CES 2007: Skype partners bag 3 Innovation awards
By
Stephen Pinches on January 16, 2007 in Bluetooth headsets, CES 2007, Cordless phones, GE, Netgear.
The Innovations Design and Engineering Awards have been going since 1989, and are a way for the industry to acknowledge products that their team of independent judges consider to be the best designed products in consumer technology. Skype partners managed to bag no less than three honorees this year at CES, so congrats are due to:
- Thomson - for the GE DECT 6.0 Embedded Skype Residential Phone
- Plantronics - for the .Audio 910 Bluetooth Headset
- Netgear - for the SPH200D cordless Skype phone
The Plantronics is pictured above; (slightly blurry I'm afraid) photos of the other two award winners with their newly earned stripes after the break...
Thomson cordless GE Skype phone...
...Netgear SPH200D cordless Skype phone...
Technorati tags: Skype, Netgear SPH200D, Innovations2007, CES 2007, VoIP, Internet telephony, Internet calling, Plantronics, Bluetooth headsets, GE DECT, Thomson
Comments
I have tested the netgear phone and the USB plantronics 510. both work okay. but I think the netgear needs some improvement.
I also checked out the plantronics 510 device. Interesting to note that the Bluetooth stack's built into the USB dongle (PC sees the dongle as a sound card), thus removing all the instability (and security) issues associated with normal wireless Bluetooth. SO no trouble in setting it up.
Note that the the Audio 910 is the Skype/Microsoft Communication only version of the 510USB; minus the power adapter and standing base (it comes only with the USB dongle with built-in Bluetooth stack and the USB charger).
gr. jan - www.skype-gadgets.com (search on netgear and plantronics there,if you want to read my reviews)
tropicaljantie | Tuesday, Jan 23
ow i forgot to mention the url on my main plantronics 510 review. here : http://webtown.typepad.com/webtown/2006/11/plantronics_voy.html
tropicaljantie | Tuesday, Jan 23