I use other services more

Skype

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What do you use Skype for?: 

How long have you been using it?: 

Why do you use Skype? 

Is it the cheapest service? 

How do you find the application? 

I find other video call programs (like iChat) to be easier to use.

Which feature do you like most? 

Video calls

Which feature do you hate most? 

The contacts list

My Review 

We use Skype because one of our son's grandparents wanted to video call their grandson and we couldn't get Gmail to connect. They use Windows (we're on a Mac) and it's not nearly as easy to use as iChat for video calls.

I know I have other friends on Skype, but when I've looked them up to call them, I can't seem to find them. And I find the contacts list very unintuitive. When I click on a contact, sometimes it initiates a call and sometimes it opens another window where I have to then click on the phone icon. I know that this is user error on my part, but I can't seem to figure out what I'm doing wrong.

Also, the video isn't full screen like it is in iChat, but I'm not sure if this is just because of the connection on the other end (and their camera) or because of Skype.

I'd love to get Skype working on my iPod touch, then I'd probably like it a lot better. And if I had more people to talk to on it. :-)

Would you recommend this to a friend?