<p>A preview version of Microsoft's Skype for Windows Phone 8 is now available delivering exclusive features to the mobile OS and raising some privacy eyebrows. Skype is Microsoft's free VoIP app and was recently announced to be the successor to Windows Live Messenger , the company's instant messenger service.</p><p>Skype for Windows Phone 8, is now available for download from the company's online app store.</p><p>This release of the app, which requires 512MB of RAM to operate, contains all the features outlined by Microsoft when it revealed a sneak peek of the software on Oct. 29 but because it's a preview version, it may have call reliability and bug issues.</p><p>The Windows Phone 8 version of Skype has greater integration with its hardware than the editions for other mobile platforms such as Android and iOS. Smartphones that will be able to run the new application includes HTC's Windows Phone 8S and Windows Phone 8X; the Lumia 820 and 920 from Nokia; and Samsung Electronics' Ativ S.</p><p><a href="http://www.techhive.com/article/2013812/skype-for-windows-phone-8-preview-now-available-with-exclusive-features.html">Keep reading...</a></p><p>Read also:</p><p><a href="http://howto.cnet.com/8301-11310_39-57548480-285/communicate-with-messenger-friends-on-skype/">Communicate with Messenger friends on Skype</a> (CNET (blog))</p><p><a href="http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2412007,00.asp">Skype Preview Now Available on Windows Phone 8</a> (PC Magazine)</p><p><a href="http://www.themobileindian.com/news/9291_Skype-Preview-for-Windows-Phone-8-goes-live">Skype Preview for Windows Phone 8 goes live</a> (The Mobile Indian)</p><p>Explore: <a href="http://news.google.com/news/more?ncl=dOBwPpP1ffZK39ME71m6Q___teE_M&ned=us">152 additional articles.</a></p>