iSkoot, the leading provider of mobile Internet communications solutions, today announced the highly-anticipated release of the iSkoot v1.1 mobile application for BlackBerry smartphones. The new iSkoot v1.1 delivers a comprehensive mobile Skype experience on BlackBerry: With the click of a button, users can instantly chat with their Skype contacts, make and receive Skype calls, and use SkypeOut™ to inexpensively call regular phone numbers nearly anywhere in the world. iSkoot v1.1 also displays complete Skype contact status information, so BlackBerry users can see which friends, family members and business colleagues are available, as well as manage their own online presence. This latest release features a next generation, easy-to-use interface especially designed for BlackBerry users and will offer additional features soon. iSkoot works without any need for PCs, special hardware, custom phones or Wi-Fi hot spots, and utilizes the existing mobile network infrastructure to route Skype calls through the voice channel.

The Panasonic KX-WP1050 is a cordless handset and travel-sized Wi-Fi router combination, and offers the following features:
* preset for easy access to Skype’s VoIP service
* Skype-to-Skype
* SkypeOut and SkypeIn and
* online presence reporting
* carrying case
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iSkoot Press Release
iSkoot, the service provider for mobile Internet communications solutions , today announced the signing of a Co-Marketing Agreement with Skype, the global Internet communications company, for iSkoot’s solution for mobile-PC calling. The iSkoot solution will allow mass market Java-phones as well as high-end Smartphones to place and receive Internet calls through SkypeTM software […]

Skype users in the U.S. and Canada will be pleased to know that Skype has announced a special Skype Days of Summer offer. If you are based in the U.S. or Canada, you’ll be able to make free long-distance calls to traditional landlines and mobile phones in the United Kingdom, Mexico and Japan during each […]

Vapps, a supplier of VoIP conference call solutions, announced that it would provide unlimited, free conference calling for up to 500 participants to Skype’s registered users.
From the news release:
Vapps, the global infrastructure supplier of VoIP conference call solutions today announced an initiative to provide unlimited, free conference calling for up to 500 participants to Skype’s […]

A security bug in Skype for Windows - improper handling of URI arguments - has been identified and Skype has released a patch that will fix this vulnerability.
The problem fixed by the patch: “An attacker who constructs a Skype URL that is malformed in a specific way can initiate the transfer of a single […]

Skype has announced that Skype customers based in US and Canada can now make free SkypeOut(TM) calls to traditional landline and mobile phones in the US and Canada. These free calls will be available until the end of the year.
From the news release:
Skype(R), the global Internet communications company, today announced that all US and Canadian-based […]

Now Skype users will have access to professional interpreters, who can provide translation for over 150 languages through the new Skype LanguageLine service.
It’s a pay-as-you-go service that will cost $2.99 USD per minute. The service operates 24/7.
From the news release:
Skype(TM), the global Internet communications company, Language Line Services, the world’s leading provider of language […]

(News Release) Skype, the global Internet communications company, today released the beta version of Skype 2.5, the newest edition of its software that allows anyone with an Internet connection to make free worldwide voice and video calls. With new features and enhanced functionality, Skype now makes it even easier to set up a Skype account […]

John Dvorak over at PCMag reports on an exclusive deal that Skype has made with Intel. In a nutshell, according to PCMag, Skype’s PC users won’t be able to use VoIP teleconferencing capabilities with more than five people unless they’re using Intel microprocessors.
The whole thing is rather smelly: “This had to be a pure […]