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Skype Instant Messenger
Information provided by Disabled World - Published: 2009-02-02
Not only does Skype offer cheap phone calls worldwide and FREE Skype to Skype calls using your computer, they now also offer a free Skype Instant Messenger (IM) with free one-to-one video calls. Skype now comes with video calling so you can see who you are talking to. As long as you and the person you call both have webcams.
Skype IM is like any other Instant Messaging program, but concentrates far more on VOIP (Voice Over IP) capabilities.
Not only does Skype offer cheap phone calls worldwide and FREE Skype to Skype calls using your computer, they now also offer a free Skype Instant Messenger (IM) with free one-to-one video calls. Skype now comes with video calling so you can see who you are talking to. As long as you and the person you call both have webcams.
Skype allows VoIP under virtually any conditions including users behind firewalls and NATs. Skype is also the only instant messenger that encrypts data transfers, making it the most secure IM available.
There is a separate download for Skype for Pocket PC which gives a Pocket PC and equivalent Wi-Fi enabled devices the ability to act as an instant messenger and make skype phone calls from any hot spot.
Skype Features
Free Skype-to-Skype calls to people anywhere in the world.
Call phones and mobiles at cheap rates per minute.
Free instant message when it's not a good time to talk.
See who you’re talking to with free video calls.
Forward your calls and get text messages when you’re not online.
Windows PC Requirements for Running Skype:
PC running Windows 2000, XP, or Vista
400 Mhz processor
128 Mb RAM
Sound Card, speakers and microphone
10 MB free disk space on your hard drive
Dial-up Internet connection (broadband is better)
To make video calls you’ll need a computer with at least a 1GHz processor, 256 MB RAM and of course a webcam.
Mac Computer Requirements for Running Skype:
Mac computer with G4 800 Mhz processor or faster.
Mac OS X v10.3.9 Panther or later.
512 MB RAM.
40 MB free disk space on your hard drive.
Microphone and speakers or headset.
Internet connection (broadband is best).
Quicktime 7 or later
In just its first week of availability, 60,000 people downloaded the FREE Skype software
- This web page is from the Disabled World Instant Messenger section which provides: List of online instant messenger programs that allow you to talk and communicate with friends and family around the world.
