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Wednesday, January 04, 2006
First Wi-Fi phone for Skype introduced
"Broadband gear maker NetGear Inc. is introducing a cordless phone to dial Skype Internet calls over any Wi-Fi connection without a personal computer, joining a parade of new products at the International Consumer Electronics Show bringing online telephony to the mainstream.
Other announcements at CES involving VoIP, or Voice over Internet Protocol, included new phones from two major names in consumer electronics, Panasonic Communications Co. and Philips Electronics NV."
I wouldn't mind getting my hands on one of these. If wifi hot spots continue spreading like they have been you could use your phone in many places around town. It looks like VoIP is really battling to further become a mainstream technology.
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Posted by Jon Heizer at
8:36 PM
