Tag: SKYPEOUT

Skype and mobile devices go together like peanut butter and jelly. Why make VoIP calls on a computer when you can make them on a device that's designed for phone calls ... your phone? Until this week, the answer was "because my phone doesn't have a mobile version of Skype!" That's about to change for a lot of people, though, as Verizon customers get a mobile version of Skype for BlackBerry and ...

If you make a lot of PC to phone calls using Skype but haven't already signed up for a 12 month unlimited plan, you might want to think about placing an order before May 6th. Because Skype is offering a 25% discount for customers who sign up for unlimited SkypeOut plan between now and then. The cheapest plan starts at $2.95/month before the discount is applied for calls to landlines and ...

SkypeSync is a new service you can use to get all those numbers from your phone into your Skype list, so you can call them with SkypeOut, the Skype feature that lets you call regular phone numbers. It's built using the SyncML standard, which is supported by most recent phones, so the odds are pretty good that it'll work for your cell. Here's how to use it: point your phone's browser at zyb.com, ...

Want to call your mom on Mother's day, but you've spent so much money on your blazing fast computer and high-speed internet connection that you can't afford the long distance bill? Skype and Intel want to help. Intel is sponsoring a day of free "global calling" over Skype. By global, they mean you can place the call from anywhere in the world, but you have to make your SkyeOut call to a phone ...

The latest version of Skype's Web Toolbars for Firefox and Internet Explorer includes three new features. When you conduct a search on Google, MSN Live Search, and Ask, PayPal merchants will be highlighted, letting you know at a glance if you can by items through PayPal. Right-click on images to send a picture directly to friends via Skype. You can also automatically save pictures as your ...

In celebration of the Chinese New Year, Skype is encouraging you to call "anyone in China, Hong Kong, and Tawain," by giving away 24 free minutes of SkypeOut time. Of course, you don't have to use your minutes to call those countries, but Skype isn't so much giving away 24 free minutes as giving you 50 cents of SkypeOut credit to spend any way you like. So while 50 cents will buy you 24 minutes of ...

Skype is set to announce yet another change in its pricing strategy for SkypeOut calls. In December, Skype announced that it would no longer offer unlimited free PC to telephone calls within the US and Canada. Starting this week, users have to pay $29.95 for a yearlong calling plan (although it's only $14.95 if you purchase a plan by January 31st). On January 18th, Skype will unveil the next part ...

One of my first thoughts on realizing that Skype's mobile client would now work with smartphones was "great, free phone calls." I thought about canceling my mobile service, getting a smartphone and signing up for an unlimited data plan -- with no voice service. Well, that might still work (if you're willing to always use an external headset. Skype won't route sound through your smartphone's ...

I got rid of my land line recently. I've found that a cell phone and Skype suits most of my daily needs. But one of the things I'd hoped to do was export my 1000+ contacts in Outlook to Skype to make SkypeOut calls easily. The problem is that Skype doesn't have an easy way to import SkypeOut contacts. You can scan Outlook for a list of people who may have Skype accounts on their PC, but Skype ...

Yep, I just got the official email: "Calls to friends and family on Skype have always been free. Now we've made calls within the US and Canada to all phones totally free till the end of the year. Starting from today it doesn't matter if it's a Skype-to-Skype call or a call to landline or mobile phone - it's free as long as you're calling from within the US or Canada to US or Canadian phone ...