Yahoo! has just released Yahoo! Messenger Beta 3 for the Mac, with the long-awaited, much-crowed for addition of voice calling. With the latest version of Messenger for the Mac, users can make free PC-to-PC calls (yes, a Mac is a PC too) to other Messenger buddies. You can also sign up for a Phone Out account to make calls to landlines and mobile phones. Or, if you want to go all the way, you can sign up for a Phone In account, which assigns you a number so people can call you on your PC.
In other words: picture Skype, but with a big yellow smiley face instead of a cool blue talk bubble.
Check out the Yahoo! Messenger blog for a complete rundown of the new features and a handy screencast.
[via TUAW]
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3-26-2008 @ 7:10PM
julian said...
see
and tell me what would happen if microsoft bought yahoo and got rid of all these good stuff!
messenger for mac doesnt have any cool features what so ever
mac users would be stuck
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3-27-2008 @ 5:47AM
Quikboy said...
Well usually, when companies buy companies, they usually keep the good stuff going. Don't they?
Why would they buy Y! only to make their services worse than before? MS would lose money and users that way.
You could use an alternative, or if you feel that programs for Macs aren't good enough for you, try finding a different OS.