Skype has released a beta of the 2.5 version release. Nifty new features:

• Shared Groups
• SMS sending from Skype (although I imagine it will only be in the US to start with)
• Outlook contact calling from Skype

First thing I noticed though is the installer is a fairbit chunkier. 10.24 vs the old 8.96MB installer. Unfortunately, it’s very beta, and the connection settings don’t allow me to setup for our local proxy server & it doesn’t seem to be detecting the settings from IE like it’s supposed to. Oh well, guess I’ll have to wait for the next beta…

Of course, Gizmo has just released a new version, maybe that’s another option