Skype Portable 5.5.0.115 lets you connect to others via instant message, audio conferencing and video phone. It can also call regular phone lines from anywhere in the world. This release updates Skype to the latest version and has an improved installer. It's packaged as a portable app so you communicate on the go and it's in PortableApps.com Format so it can easily integrate with the PortableApps.com Suite. It supports upgrades by installing right over an existing copy, preserving all settings. Freeware for personal and business use.

Skype Portable is packaged in a PortableApps.com Installer so it will automatically detect an existing PortableApps.com installation when your drive is plugged in. It supports upgrades by installing right over an existing copy, preserving all settings. And it's in PortableApps.com Format, so it automatically works with the PortableApps.com Suite including the Menu and Backup Utility.

Skype is the next phenomenon from the people who brought you KaZaA. Just like KaZaA, Skype uses P2P (peer-to-peer) technology to connect you to other users – not to share files this time, but to talk and chat with your friends. The technology is extremely advanced – but super simple to use... You’ll be making free phone calls to your friends in no time!

Skype generates revenue through its premium offerings such as making and receiving calls to and from landline and mobile phones, as well as voicemail and call forwarding. Skype, based in Luxembourg, has relationships with a growing network of hardware and software providers and is an eBay company.

With Skype you can make free calls over the internet to other people on Skype for as long as you like, to wherever you like.

Free calls, video calls and instant messaging over the internet. Plus great value calls to phones anywhere in the world.

The main functions
* Unlimited time and distance calls are free calls between Skype users
* Excellent sound quality - better than in ordinary phone
* Free video
* Calls to landlines and mobile phones and sending SMS
* Free conversations in chat
* Voicemail
* Divert incoming calls to your phone when you're not online
* Works with all firewall, NAT and routers without any configuration!
* Contact list shows you the availability of your friends Skype for communication
* Your conversations are encrypted to and from for maximum privacy
* Based on the technology of peer-to-peer, the inventors of Kazaa and Joltid
* Call and text friends from your Facebook News Feed and Phonebook.
* Group video beta: get together with loved ones and colleagues over video.
* Automatically recover dropped calls.
* New, easier to use design.

System Requirements
* PC platform, Windows ® 2000, XP, Vista or 7 (if you work in Windows 2000, for video you will need DirectX 9.0).
* Internet connection (ideally - broadband: GPRS connection is not suitable for voice communications).
* Built-in or external microphone and speakers.
* For video you need a computer with CPU frequency not lower than 1 GHz and RAM of at least 256 MB and of course a webcam.
* For the video in high definition (HD) for you and your companion will need Skype for Windows version 4.2 or above, as well as web-camera that supports HD and standard operational mode of connection (plug-and-play). In addition, you must have a broadband Internet connection (recommended speed of 1 Mbps or higher in both directions) and a PC with a processor of 1.8 GHz.