Tag Archive for 'voip'

Home phone design is lamentable.  Yes, there are a few exceptions - Bang & Olufsen, I’m drooling at you - but in general the humble PSTN handset is the dreary cousin to the glittering, posing cellphone.  What’s surprising is the number of manufacturers whose different departments churn out both cellular and land-line phones, but across [...]

If you talk a lot on Skype while you’re on the road, but are tired of talking on bulky headset? Kensington has a new phone that might be just what you’re looking for. It’s a small Bluetooth phone that fits neatly into your PCMCIA slot, so there’s nothing extra to carry around. That is unless [...]

I’m a hard-sell when it comes to VoIP handsets, in fact some might say I was just plain picky.  I can’t see the point of anything that has to be plugged in to a USB port (unless you’ve got a server at home, would you really want to leave your PC on all the time [...]

They might have an odd name, but boynq also have some interesting looking products.  A bit of swish design on the desk is never a bad thing, and I don’t reckon your climb up the career ladder would be at all damaged for having their Notone VOIP speakerphone/handset there.  With a slimline corded handset for [...]

Here’s something I’d give space on my desk to - it’s a dual-mode PSTN and Skype VOIP phone, with a poseable Day of the Triffids 320×240 resolution, 30fps VGA webcam to let your friends see your pretty face while you talk to them. 
The camera is actually connected via USB, so if you fancy upgrading sometime [...]

The triple-threat Genius Navigator 380, is a combination VOIP phone, instant-messaging device, and a 1200dpi optical mouse all wrapped into a clamshell. For travelers always on the go, this compact device packs in all the functions without giving you the extra baggage.

When the clamshell is closed for use as a mouse, the VOIP function still [...]

When I’m put in charge of gadgets I think I’ll draw up a “Golden Rules of Ergonomics” that all manufacturers must adhere to.  Number one on that list would be “don’t make your tech look like poop”, closely followed by number two, “if you’re going to have a keyboard, I don’t want my thumbs to [...]

If VOIP is your thing and you’re looking for a handset then Wired News might just have the review round-up for you.  They take a look at a variety of handsets from the DECT wireless through to the cheap’n’cheerful USB attached, with ratings to help you decide whether they’re worth your cash or worth throwing [...]

Many analysts and clever people have said that if VOIP is to take off in any reasonable form with the “common man” then it must be easy to use and easy to ask for.  Perhaps the latter is most important; after all, if you don’t know what you want then it’s tough to get it.  [...]

In a world of machine-washable suits, non-stick pans and inflatable cart-horses, it’s perhaps unsurprising that the latest “we’ll make life easier” gadget to invade our homes and suckle at our electricity supply is a consumer VOIP speaker-phone.  After all, there’s so much online shopping, online chatting and online general-living to be done, where’s the time to [...]