Skype 3.8 for Windows beta rolls out of the garage

The latest Skype beta for Windows takes flight today and there’s a few new features and enhancements worth noting. UPnP support has been changed: no longer does Skype use Microsoft’s UPnP Framework as the Skypers have developed their own which will configure your firewall appropriately. From a mobile device standpoint, when using a lower-powered computer, the default resolution will drop down to 160 x 120. Skype says it’s for Pentium 3 CPUs and lower, so I’m not yet sure if Celerons, VIA C7-Ms and other typical mobile processors are in the mix here. There’s also some improvements in the IE and Firefox add-ons for Skype, so if you’re in the beta thing, here’s the link.Probably worth a mention that the Starbucks I was at this afternoon was practically empty, so James and I had a 40-minute video chat over EV-DO with the Q1UP. It worked amazingly well and I gave him a video tour of the location using the rear-facing camera. I like me some Skype!(via Download Squad)