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File Sizes for Skype

I have found the file sizes for the latest Skype version for the following systems: Mac OS X: 33 MB (Version: 6.0.0.2946) ^[1]

Android: 10.02 MB (Version: 2.9.0.315) ^[2]

iOS: 19 MB (Version: 4.1.1) ^[3]

Microsoft Windows: 1.2 MB (Version: 6.0.0.120) ^[4]

I don't know if these should be added. I also know there are more out there. I just couldn't find it. Thanks! 71.167.137.83 (talk) 17:14, 8 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Version history

Why in the world is there an extremely verbose version history in this article. Over half the article is release notes. This is insane.

Can someone attend to this please? Thanks. 118.209.164.17 (talk) 03:16, 12 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

[Skype_for_Mac_OS_X_-_Now_with_Facebook_Chat_and_Video_Calling_-_Skype-1] Latest Mac OS X version of Skype

[Skype_for_Android_-_CNET_Download.com-2] Latest Android version of Skype

[Skype_for_Iphone,_Ipod_touch,_and_Ipad_on_the_iTunes_App_Store-3] Latest iOS version of Skype

[Skype_6.0_-_TechSpot_Downloads-4] Latest Microsoft Windows version of Skype

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