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Free internet telephony that just works.

You picked a great time to get Skype. It’s still all about free calls, free video calls and free IM to anyone else on Skype – anywhere in the world. Now we’ve redesigned it so it’s easier to start conversations and keep track of them – plus video calls look better than ever.

We’ve released this beta version a little earlier than usual because we’re really keen for people to try it out. It’s still a work in progress – but we’re so excited about it we can’t keep it to ourselves any longer.

The new Skype is all about making it easier to stay in touch and feel closer to friends who are far away.

It’s got all the main features:

* Free Skype-to-Skype calls.
* Free video calls.
* Free instant messaging.
* Call phones and mobiles, send SMS.

And the full set of features is coming. Stay tuned for more releases.

* System requirements
* PC running Windows 2000, XP or Vista. (Windows 2000 users require DirectX 9.0 for video calls).
* Internet connection – broadband is best (GPRS is not supported for voice calls).
* Speakers and microphone – built-in or separate.
* To make video calls you’ll need a computer with at least a 1GHz processor, 256 MB RAM and of course a webcam.
* For High Quality Video calls you will need a high quality video webcam and software, a dual-core processor computer and a fast broadband connection (384 kbps).

What's New:

* bugfix: Renaming a contact did not work correctly
* bugfix: New audio device notification was sometimes wrongly presented for SoundMax devices
* bugfix: Incoming chat notification was played when it should not have been
* bugfix: Changing ringing device also changed speakers
* bugfix: No sound was played when sending a chat message
* bugfix: It was not possible to remove echo123 from the contact list
* bugfix: Skype sometimes crashed when recording voicemail
* bugfix: Getting Started Wizard sometimes misbehaved after making a test call

Alternatively you can download the latest stable version of this software.