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David Pogue, New York Times: Video Chats Overcome Clunkiness

By on February 5, 2009

Columnist David Pogue in a New York Time article reviewing Skype 4.0 starts with the AT&T video phone demonstrated at the 1964 New York World’s Fair and user experience from then. Not a lot of calls due to technical and psychological issues. He talks about why Skype has been so widely accepted (did he remind [...]

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SILK: Skype’s New Audio Codec Sets New Performance Standards for Voice Conversations

SILK: Skype’s New Audio Codec Sets New Performance Standards for Voice Conversations

By on February 3, 2009

The most recent hotfix release of Skype for Windows 4 Beta 3 had one key new feature: feature: Super Wideband audio codec The associated Skype Garage post went on to say: … Starting from this version we’ve included the new Super Wideband Audio codec. This is our second in-house built audio codec especially designed for [...]

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Skype for Windows 4.0 Goes Gold; Improved UI, Audio and Video Performance Standard

Skype for Windows 4.0 Goes Gold; Improved UI, Audio and Video Performance Standard

By on February 3, 2009

Over the past eight months 1.2 million Skype users have participated in the Skype for Windows 4.0 beta program (stage 1, stage 2, stage 3). During this beta period, not only current user feedback was sought but also feedback from new users installing Skype for the first time. The goal was to provide a user [...]

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