As an owner of a Dell Axium X30 this makes me a happy camper. Packed with 6 new featues all which were on my wish list...

Here is the changelog:
feature: ability to leave Skype Voicemail
feature: SkypeIn support
feature: centralized Contacts list
feature: support for high-resolution display
feature: SkypeOut fixes (calling to France numbers)
feature: exit and close Skype application from Tools menu... ... continue reading.....

CNet is reporting on SkypeCasting and iPodradio. So I thought I'd announce now the experiment I'll be looking to try with Skype Video when it finally arrives.

The "implications are very disruptive," according to the SkypeJournal, a well-known Web community that provides Skypecast instructions. "Many Skypers want to record their Skype conversations and turn them into podcasts."
CNET News.com

SkypeTiVo is... ... continue reading.....

Are you selling a range of telecom products? Are you studying Skype? What are you doing to make your products more Skype friendly? "Handset, Headset or What?" is not meant to provide the the answers or the outline for a research plan. It starts with some basics. Just observe yourself when trying out different devices. When it comes to research more care is required. While solutions for "connecting" Skype predominate today, I believe the... ... continue reading.....

I have a friend from Australia that swims in 50 meter pools around the world. Via Skype I met Graham who wants to Skype every country in the world. I'm sure he is not alone and many blogs profess this same desire to connect with new people.

I will share my Skypeing others and when I am Skyped by others. My goal is to establish connections in every country that Skype is available and...

Jeff Jarvis, and some great people are participating in David Isenberg's "Freedom to Connect" meeting. I'd hoped to go. At least I know the Skype message is sinking in.

.... thanks to a six programmers somewhere in Europe (read: Skype) had eliminated the need for phone companies ... and paying them $1 trillion dollars. So what will we do with that trillion, we people? Feed people? Solve the energy problem? What?...

Peter Kalmstrom has been developing plug-ins for Microsoft Outlook for a long time. Now he too has created a solution to integrate Skype into your contact list.

The next big thing in the IT world is telephony and voice. There will be a lot of interesting developments in this area in the years to come. One of those developments is already here: Skype. It is a...

Steve writes in Adventures in Home Networking how he coordinates his Treo and SkypeIn and SkypeOut into one effective communications solution. He doesn't like to mess around with headphones. He documents his solution for the home office, around the house, and around town. He sums it up as completely changing the way he communicates.

At my home office:

* when I get home I put my mobile (Treo 600) in its...

Om notes that the iPod phone is held up. I'm inclined to believe there is another opportunity.

Who really prevented the iTunes phone from being released? Motorola blamed the finicky Steve Jobs and his marketing approach for the delay. Business Week says it was the carriers who might be behind the delay. “Behind the clash are two very different views of the future of music on mobile phones. continue reading.....

In October 2004, when the blogosphere was all about the U.S. Presidential campaign, Skype was mentioned in .015 to .020 percent of blogs. That level of attention remained the same through year end. Then something changed and word started to spread. Six months' later, Skype buzz is solidly in the 0.045% range. via BlogPulse.

Just for context, "Bush" was discussed... ... continue reading.....

Can a Mac user confirm this works and the quality of the program?

Toggle Sound Output 0.2b
Freeware | 3.28.05 | Script #2123
Author: Johan van Oostrum | Developer's Web Site
Release Notes:

This script toggles between two sound outputs. e.g. the standard speakers and a headset.

It is a simple script that comes handy if you use a headset for a VOIP service like Skype. For use...

Robin Good reflects on the new wave of audio video technologies. Be sure to check out Microsoft Portrait.

That we are about to see an increasing number of Skype-like technologies enter the market, each one providing easy over IP audio and video capabilities while integrating more advanced functions and controls it is only a matter of time. continue reading.....

There's a great post on PlasticBag about social software for settop boxes. Where are the points where television and PVR use meetup with Skyping?

• Share my Skype buddy lists. The Skype network is both huge and international. Save me from duplicating effort yet again; let me use my Skype contacts in my TV's buddy list.
• Use the Skype network for presence. Skypespace can inform my TV's settop box of who's connected, in...

Pardon me, sir, but what's your Skype strategy? Don't you have one? I mean you're the CIO around here, and you have an email strategy, a web strategy. Hell, you even have a blog strategy (so 2004). So what's your Skype strategy? Someone on your team must be able to write up some 30/90/180 day goals. By next week.

Why bother? It's a disruptive technology, bub. You don't want to... ... continue reading.....

A lot of Skypers want video. Many though wonder why video is important. For 34 million kids in America who have a parent living in a different city video conferencing can be a miracle. Lawmakers in Utah passed the first Virtual Visitation Law in the United States. And it looks like Wisconsin will be next.

Is Skype security really a "concern"? Or is it already best in class? I was pointed by Neville Hobson to the newest release of "VoIP and Skype Security" (by Simson L. Garfinkel) relased by The Tactical Technology Collective, an Amsterdam-based non-governmental organization.

The speculation may be a mute point. While the article details potential risks a balanced reader would draw the conclusion that Skype relative to other VoIP products, ISDN and the phone... ... continue reading.....

Anyone who is interested in video conferencing with Skype will want to view this demo of Apple's iChat it is truly an wow moment.

I can't wait to test iChat to measure the bandwidth consumed. I would suggest this sets a high bar for Skype as a entrant to video conferencing. This is clearly both cool and "best-in-class".

Is Skype about to turn the Call Center Industry on it's head? Is a Skype rollover numbers strategy (that cut's out the Telcos) about to emerge? It could with a few learnings from the testing team behind the Skype Journal. Is SkypeIn on the verge of radically shaking the corporate enterprise market for one of it's largest telecom cost centers. If you run a call center, or even have multiple lines into your business the... ... continue reading.....

The hot product of the week award goes to HotRecorder. With the capability to not only answer Skype Calls but record them as well. This is the first "free product" to enable one click SkypeCasting. I tested it today as both an answerphone and Skype Call recorder. It worked very effectively in both modes. It also enables you to insert "emotisounds" into any conversation whether you... ... continue reading.....

I was asked this morning how Skype stores voice mail on their server. A few tests uncover the secret sauce that creates a more efficient and lower cost VM system. Plus, did you know that Skype Voice Mail can follow you from PC to PC although not always?

Let's start with the Skype client. With the latest version "contacts" follow you. So you can easily log on anywhere, leave a PC on at home,... ... continue reading.....

The latest release of the SkypeAPICOM Wrapper Version 1.0.0.18 is now available and packaged as an MSI (Microsoft Installer), which means it now auto installs into C:\Windows\System\ and register itself. Nice touch Jason.

The new version 1.0.0.18 provides access to the new Skype API Conference feature and multi-Chat announced by Skype on March 17 and discussed in the Skype Journal.

Today's NY Times article reported that Skype has 2.8 million users in the US. Now households and users may not be quite the same thing. The following numbers for Instant Messenger shares via Business Week. Why don't we hear more about Skype and IM numbers? Has Skype hurt IM growth? Probably not, it is more likely to have grown the market. Are we nearing the point where 1 in 10 internet savvy US households... ... continue reading.....

In an announcement dated February 2, 2005 SuperEva an Italian dating and matchmaking site signed an agreement with Skype and is now hosting "Sirens and Studmuffins" with a "promo" prize being drawn June 17th. Apparently knocked up for Skype and Plantronics as a promotion it appears almost in stealth mode with less than 100 entrants.

Sviluppato all’interno del sito www.sirensandstudmuffins.com powered by superEva.com, tale concorso viene promosso anche all’interno dei network...

U.Yogeswaran is a student in Korea on Skype. He first contacted me some months ago. This post captures his observations on Skype in Korea. I was intrigued by his Daum comments (Skype - Daum Partnership Note this agreement was only signed two months ago!), interest in SkypeIn numbers and the perceived impact of video. Sometimes it is just useful to listen to what others say. These are his comments:

My origin is India, came...

The New York Times catches up on Barlow's Intimate Planet post, providing a positive SkypeMe look at Skype and updates on statistics. Guess one satisfaction is my readers saw this all months ago!

Skype says that it has over 2.8 million users in the United States and 30.6 million worldwide and that it is adding users at a rate of 155,000 a day. Skype's biggest competitor, Vonage, a paid VoIP service, has about...

The competitive tussle between Skype Answer Machines SAM and Pamela and the release of Skype Voice Mail is forcing ongoing strategy assessments for these early Skype Plug-in solutions.

Pamela Systems followed the SAM upgrade with a few revisions of their own; extending the recording time (this is not a "chargeable" versions feature in my view) and a few minor changes. I believe when Pamela Systems releases their Standard version (now... ... continue reading.....

Nice story emerging with librarians trying to help distance learners with Skype. Carol Cooke is looking for other librarians --- via Library Stuff.

Sheri Vokey writes:

I want to integrate it into distance ed support here at the Libraries. If things go smoothly, I'll be offering it up as one more way for distance students to contact me (we don't have toll free here). InfoShare ... continue reading.....

I meant to post this a week ago. It's a credit to Jeff Pulver and Carl Ford that there was a Podcasting session at VON. As VON --- VOICE --- is freed of telephony's shackles, the creativity of individuals is released and new avenues for expression are created. If I had one criticism of VON it would be that these "experiments" (the blogging panel was another) weren't understood by the "general audience". Podcasting really... ... continue reading.....