IPevo, well known company for its range of VoIP-enabled devices, is going to release a new Off-PC Skype Desktop phone - Solo 1. It features 2.4″ color touchscreen (?) and embedded version of Skype. Solo doesn’t need PC to make calls. Just up your broadband connection and phone will connect to your Skype account.
The release of Solo is planning this March or April. The price is tagged at $169.99.
[via Ubergizmo]
The iPhone Dual-Mode Internet Telephony Kit for Skype is not a product of Apple as you can think. It’s a new handset for VoIP from Cisco. It can be plugged directly into the ethernet jack. Just for $180 you may own a stylish phone which makes calls via Skype and traditional landline without PC.
Philips already announced its version Skype-phone which doesn’t need PC. I cannot compare functionality of iPhone and VoIP841 but Cisco phone definitely looks more attractive.
[via GigaOM]
Keyspan has released a Skype-compatible Cordless VoIP Phone. It has 15 hours of talk time, 1200 hours of standby time, USB/AAA power. The phone is Mac and PC (MS Windows) compatible. It lacks Linux users and it’s not good. Anyway, hope they will add Linux support.
Phone communicates with the computer over a 2.4 Ghz radio signal that works through walls and furniture. The LCD display shows who is online, Skype status, battery level, and signal quality.
The price is just $79.00.
Siemens has announced Gigaset S450 cordless handset with support of Yahoo! Messenger. The S450 can work as a landline cordless phone but it also can handle Yahoo! Messenger sensibilities. To work with Messenger the phone comes with the Gigaset M34 USB to plug in into PC. The S450 also features:
Yahoo! Messenger with Voice seems strong competitor for Skype. It has an excellent user interface and voice features as well.
I read that Siemens also decided to throw in 250 free minutes of Yahoo! Phone Out with each purchase of the S450. It’s good point to buy a DECT cordless phone if you didn’t do it yet and if you Yahoo! fan.
New phone form RTX has announced the first Internet telephone with on-screen e-mail and news. It combines a standard phone connection, Internet telephony and storage for Web content. The base station is connected both to the conventional telephone system and to the broadband Internet link, so you will able to call from both channels. So, it’s possible to make calls using usual telephone line of VoIP.
It also offers customers on-screen information such as the latest news, e-mail, stock market data, weather forecasts, traffic queues or sports results – all displayed in real time on a a 128×128 color display.