Friday, December 09, 2005 9:12 AM
Skype sent out a few “limited” invitations for their new beta build. The biggest new feature is the addition of video to their already first-class communication tool. I've got to say I'm impressed so far. I've only made one video call so far, but it was 15 minutes. The other user was also broadband, but was West coast (I'm in the Midwest). Latency was acceptable, and audio quality didn't seem to suffer at all with video. It started nearly instantly and the audio and video seemed to keep in sync pretty well. I'd like to try a few more calls on it, but it looks like a serious contenda!