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NETGEAR Skype WiFi phone

Posted in AV, Entertainment, Tech by Derek at 10:00 am
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Dan pointed this slick looking device out to me yesterday. The NETGEAR Skype WiFi phone:

A mobile WiFi phone that enables you (without a PC) to make free Internet calls to anyone else in the world who has Skype.

That’s right. Skype minus the computer. A snazzy looking cellphone-like handset capable of wireless communications wherever WiFi is available. Not yet available, but pre-orders are being accepted.

I would be a little more sold on the $250 asking price had the device had support for services like the Gizmo Project.

4 Responses to “NETGEAR Skype WiFi phone”

  1. Dan says:
    4/21/2006 at 10:11 am

    I think this is more of a toy for the international travler.

  2. Mitko says:
    4/21/2006 at 11:02 am

    but dosent it work wherever WiFi in the world? i mean it is workink with WiFi all over thw world or im wrong?!?

  3. Derek says:
    4/21/2006 at 12:24 pm

    I think what Dan is trying to say is that the price range for this dedicated Skype handset puts it in the category for business over pleasure use.

  4. Justin says:
    4/22/2006 at 6:57 pm

    I did that with my PocketPC a few years ago…I got a lot of static…well, then again I was just using open waves :D

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