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Belkin WI-Fi phone

  • 26-09-2007 11:53AM
    #1
    paddy111199
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 122 ✭✭


    Hey all,

    Just looking at the new belkin wi-fi phone that allows you to access skype and use skype out providing you have wi-fi access.

    Can anyone recommend it? also I am going travelling at the end of the year, would you think this is a good gadget to have?

    Thanks


Comments

  • #2
    nava
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,739 ✭✭✭nava


    Do you not need to be able to connect to a wireless network to use it? Also the network must be with no security or for you to know the WEP or WPA key to connect.

    Regards


  • #3
    Duffman
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,248 ✭✭✭Duffman


    I have one and it's a great gadget to have but you might be disappointed with it if you have traveling in mind.

    A major weakness of the phone is that it doesn't have any kind of web browser interface. If you're traveling around you'll probably want to use wi-fi hotspots when you find them. Lots of hotspots, maybe most these days, require you to log in or purchase credit through a web interface before you can connect.

    The phone can't do this. So you're limited to networks that are totally open or encrypted networks which you are given the key for.


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