NetGear SPH101 Skype IP Wireless Phone

Pros: Works fine as a Skype phone at home. No longer tied to my computer.

Cons: Seems rather useless on the road. The phone eats up the battery in no time.

Review: The first thing I tried after receiving the phone was to call Skype test call. The quality was horrible, there was so much noise and I could barely hear anything, but that. I communicated with Netgear's support staff and they went through the normal ...

Pros: easy to use and setup, works on open WIFI for free

Cons: get's warm next to your ear, low battery life, cannot logon to most closed hotspots

Review: I have done a whole review here at www.skype-gadgets.com. Direct URL : www.webtown.typepad.com/webtow n/2006/10/skype_wifiphone.html Skype Wifi-phones might work in Europe on 8500 hot-spots but they sure don't work in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Fieldtest ...

Pros: None

Cons: Buggy, unsupported, unstable, short life

Review: The battery life is abysmal. My phone can't do more than two hours of standby and one hour of talk. It randomly reboots, sometimes during a call, and other times in the middle of the night. It no longer can automatically sign in. Netgear tells me ...