Skype Certified USB Phone Free-1 (Black Sharing Pack)
Share this stylish Black USB phone with family and friends. Talk to them as if they were right next to you. Free-1 is an USB phone specially made for active Skype users. With lightweight and stylish design, it is a lot more fun using Skype! Programmable buttons provides users with higher level of convenience. It allows users to have better control of Skype and make SkypeOut calls via the keypad. Ten different ring tones alert users of incoming calls. Other functions include volume control, mic mute, speed dial, and LED light indication. Free-1 allows you to contact people around the world for free.
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Skype Certified USB Phone Free-1 (Black Sharing Pack) Reviews
That was the best decision: the voice quality is hard to reproduce. At first, I was stupid enough to buy a wireless phone. Phone cards are cheaper, but the quality of the voice is soooo random. And same here, I have a mac and a PC, and don't want to pay $100 for a usb phone. When I moved to the US, I had to find a way to talk to the family back in France. Big mistake: Skype does NOT do well with wireless at all. Conclusion: a must-have for Skype.
The noise cancelation is flawless (and God knows I've called from noisy cafes), and the clarity of voices is truly incredible. I started using Skype. In fact, it's 6 times better than a regular phone, which is why I'm happy my mom and I both have one. Then I stumbled upon this package - decided to get one for me, and one for my mom. I should've read the reviews: wireless Skype phones mean dropped calls every 2 minutes. Same issue as the previous reviewer: my neck got tired of trying to get close to the computer mic. This way, we get the full voice experience of what Skype has to offer.
A great bit of kit, a smaller handset than your usual home phone (it's 15cm long and just under 4cm wide) and it works. It's a great little phone that I highly recommend. I then loaded the drivers for the PC, plugged it into the PC and it worked instantly then too (although I did have to shut down first, as it informed me). It's got some useful buttons on it that scroll down your Skype contacts list so you don't actually have to touch the computer to make calls and stuff. It cost me £17.99 which is one heck of a bargain. Sound quality seems fine on both platforms, there's a little green light so you know it's working and. I can't think of the last time I plugged the same new piece of hardware into both PC and Mac and it worked first time, so 10 points for IPEVO for that.
Straight away I have to say that this whole buying experience was excellent - Amazon are usually very good for me but this time they excelled; my phone arrived less than 36 hours after I had ordered it and even with Free Super Saver Delivery. what more can I say. When checking around for products I was amazed at how expensive some of this stuff was. Basically all the things you might need to change. However pressing all the little buttons on it did nothing so I went to the IPEVO website and downloaded the drivers, realised that I have to run a little separate program as well as Skype, ran the program and off it went. Having got fed up with the irritating echoes on Skype through the computer speakers, plus the fact that talking into a microphone in front of your PC isn't very relaxing, I decided to get a Skype phone handset.
I knew what I wanted - a corded handset, nothing too expensive, that worked out of the box. Equally there was some very cheap stuff out there but I had no idea if it would work. I had a choice of ringtones on the handset (all pretty basic), where the sound came from (I could have it from the computer's speakers or the Free1 handset), how loud various bits `n bobs were. I also wanted - and this was the tricky part - to find one that would also work on my Mac and not just the PC. Fortunately I stumbled across the IPEVO FREE1 phone and various reviews that said it worked on Mac OSX (if you download the drivers) so I ordered it. When it arrived I plugged it into the USB port on my Mac and it worked as a phone instantly.
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