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Skype has released the Skype 4.0 Beta for Windows, focusing
on better video calling and conversation management. 

The focus on video is driven by 28 percent of Skype calls in
the first quarter of 2008 were video calls. The new version starts up a video
call with a single click on a button with an IM conversation next to the video
call can be generated with one click from one window. New “unified conversations
capabilities” pull IM voice, video, file transfers, SMS and calls together
to allow users to easily move in and out of conversations between single users
or groups.  There’s also additional ease
of use features for installation, finding contacts, and adding new devices.

Beta for the new version is expected to span the entire
summer, given the complexity of all the changes made; there are also some functionality
holes in the current beta. No final release date has been set for the Windows
version and no timeframes given for Mac and Linux versions of Skype 4.0.

Skype has been dogged because eBay hasn’t figured out how to
make big money off the $3.1 billion purchase it made in 2005. However, Skype
expects to make $500 million for 2008, at least boosting its value if it is
sold off down the road.

For more
- eWeek reviews Skype
4.0 beta

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