AmperorDirect Blog » Skype download http://amperorblog.com Fri, 13 Feb 2009 17:21:44 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8 en hourly 1 Skype releases Version 4.0 Beta 3 for Windows http://amperorblog.com/2008/12/skype-releases-version-40-beta-3-for-windows/ http://amperorblog.com/2008/12/skype-releases-version-40-beta-3-for-windows/#comments Sun, 14 Dec 2008 20:43:56 +0000 Larry http://amperorblog.com/?p=58 Skype has been working on the beta version 4.0 for Windows for quite a few months already and I suspect that the offical release will come soon. I have been playing with the beta version for some time now and I like it — a lot. Here are some of the new features I like best:

  • Friendly User Interface
  • Full screen, high resolution video calls
  • History search by contact and event type
  • Automatic detection of hardware settings
  • Better record-keeping functions
  • View contacts from Microsoft Outlook
  • Import contacts from Microsoft Outlook, Hotmail and Yahoo! Mail
  • Better integration with PayPal
  • Better and faster installation process

I will review some of the new features later.

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This change was unexpected. I never had any problem installing or upgrading Skype before; however with the new installer, the process is much faster. The new installer must have the intelligence to download only the newly updated modules.

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