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February 2007

Stephen Pinches

Buy 'Skype Pro' and get discount on popular Skype phones

By My status Stephen Pinches on February 28, 2007 in Cordless phones, Promotions, RTX, SMC, Wifi phones.

    

First of all - what’s Skype Pro? Well as Peter Parkes, our new Skype blogger (welcome Peter!) mentions, Skype Pro is a new calling plan from Skype, available in many European countries and in the UK. The deal’s pretty simple - to paraphrase:

  • Zero cents per minute calling to domestic landlines in your country — this means you can talk as long as you like and only pay the connection fee (3.9 cents or equivalent) for each call that you make to domestic landlines
  • Free Skype Voicemail (normally €15 per year)
  • €30 discount on SkypeIn numbers
  • €5 Skype Credit included as part of the introductory offer

However, of interest from a hardware point of view are the discounts available on some interesting Skype phones and accessories such as

  • A €30 discount on a Philips VoIP 841 cordless phone (£21 in the UK), which Skypegear took a look at here. 
  • A €10 discount on an SMC WiFi phone (£7 in the UK), which Skypegear reviewed here.

The VoIP841 is listed as coming soon in the store at present, but keep your eyes peeled for it soon.

 

Technorati tags: VoIP841, Philips, SMC, Wifi phone, Cordless phones, Internet calling, Internet telephony, Skype, VoIP, Skype Pro, Skype phone

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Skypegear Roadtest: Panasonic KX-WP1050 Wi-fi Skype phone with Wireless Travel Router

By My status Stephen Pinches on February 23, 2007 in Business, Panasonic, Wifi phones.

So you arrive at your hotel, exhausted after a long flight in a far-flung part of the world, unpack your bags, power up your phone to call home only to discover: no wifi network. This doesn’t have to be Kazakhstan; as any road warrior knows there are many major hotel chains in Europe and the US who only offer cable-based internet access rather than having any kind of wireless internet.

This is where the Panasonic KX-WP1050 (to give it its true title) comes into its own. Yes; Panasonic have packed into their neat little travel box not only a slim little wifi Skype phone, but also a little mini travel wireless router, which you can use both for the phone and, if needs be, for your PC or other wifi-equipped devices. Available now to US customers, Skypegear got to test it at home and away…

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X-Series and Skype go underground in Hong Kong

By My status Stephen Pinches on February 21, 2007 in Promotions, Skype Mobile.

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3’s X-Series has invaded the Hong Kong metro, with enormous posters plastered all over the stations. Bearing in mind that 3 Hong Kong network provide full 3G coverage in all the stations and tunnels of the metro system, this is a great place to advertise the benefits of being able to make free and very cheap calls via Skype on your 3 X-Series mobile phone.

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International Architects get a full Skypeover

By My status Stephen Pinches on February 20, 2007 in Bluetooth headsets, Business, Cordless phones, Logitech, Philips, Polycom, Webcams.

Life isn’t easy being an international firm of architects. Gone are the days of waltzing around in black polo-necks, talking Bauhaus and minimalism and wearing thick black specs to impress the ladies. These days, clients are demanding, deadlines are always imminent, and the boundaries of creativity always ready to be pushed.

It is these kinds of pressures that, with offices across the UK and in Prague, architects  Lewis & Hickey operate under. As you can see from their website, Lewis & Hickey are far from conventional in their approach to office space and working practices, and so Skype were delighted to work with them on the first Skype for Business showcase in the UK.

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Skypegear Roadtest: Linksys CIT400 iPhone

By My status Stephen Pinches on February 19, 2007 in Cordless phones, Linksys.

 

The Linksys CIT400 is designed to fit square in the centre of a family’s telephone setup. Ultimately designed to take the place of your old DECT home phone, it can handle both your old-style normal telephone calls and also make and receive calls made via Skype: one handset does everything, you just choose how you want to make the call.

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New firmware upgrade for the DUALPhone 3088

By My status Stephen Pinches on February 15, 2007 in Cordless phones, RTX, Skype hardware tips.

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Only yesterday Skypegear mentioned the new package Skype have put together featuring the DUALPhone 3088 plus up to 300 minutes of call credit for a grand total of £99/E139. And now news comes from Joerg Droege from the Nafcom blog of not one but two firmware updates available for the DUALPhone 3088 phone.

Whilst the upgrades mostly just fix a few minor issues, there are a few more noteable additions. For a start, you can now accept and decline new contacts from the handset, which was previously unavailable. There are also improvements to the call quality and the volume of the ringtones.

For details of the release notes, check here, and for troubleshooting, try here.

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E25 off and loads of calling credit with the new DUALPhone Skype phone bundle...

By My status Stephen Pinches on February 14, 2007 in Cordless phones, Promotions, RTX.

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Skypegear’s already got it’s hands on the cordless DECT DUALPhone 3088 for a roadtest and it’s a real all-rounder: not only can you make Skype calls but also use it for regular phone calls, as well as accessing all of your Skype contacts, voice mail and Skype status. Now the European Skype store has bundled this phone with up to 300 minutes of SkypeOut credit for a very reasonable E139 / £99.

Not that Skypegear’s tight, but there’s nothing like the warm fuzzy feeling you get from giving a great gift to the love of your life that you got at a really, really good price :)

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Skypegear Roadtest: Ipevo Xing Skype speakerphone

By My status Stephen Pinches on February 8, 2007 in Ipevo, Speakerphones.

The Ipevo Xing is Ipevo’s large form factor speakerphone, aimed squarely at the small business user. It certainly has the X-factor in terms of visual appeal, but how does it measure up in use?

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X-Series now offers Skype for mobile...coming soon to Hong Kong!

By My status Stephen Pinches on February 5, 2007 in Skype Mobile.

As if Europe wasn’t enough, Hutch have also extended the X-Series into Hong Kong, meaning that now Hong Kong users can also make free Skype-to-Skype calls from their mobiles, and cheap calls to other numbers.

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Three's X-Series extends Skype to mobiles in Sweden

By My status Stephen Pinches on February 5, 2007 in Skype Mobile.

As Jane already mentioned over on the UK Skype blog, Hutchinson have extended their X-Series phones into Scandinavia, launching in Sweden (see photos of the launch below).

For a base price of 149 Swedish Kronor a month (£11/E16.50), Swedes will be able to talk their way through the dark winter days, and also access services such as Skype, Yahoo!, MSN Messenger and Hotmail straight from the Nokia N73 handset currently supplied.

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