthi said 11:37PM on 4-10-2007
hey here is the best offer just click on the link and send sms where ever in india........Send SMS to any mobile anywhere in India Free!
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