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VTraveller Skype Phones Are Good For Travellers, Bad For Everyone Else

If you’re always in range of a Wi-Fi access point, Skype may be the cheapest way to make calls this side of, well, anything. However, nobody but a road warrior with a laptop would really need a USB-powered screenless Skype phone. The VTraveller hooks into your laptop via USB and has voicemail, LEDs, and personalized…

Gadgets Jason Chen Jan 30

Furiro’s Sexy, Sexy Skype Phones

These are some damn sexy Skype phones. Made by Futiro, an Irish company, they’re actually not as insanely expensive as they look. Running $75, $65, and $55, they deliver all the shine of a gadget five times as expensive. The catch? They’re corded, so you need to stay next to your computer to use them.…

Tech News Adam Frucci Jan 25

Skype Price Reminder: 13 Days

So it’s 2007, that means that Skype is now charging for landline calls. And on top of that, there are only 13 days left to sign up for unlimited Skypeout calling at their reduced price of $14.95. Also, today Skype started charing $.039 connection fee for every land based call you make. That is unless…

Tech News Ben Longo Jan 18

Confess Your Nerdom with a Lightsaber Skype Phone

From Nikko Japan and on display at CES was this very interesting Skype phone that shares striking similarities with a Lightsaber. It doesn’t have any kind of external energy beam, but it does produce the Lightsaber noise upon plugging into a computer. It even includes a very flashy stand that allows you to proudly display…

Tech News Travis Hudson Jan 16

Hot or Not? Apollo Video: Skype iPod Dock

The iA200 Apollo Video by Auvi docks your iPod, plays video on a 7″ LCD and features a rear-mounted DECT 6.0 phone for Skype and landline calls. I don’t know about this one. While I didn’t see a working model, the larger iPod screen could add incentive to purchasing a dock. But does it really…

Gadgets Mark Wilson Jan 10

First Pics of Skype Phones from Asus, Netgear and Topcom

We’ll have details to go with these images a bit later today. The Asus AiGuru is above, the rest are after the jump… This one is from Topcom, and it looks a lot like the IPEVO desk phone we saw on Friday. https://gizmodo.com/ipevo-skypes-out-a-trio-of-handsets-226557 Netgear’s SPH200D.

Gadgets Noah Robischon Jan 8

Netgear’s New Cordless Phone Swings Both Ways

Netgear today introduced a new cordless phone that combines plain-old telephone service and Skype calling in one handset. It’s not a new concept (Linksys is already doing it, for example), but the new Dual-Mode Cordless Phone with Skype SPH200D is a handsome little package. And it looks easy to use. The handset LCD shows you…

Tech News Sean Captain Jan 7

IPEVO Skypes Out a Trio of Handsets

IPEVO, whose minimalist Free-1 USB handset made it stupidly simple to make SkypeOut calls, just dialed us up and announced three new products for CES. The Solo.1 (above) is a Skype certified phone that doesn’t need the computer—it’s an IP phone with a 2-port 10/100Mbps Ethernet switch. The 2.4-inch color screen has the usual Skype…

Tech News Noah Robischon Jan 5

Japanese Digitally-Counted Breast Bounce Contest: NSFW and Proof Why We Need the Venice Project

Chen and Om like the Venice Project video service’s concept: Use a P2P system to support bigger, faster, higher quality downloads. Here’s proof why we need this, like, yesterday. This video of a breast bouncing contest, where two well-endowed, bikini clad women face off to see who’s got more bounce. The contestants warm up with…

Tech News Brian Lam Dec 21

Venice Project Hands On: This Is Going To Kill YouTube

The guys who brought you KaZaA and Skype are at it again, and their upcoming Venice Project Peer to Peer streaming will show YouTube how video is really done. Just like KaZaA was a disruptive force in music sharing, and Skype was a disruptive force for phone calls, the Venice Project will kill current online…

Tech News Jason Chen Dec 21

Love Detector: Skype Edition

In honor of Skype 3.0 and the Skypeout announcements yesterday, we bring you the Love Detetor: Skype Edition. Similar to the Cellular love detector we showed you back in may, this Skype version analyzes “different levels of emotions and adoration” of the people you converse with on Skype. https://gizmodo.com/skype-software-upgraded-to-version-3-0-221850 Want to know if Maggie in…

Gadgets Jason Chen Dec 14

Skype Software Upgraded to Version 3.0

On the heels of yesterday’s announcement that SkypeOut to the US and Canada won’t be free starting in January, the company now released version 3.0 of its free Skype internet phone-calling software, now available for download. We downloaded the new version and it does have a spruced up interface, adding a tab for public chats…

Tech News Charlie White Dec 14

Skype To Charge in ’07, Buy Early For a Discount

Readers who purchased either the Netgear or Belkin Skype phones should remember that free U.S. and Canada Skypeout calling is only good ’til the end of the year. Starting January ’07, you’ll have to pay $29.95 for unlimited yearly calling. Pretty cheap, if you compare that your landline or cellphone bill. https://gizmodo.com/netgear-sph101-skype-wifi-phone-vs-belkin-skype-wifi-p-201682 Plus, if you…

Tech News Jason Chen Dec 13

Skype Mobile 2.2 Out, Adds Smartphone Support

Not only does the updated Skype 2.2 add support for Windows Mobile Smartphones, there’s updated today/home screens and even proxy support. We’ve been using Skype on Windows Mobile PPC devices for a while, and if you have a fast enough processor you should definitely give it a shot. Motorola Q, T-Mobile Dash, or Cingular BlackJack…

Tech News Jason Chen Dec 12

Make Belkin Skype Calls from Boingo Hotspots

Not only can you make calls from Starbucks and Kinkos with the Belkin WiFi Skype phone—which we reviewed here—you can now make calls on Boingo hot spots. Boingo, like T-Mobile, has around 60,000 locations where you can pay to log on and be a chatty Cathy. https://gizmodo.com/exclusive-belkin-wifi-skype-phone-review-first-anywhe-195468 If you own the Belkin phone, however, you…

Tech News Jason Chen Dec 8

Skype Motherboards From Asustek Lets Even Your Mom Skype

Like Skype? Asustek is about to release two motherboards that with Asus TeleSky adapters that let you plug in any old analog telephone and use that to make Skype calls. Different from the USB Skype phones we’ve been seeing, this lets you salvage all those old cordless telephones you’ve had sitting around since the nineties.…

Tech News Jason Chen Dec 1

Median MX-400M: Digital Audio Player + VoIP Phone Calls

Take a portable media player, throw in some VoIP goodness and what do you get? Right now, you get the Median MX-400M, a Korean-made gadget that combines a 1GB/2GB digital audio player with free Internet phone calls in the form of VoIP. Judging from the pictures, it looks like the MX-400M only works with Miraphone…

Gadgets Nicholas Deleon Nov 30

How To Increase Your Skype Call Quality

The guys at Labrats have a video up on how to increase the quality of your Skype calls. For both the video-phobic and the work-bound, here’s a summary of what they talk about: 1. Set your router to give your Skype PC a static IP address. 2. Open a Skypish port to that static IP.…

Tech News Jason Chen Nov 28

RTX Dualphone: First PC-less Cordless Skype Phone

We’ve reviewed Skype phones before that can make calls on both the Skype network and the regular landline, but the RTX Dualphone is the first one that can do both without the need of a PC. The RTX comes with a charging dock, a base station, and a handset. The base station connects into your…

Tech News Jason Chen Nov 22

Skype 3.0 Beta: Facelift and a Boob Job

Skype got a major makeover today with the beta release of version 3.0. The big new feature is browser extensions for IE and Firefox that let you embed SkypeOut links into web pages. This click-to-call functionality is targeted for e-commerce businesses, and prank callers perhaps. I wonder how well this will work with Skype-enabled handsets?…

Tech News Noah Robischon Nov 8

VTraveller Skype Phones Are Good For Travellers, Bad For Everyone Else

Furiro’s Sexy, Sexy Skype Phones

Skype Price Reminder: 13 Days

Confess Your Nerdom with a Lightsaber Skype Phone

Hot or Not? Apollo Video: Skype iPod Dock

First Pics of Skype Phones from Asus, Netgear and Topcom

Netgear’s New Cordless Phone Swings Both Ways

IPEVO Skypes Out a Trio of Handsets

Japanese Digitally-Counted Breast Bounce Contest: NSFW and Proof Why We Need the Venice Project

Venice Project Hands On: This Is Going To Kill YouTube

Love Detector: Skype Edition

Skype Software Upgraded to Version 3.0

Skype To Charge in ’07, Buy Early For a Discount

Skype Mobile 2.2 Out, Adds Smartphone Support

Make Belkin Skype Calls from Boingo Hotspots

Skype Motherboards From Asustek Lets Even Your Mom Skype

Median MX-400M: Digital Audio Player + VoIP Phone Calls

How To Increase Your Skype Call Quality

RTX Dualphone: First PC-less Cordless Skype Phone

Skype 3.0 Beta: Facelift and a Boob Job

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