Although reports suggest that Apple is coming out with its own VoIP client
This week, several users and websites distributed an early build of Skype for OS X that supported video conferencing. The beta also supports the iSight that is built into all of Apple's new Intel-based notebooks -- the MacBook Pro and MacBook families. Skype however, made an announcement today that users should avoid the floating build due to extreme instability and bugs.
We recently learned that there is an early development version of Skype for Mac with video floating around some warez sites. What you need to know about this version is that it is an internal unstable development version, and thus it is extremely buggy. It may and will destroy your contacts and other data. It is completely unsupported and if you experience problems due to using this version, you’re on your own.
Mac users have been waiting for a version of Skype to support video conferencing since its inception. While Skype already has a universal binary version of its popular VoIP client out for Mac users, the demand for webcam support continues to drum up on a daily basis.
According to AppleInsider, Apple is working on VoIP technology that will be integrated into its next major OS release, codenamed Leopard. According to the report, the new technology will be integrated into iChat, the IM client that ships with every copy of OS X. Apple will lift the covers off of Leopard later this year at its World Wide Developers Conference in August.
