Skype adds SMS capabilities

Skype SMS chat window

With the latest beta of Skype for Mac, they’ve added some .

Om Malik adds:

In addition, the company announced a deal with FON and SMC. SMC will sell a Skype enabled WiFi for for 139 Euros, and buyers will get a La Fonera router from FON and 500 SkypeOut minutes.

Update: Note that this beta seems to lose your bookmarked chats — and they don’t reappear until someone in the bookmarked channel sends out a message!

Author: Chris Messina

Product designer, friend to startups, inventor of the hashtag, proponent of bots and conversational apps; X-Googler and X-Uber.

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