Download Skype for Windows Phone 1.2.0.257

Last Tuesday, Skype released a new version of its VoIP client for Windows Phone. You can download via the Windows Phone Marketplace. New in this release is that contacts that are in the phone’s regular contact list now appear in Skype, the phone number can now be modified before being called and some issues have been fixed. The full changelog for this release can be found below.

Improvements:

• All phonebook contacts with at least one number are shown in Skype contact list.
• Ability to edit phone number in dial pad before calling

Fixed issues:

• Notifications: Events such as a calendar notification or incoming call will no longer end a Skype call in progress.
• Instant Messaging: IM messages not successfully sent will show a “pending” indicator.
• Generic: Various crashes and memory leaks have been fixed

Known issues:

• Calling: Answering an incoming phone call will end your Skype call.
• Conference Calling: A conference call will appear as a 1:1 call. The chat and profile views are between the Windows Phone recipient and the conference call host. To view the group chat content, navigate to the recent messages pivot and select the group conversation. To return to the call, navigate to the Skype home screen (by pressing the notification badge in the top right corner), then click on the call-in-progress indicator at the top of the screen.
• Calling: There is no visible indication if your call is placed on hold by remote party.
• Calling: Accepting a cellular call while on a Skype call will not place the Skype call on hold. Both calls will be in progress and the Windows Phone user can hear both conversations.
• Video calling: Video calls to Skype for Windows Phone require Skype 5.0 or later for Mac or Windows.
• Instant Messaging: Loading an extremely long chat history may crash the Skype application.
• Device support: A minimum of 512MB of memory is required to install and use the Skype application.
• Audio: Bluetooth headsets are not supported for audio or video calling.
• Chat: Word suggestions in Russian don’t work properly.