SMC have launched their own WiFi Skype phone, model number WSKP100. Like other WiFi Skype phones recently launched (Netgear SPH101) the WSKP100 uses WiFi to make calls via SkypeOut and receive calls through SkypeIn. It is 802.11b/g complient, and as it operates on the 2.4Ghz bandwidth it won’t interfere with any DECT phones you mightContinue Reading
D-Link’s DPH-C160S looks like quite a decent Dual-mode VoIP / PSTN phone. Ok there have been a few DECT VoIP phones released recently, but most of them have been designed with Skype users in mind. The D-Link DPH-C160S is for VoIP calls, and because it is dual-mode it can also handle your traditional calls. ItContinue Reading
Garrett Smith has a post about a strange looking communications device called a Duo, by a company named Mvox. It’s being labelled by Mvox as the world’s first wearable Smart Communicator. It has one-touch voice dialing, has hands-free headset, and claims a 100% voice recognition rate. What’s more, you can use its Bluetooth wireless orContinue Reading
With the growth of Wi-Fi phones, it’s obviously expected that Wi-Fi calling will grow. Bill Pechey of IT Week takes at a look at how Wi-Fi calling is making its way into 3G phones. In fact, this is by design. The 3GPP (Third Generation Partnership Project) is an industry organization focusing on GSM and 3GContinue Reading
Subscribers of Orange in the UK and some European countries can now make both VoIP and mobile calls from a single dual-mode handset, using a service called the Unique phone. The phones operate on WLAN (Wireless LAN) at home and a mobile network otherwise. Calls from home to landline phones and other Orange mobiles areContinue Reading