Skype launches beta version 3.5

Skype launched a new beta version today. This version 3.5 solves some little bugs and delivers new services around video. You can now integrate video in your mood message, you can share video in chat sessions with multiple people and you can take snapshots during a videocall to save and retrieve later. Next to that, it's now easy to share contactdata with people (I did not see that one in previous versions) and it is possible to forward calls.

It seems skype is launching new beta's now every 2 to 3 months with nice new functionalities. The last beta was at the end of march and the one before mid februari.

The question is if all these new functionalities are really used by the average "skyper". Doesn't it lead to a product that becomes complex because of the enormous amount of functionalities? For instance: I don't believe skypefind from version 3.1 is that populair and I really ask myself how many people even know of it? The beta version (watch it: "beta" so not so stable) can be downloaded from here.

Just quickly; some links

Here a couple of links I'd like to share:

• Jan Chip Chase (nokia) - mobile usage research page
  
• I was busy with creatinga list of online tools: Measuring your "buzz" on the web: Technorati and Blogpulse
• Prometeus - the media revolution - I personally don't think this one is as good as some of the others I have seen but still interesting