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Internet Skype Wi-Fi Phones Announced
Tuan Nguyen (Blog) - July 21, 2006 9:36 AM
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Although none are available yet

With a surge in subscribers and user popularity, a number of Wi-Fi phones designed for Skype have been released. Belkin introduced its Wi-Fi Phone for Skype earlier but the phone is still on pre-order.

According to Belkin, the phone is compatible with 802.11b/g protocols and supports WEP, WPA-PSK, WPA and WPA2 security features. Based on a similar look to some of Sony Ericsson's candy bar phones, the Belkin Wi-Fi Phone is the latest Skype phone announced. From Belkin's release:

The Belkin Wi-Fi Phone for Skype works anywhere in the world through your secured or open access to a Wi-Fi network—without a computer. Any home, office, cafe, or municipal wireless access point that does not require browser-based authentication will do. Pre-loaded with Skype software, the Belkin Wi-Fi Phone features the Skype interface, so it’s ready for use with any wireless network.

Netgear also has a Skype phone which is also available for preorder. The SPH101 from Netgear only supports 802.11g, so users searching around in more popular 802.11b hot spots for a connection will be out of luck. The phone supports WEP and WPA-PSK security features and sports a similar look to Belkin's phone.

Both phones from Belkin and Netgear do not support emergency 911 calling. Users will still require a traditional land-line or cell phone for this. On the positive side, customers interested in Wi-Fi Skype phones should be aware that the company has made SkypeOut, its Skype to regular phone calling feature absolutely free until the end of the year. Skype has not announced a decision on whether or not it will keep this feature free beyond 2006. Free SkypeOut works for anyone within US and Canada.

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By SilthDraeth on 7/21/2006 2:47:31 PM , Rating: 2
This is a tech news website. If you dig hard enough, I am sure you can find typos in almost any article. Rummage through cnn.com r foxnews.com, and you will find them.

On the same note, the guys here at DailyTech do their best to correct any mistakes, spelling or otherwise.

I don't even need to hesitate to know that being polite goes a long way. Posting a reply that reads, for example: "non should be none, and availabe should be available. Thanks." Would allow the corrects to be made, without being hostile.

I do enjoy reading the news articles that are on DailyTech, and I know others do as well. Please try to keep it friendly. If you feel the opposite, please just go somewhere else to cry. DailyTech is not the only tech news site on the internet.




By Quiksel on 7/21/2006 3:07:36 PM , Rating: 2
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On the same note, the guys here at DailyTech do their best to correct any mistakes, spelling or otherwise.

Ok, sure they do (/laughs). Why not just check it before they send it? It's not like there were 4500 words to check, there were FIVE in the sub-headline and he misspelled TWO of them (which makes it a bigger mistake, literally). It's even a fairly slow newsday, so I don't really think it's because he's so rushed that he just typed it wrong real quick-like and had to move to the next pressing article. Believe me, I want to give them all big breaks for being a "tech news site", but somehow, I really just can't. I can also be very polite and cordial, but given how DT's rep around the regulars is how crappy the grammar and spelling is, I'd expect the boys at DT to change that on the double. For crying out loud, it's not a huge deal to spend another minute to check over the document you just spent *all this time working on* (since they "do their best") so that the message isn't cheapened by the obvious lack of respect shown towards the content.

Mod this down all you want, but if DT can just spell it right the first time, they'd get more hits based on a better reputation, and overall better user experience, which I think we all would benefit from. This is a good fight to fight, so stop being so status quo when causes such as this are undertaken. There's really no need to cut them any slack in this.


By PT2006 on 7/21/2006 5:15:21 PM , Rating: 3
The same amount of spelling mistakes are on Slashdot, The inquirer, Extreme Tech and Tom's Hardware. The difference is dailytech has a forum 2 inches away from the mistake, while the rest of these sites don't (well slashdot does, but Slashdot doesnt even FIX the errors)

Don't believe me?

CNN: http://www.google.com/search?num=100&hl=en&lr=&q=s...
Tomshardware: http://www.google.com/search?num=100&hl=en&lr=&q=s...
The Inquirer: http://www.google.com/search?num=100&hl=en&lr=&q=s...


By SilthDraeth on 7/22/2006 12:14:29 AM , Rating: 2
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Tuan, are you really serious with that kind of spelling?

Geez. It's almost like you don't even care whether it makes you look like a 5th grader or not."

I am not implying that any slack should be cut. Just in my opionion you are going at it in the wrong direction. That is just my observation.

I do however agree with you, that the spelling errors are a bit to frequent, and that there really is no excuse for them. Grammatical errors, however, are another story and to each their own.


By lemonadesoda on 7/21/2006 5:44:30 PM , Rating: 2
The poster was not impolite. He was efficient, 2 words; polite, ":-)"; accurate, he was right. And that's just how we like the news here.


and....
By KorbenZander on 7/21/2006 2:15:10 PM , Rating: 2
non = none :)




Typo
By Suomynona on 7/21/06, Rating: 0
unreal.
By Quiksel on 7/21/06, Rating: -1
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