I thought you would be interested in this article.

This is of course wonderful.  However, I am afraid I do have a complaint.

As many of you already know there was just a recently released hot fix for 
Skype 3.8.  I forwarded the information yesterday.

Since that time, I have been checking the Skype blog religiously.  I odiously 
assumed that someone would mention the hot fix, indicating exactly what was 
fixed in  the hot fix.

No article was forthcoming.  Then I see this feel-good article, which I grant 
is extremely important.  Those of us who paid for Skype out or Skype in, are  
of course gratified to learn that we can use our purchase anywhere that we are 
likely to go.

That being said, isn't it equally important to inform the user's paid or 
otherwise of a new software hot fix?

In a recent interview with the chairman of Skype stated that his main goal was 
to provide stability for the end-user.  Well my friends informing the user of a 
hot fix will precipitate user stability.

Enjoy reading the following article and please forgive my lengthy rant. 

 

 

Feed: Skype Blogs
Posted on: Friday, June 06, 2008 10:51 AM
Author: Howard Wolinsky
Subject: Skype Nomad successfully completes excellent adventure in mobility

 


Howard Wolinsky here, your friendly neighborhood US 
<http://share.skype.com/sites/us/>  Blogger for Skype, just popping in with the 
latest breaking news from the Skype Nomad:


Thirty-three days, and 17 countries later, Rebecca Campbell, better known at 
her blog <http://share.skype.com/sites/nomad> , Facebook and MySpace, as the 
Skype Nomad, finished her 'round-the-world trip and got off the boat in Tallin, 
Estonia.,
She headed over to Skype's supreme HQ where she was greeted with cheers, along 
with champagne toasts and slabs of strawberry mousse cake. A night out on town 
followed.

"I'm pretty tired, but it was great. It was an epic adventure," said Rebecca, 
26, a copywriter from London, England.

Her goal was to show that she could be in "perpetual motion" and still 
communicate via Skype.

 Skypenomad.jpg <http://share.skype.com/sites/en/Skypenomad.jpg> 

She had some blackouts, such as on a boat on the Yangtze River in China and in 
the heart of the Australian outback. "Nothing works in those places. Not cell 
phones, Not anything," the native Australian said.

But the Skype Nomad's excellent adventure in mobility, for the most part, 
was...well, excellent.

She said she successfully used Skype while riding a camel in Australia, on 
trains throughout Europe, on a gondola in Venice, and on an RV traveling 
between San Francisco and Los Angeles.

She was especially impressed with the 3 Skypephone. "It was the best bit of 
technology I took with me. It worked like a walkie-talkie. I could use it for 
free phone calls and text messages."

She said the roaming charges simply disappeared in Italy, the United Kingdom, 
Austria, Sweden. Denmark. She also used it her native Australia--on camelback. 

Her mum Julie and grandmother "Nana Peg" back in Oz both have 3 Skypephones. 
Rebecca is hoping the nice people at Skype will give her one.

The 3 Skypephone is not available in the US. Too bad. 

Rebecca was impressed with the wide availability of Wi-Fi in the United States, 
which enabled her to make Skype calls from a moving RV in LA and from roadside 
stops using her MacBook and a Nokia N95 phone.

Campell said her trip also was a success because she raised over ?7,000 pounds, 
with contributions from Virgin Radio and Skype, for her favorite charity, 
Motivation <http://www.justgiving.com/Skypenomad/> , which provides wheelchairs 
and other assistance to the disabled in places such as Sri Lanka.

So would Rebecca go nomad for Skype again? 

She says she would. "But I need to rest up first. Maybe in a couple months?"

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