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Managed conversations may be Skype 4.0’s best feature
Most of the initial hype around the new 4.0 beta version of Skype centres around the improved video quality and the amount of space the revised client takes up on screen. However, the most interesting new feature in the long term may be the fact that multiple conversations — video, voice or text — can…
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Skype 4.0 Beta Overhauls Video Chat
Windows only: Skype has released an early beta of their 4.0 release for Windows users, and the best word for it is “bigger.” (Odds-on this is the “fundamental change” Skype hinted at earlier this week.) The client itself is now a full-screen affair, putting your contact list at left and offering all the user options…
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What matters more: carrier or phone?
Samsung launched its U900 mobile phone today, promoting it as part of its Beijing Olympics sponsorship campaign. To my mind, there’s a much more interesting feature to the phone: it’s going to be available on every major local carrier simultaneously. To put that into some sort of perspective, the last time this happened with a…