@Technut: thanks much! I wanted to file a bug report too. But just wanted to see if it was my individual issue / rather a wide spread one.

@realitygaps: thanks much. Now I know I am not alone.

Anyway, the one improvement I see in skype for OS2008 over OS2007 is that it allows one to minimize each chat window individually. But the clicking on history to look at a chat is not very responsive. Do you see anymore ? Or is there a change log I can see somewhere ? I see only Version: 1.7.23.27.4. Release date: July 10, 2007 in skype.com and no change log.

Regarding BT : Does the N800 on OS2008 only support Headset profile and not a2dp ? All I can hear is mono on my Stereo headset .

For the time being I am going to run OS2007 so that I can have a non crashing skype.

Thanks again.