Skype 3.8.0.188

Skype is a software program that allows users to make telephone calls over the Internet to other Skype users free of charge. Calls to landlines and cell phones can be made for a fee. Additional features include instant messaging, file transfer and video conferencing.

The calls have excellent sound quality and are highly secure with end-to-end encryption. You don't even need to configure your firewall or router or any other networking gear. Talking, sending instant messages or even file transfers work between different platforms (Mac OS X, Linux and PDAs).

Features of QIP:

- Skype calling - Skype has all the features of an ordinary phone so it's even easier to manage your calls.
- Video calling - see who you are talking to at the same time as speaking to them.
- Add Skype and SkypeOut contacts - add contacts who use Skype and those who use ordinary phones so you can call more people.
- Organising groups - group contacts under certain names and share them with your contacts so they can talk to them too.
- Basic chat and emotions - when it's not convenient to call, chat or Instant Message (IM) your contacts.
- Group chat - for when it's easier to chat or Instant Message (IM) all your friends at once.
- Profile settings - change how you appear to the world and let people know a bit about you.
- Conference calling - talk to more than one friend at a time.
- Import contacts - search your address book to find friends and family that already have a Skype name and start calling them for free.
- Quickfilter and Speed-Dial - find Skype contacts, recent chats and SkypeOut contacts quickly and easily, then enter their Skype name to call them back quickly.

Changes in latest version:

Improved search for contacts that have not signed into Skype for a long time. Bugfix: incorrect setting for online status in Options, Skype occasionally crashed on shutdown.

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