USB Skype Phone from Radian Technologies
For those of you not familiar with Skype, the basic idea of the software is to allow you to use your computer to call both other computers as well as any regular phone line, and then using a variation of Voice over IP (VoIP) to handle the audio. Calling from your computer to another Skype user’s computer is free, but calling to phone lines, as well as having the ability to have a phone number for phone lines to call your computer requires you to sign up for their subscription based services (which is still very cheap compared to typical phone services). Although, they are offering the ability for you to call out to phone lines for free anywhere in the US and Canada for free for the remainder of the year. So if you haven’t checked it out, theres no reason not to.
If your planning on using Skype on a regular basis for business or as a replacement for your home phone, your probably going to want something better than your typical built in computer microphone for better sound quality though. Radian Technologies looks to solve that problem for you with their new USB SkyTone phone specifically made for use with Skype.
Many of the people involved in testing the phone stated the sound quality ranged from “sounds just fine” to “crystal clear”. There is an LCD screen on the phone which dispalys your contact list for easy calling, and the phone is lightweight and looks very similar to a normal phone. This is good because it makes you feel like less of a nerd for using your computer as a phone. Since the phone is a pretty small size, you are easily able to take it with you wherever you go and use it in combination with a laptop computer.
You can pick the phone up online anywhere from 30-50 dollars depending on how hard you look. So if your thinking about switching to a VOIP service, I would definetly recommend checking out Skype, and picking up either the Skytone USB phone, or some type of headset to use.
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