ComputerActive reviews the TrendNet ClearSky and notes, “Installation threw up a few problems, but by downloading the latest drivers from the TrendNet website, we were able to remedy these. Each time Skype is fired up, you’ll need to hit the Contacts button on the phone to download your Skype address book.” The conclusion? “For a […]

CNET reviews the NetComm USB VoIP speakerphone and found the device very easy to install. The review concludes, “Overall, we found the V35 worked well enough as a speakerphone, although we still suspect that you could struggle with it for multi-user VoIP applications in a noisy room. There’s definitely a market for a VoIP speakerphone […]

The ASUS P525 is a PDA running Windows Mobile 5.0 Pocket PC Edition and featuring 802.11b WiFi, as well as Skype.
ASUS P525 specifications:
* 416MHz Intel® XScale™ processor
* Quad band, GSM 850/900/1800/1900; GPRS Class B, multi-slot Class 10
* 128MB Flash ROM and 64MB SDRAM
* 2.8-inch, 240 x 320 pixels, 65,000 TFT display
* 1300 mAh Li-ion battery
* […]

A security bug in Skype for Windows - improper handling of URI arguments - has been identified and Skype has released a patch that will fix this vulnerability.
The problem fixed by the patch: “An attacker who constructs a Skype URL that is malformed in a specific way can initiate the transfer of a single […]

Sci-Tech Today reviews the Linksys CIT 200, and notes, “The audio quality of calls ranges from mediocre to excellent, depending on factors such as the amount of available broadband. The quality also might vary depending on whether the call is made over a free Skype connection or a regular landline. All things considered, however, the […]

PC World reviews the Laser USB VoIP Phone and finds it to be a basic VoIP phone with a feature list and price to match. “Setup is simple and Laser requires you to install the included SkypeMate software and of course the Skype client itself. The USB VoIP phone only works with the Skype software, […]

Tom Keating reviews the Uniden UIP1869V Vonage VoIP phone system for TMCNet, and was very impressed with the system, which he found to be feature-rich and easy to install, with capable performance. Among the features he enjoyed: “the Uniden phone has a message waiting indicator light on both the base station and the handsets which […]

The Toptone M808 will come pre-installed with any softphone, but it’s actually a portable media player. You get FM radio, and up to 512MB of flash memory. It plays MP3, WMA and WAV audio files, as well as WMV, MPEG-1/2/4 and AVI video files. There’s a 1.2-inch 65k color OLED screen and a built-in microphone.
It […]

George Ou reviews the Polycom Communicator C100S, and felt that, while the installation went well, with the drivers automatically detected and installed by Windows XP SP2, the autostaller shouldn’t really require a reboot after installation, since the only Windows startup modification was the addition of the Polycom Communicator software.
Performance-wise, he found the Communicator’s sound to […]

The Inquirer has a review of the Trendnet Clearsky Skype phone, and is not particularly impressed with the phone. The reviewer experienced problems connecting the phone to Skype, although the Bluetooth installation wasn’t a problem. It took downloading the drivers directly from Trendnet’s website to solve that issue. Once hooked up to Skype: “Call quality […]