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WhatIsAllThisHypeAboutSkype phone!!!
Skype Phone Demystified
 
 
SKYPE
PHONE
The 3 Skypephone from 3G Company is a revolutionary product which enables users to use the Skype client on a phone. The phone has a Skype clientintegrated into it and allows its users to make free Skype to Skype calls anywhere around theworld. In addition to free Skype to Skype calls, users can also use the Skype text messagingservice which is also free. The phone can also be used to make normal calls and to send/receivetext messages.All you need is a Skype account to sign in to the Skypeclient on your Skype phone and you are set to go. If you don’t already have a Skype account, youcan make a new one in a matter of seconds from your 3 Skypephone itself. Otherwise you mayalso register for an account either by visitingwww.Skype .comor directly from Skype client installed on your pc.The Skype client on a Skype phone works in pretty muchthe same way it works on a pc. The technology is nothing but ‘VoIP’ which is acronym for ‘voiceover internet protocol’. In this case the Skype client on the phone uses the internet connectivityof the phone. This enables the 3 Skypephone users to make calls to other Skype users whomaybe using other Skype enabled phones or a pc.The phone is not all about Skype, as mentioned earlier itcan be used to make normal calls and to send/receive text messages. The phone also features amedia player to playback audio. The absence of other features maybe explained by the presenceof the Skype client itself which is the coolest feature on this phone, well it’s known as the Skype phonefor nothing.
 
When you look at the market, there isn’t much competitionfor the 3 Skypephone except for maybe the Google enabled phone by HTC touch known as‘dream’ which is due to released in November later this year. There are many other companiesoffering services based on VoIP like Venon, Budgetsip, VoIP phone etc but they are all computer  based i.e., users need a pc to make calls over the internet, it maybe a pc to pc call or a pc tonormal phone call. These services however don’t come free of cost. Then there are the chatclients like yahoo messenger and Google talk which provide free VoIP based voice chat service.Technically there isn’t much difference in the way Skype or Yahoo/Google voice chat works asall three works on the same VoIP principle. But again these clients also work on a pc. Finally wehave the Skype enabled Wi-Fi phones (Netgear and Belkin) which enables its users to connect toSkype from the phone much like the 3 Skypephone itself but having to be inside a Wi-Fi network in order to connect to Skype comes as a drawback for these phones. The advantages 3Skypephone has over other VoIP based services are as follows
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The Skype client works on a phone which you can carry around with you and you don’thave to be in front of a computer to use VoIP.
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It uses a 3G spectrum which essentially means more bandwidth for the Skype clientreducing latency issues to a minimum and provides more clarity on voice sessions (Thisis exactly the reason why Skype is not a popular add-on feature for normal GPRS enabled phones).The Skype client is available on a variety of products likePlay station portable from Sony, Philips cordless phones, Nokia internet tablet and windowsmobile devise. But none of these products are cell phones which makes the 3 Skypephone a better option.
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rocknaxe

I wrote this last year !!!

reply06 / 19 / 2009
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