US Robotics

UK readers: this Saturday The Times is publishing a special 'Life Abroad' supplement, with tips on how to purchase property internationally and how to save money while living abroad. Clearly Skype is a good way to do this, so USRobotics is including a page that offers information and instruction to readers on how to use Skype for international calling--it's very 'how-to' and if you're here you probably don't need to see it, but I'm guessing it will help a lot of Times readers.

I'm mentioning it because with the 'Life Abroad' supplement USRobotics is offering a promotion for up to 2 hours of free SkypeOut calls if you purchase USRobotics hardware.

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Big news for US Skypers today--Skype and Wal-Mart have announced a partnership that makes Skype-certified products available at 1,800 Wal-Mart stores across the US starting today. What sorts of gear will Wal-Mart be carrying? There's a pretty wide range:

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I've been trying to get my parents on the Skype bandwagon for quite a while now, and while they're willing to give it a try when I'm around to show them what to do, they're reluctant to attempt it when I'm not around (when they should be using it to call me!). Two phone from USRobotics, the USB Internet Phone and Internet Mini Phone, may just change that. The pair have been out for a while and I recently had the chance to check them out. Read on for my review.

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Skypegear recently looked at a pair of corded USB phones from USRobotics. Now I've had the chance to try out USR's cordless offering, the USRobotics Cordless Skype Dual Phone. After a week of playing around with it I can tell you it's a solid, no-frills way to combine Skype and landline calling in a single phone. Read on for my review.

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Some new laptops these days have webcams built in to them, making them ideal for using Skype to make videocalls when you're out and about. However, a lot don't, and many of the ones that do have squeezed a camera in which really doesn't do the job very well. Enter US Robotics' Mini Cam for Skype, which aims to plug just this gap, providing a small, affordable way to add videocalling capability to your laptop.

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It may not be available until January, putting it safely out of reach of any Christmas present-buying cash that might be burning a hole in your Levi's, but the USR9640 webcam looks like it's packs a lot into a very small space.

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