Skype Phone for the Mac
Nat’s been using Skype to call and talk to her family and friends back in Lebanon and it works pretty cool and its also fairly cheap. The problem is that talking to your family using headphones and the Apple Powerbooks built in mic is a pretty dorky experience. So I decided to look around for a phone handset that would plug-in and work with the Mac. There are many handsets available but 99% of them only work with PCs. Even some handsets that were compatible with the Mac ended up lacking features the same phone would have if connected to the PC. The coolest Skype phone I found was a cordless Linksys and at $105 it wasn’t too expensive, the downside ofcourse was that it wasn’t Mac compatible. Finally I stumbled upon the IPEVO phone which is pictured above. It looked really cool, it was fully compatible with the Mac and it only cost $29. So I ordered a white one for myself and a black one for my sister. The phone also works with PC’s so thats a bonus. Once the handsets arrive next week I will take some pictures and post my feedback on them but so far it looks like a really great device.
Buy the white IPEVO phone from Amazon
Buy the black IPEVO phone from Amazon
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16 Comments, add your own...
1. Yazeed | March 20th, 2006 at 1:12 pm
you know what would be cool? getting skype on the actual phone, just connect the phone to a wifi network or ethernet cable, and it will automatically load up the software + login, and u can call :)
2. Mark | March 20th, 2006 at 1:32 pm
thats already available but the setup software which you need to set it up the first time only works on pcs
3. Yazeed | March 20th, 2006 at 2:06 pm
oh, my bad
got links?
4. Mark | March 20th, 2006 at 2:10 pm
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000B8Y5PC
5. Mark | March 20th, 2006 at 2:14 pm
actually ignore what i said, this connects to computer not network. http://packet8.net/ have one that connects to your network directly without need for computer but its not skype
6. Yazeed | March 20th, 2006 at 2:38 pm
oh, i know that there are voip phones that operate over wifi, there should be a skype one too.
7. q8techdrive | March 20th, 2006 at 3:30 pm
as its high time to liberate skype from depending on a computer, skype & netgear made this wonderful device…. check it out at http://tools.netgear.com/skype/
8. Yazeed | March 20th, 2006 at 3:35 pm
thats more like it, although little info is known about it, seems intersting enough to buy
9. Mark | March 20th, 2006 at 3:36 pm
yeah very interesting. i signed up my email..
10. Yazeed | March 20th, 2006 at 3:37 pm
same here
11. q8techdrive | March 20th, 2006 at 5:08 pm
I wrote about this device to skype guys around an year back and they said its very difficult for them to spend time on this kinda device at that time as they are working hard to make a stable win app version, but will defenitely look in that direction once they get somewhere half on their application roadmap.They told me that they are looking for a good technology partner to cooperate with them for such a device. its interesting to see that such a thing has come up….I will love the convenience of it…
12. Marie | March 20th, 2006 at 6:50 pm
Hey, I have that phone in white and my pal Sven has it in black. It works great with our Macs.
13. shadyq80 | March 21st, 2006 at 1:43 am
I use a bluetooth headset.
14. Kleio | March 21st, 2006 at 2:01 am
Thanks Mark, this is really helpful. I use Skype to keep in touch with everyone in Kuwait from London but it’s always unclear from my PowerBook, even with the best Skype headsets. Do post a review of it once you try it out so I can get one if it works out well.
15. Windwalker | March 21st, 2006 at 8:09 am
Wasn’t there a program that you can install on your nokia phone that can make it act as a voip phone? there are heaps of proggys around to aid you with this, i shit you not but i use my friend’s phone as an electronic guitar tuner to set up the right strings to right notes.
16. q8techdrive | March 21st, 2006 at 8:40 am
kleio…I am sure that you got a decent connection in London, but surprised to hear that its not very clear…what kinda headset are you using? plantronics?
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