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MauritiusToday.com - Shopping Mall - Philips VOIP 321 Skype Dual Phone Single Handset ( VOIP3211G/37 )
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List Price: $69.99
Our Price: $49.99
Your Save: $ 20.00 ( 29% )
Availability: N/A
Manufacturer: Philips Accessories
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Average Customer Rating:   
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Batteries Included: 0
Binding: Electronics
Brand: Philips
EAN: 0026616031467
Feature: Make or take free Skype calls as well as normal landline calls
Is Autographed: 0
Is Memorabilia: 0
Label: Philips Accessories
Legal Disclaimer: Warranty does not cover misuse of product.
Manufacturer: Philips Accessories
Model: VOIP3211G/37
Publisher: Philips Accessories
Release Date: 2006-06-08
Studio: Philips Accessories
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Features
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Make or take free Skype calls as well as normal landline calls
Directly access your Skype contacts list with the press of a button
As easy to use as a standard cordless phone
Stores 50 names and numbers
Programmable ringtones distinguish between Skype and landline calls
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Editorial Reviews:
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With the VOIP 321 you can make free Skype calls as well as normal landline calls. You can make and take calls on both networks from one single handset, and you can see who is on-line without going to the PC, just by looking at the display.
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Spotlight customer reviews:
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Customer Rating:
Summary: Solid Handset
Comment: Positives:
-Manufacturing quality is good (Philips quality is generally very good)
-Voice quality is good (when drivers are updated and installed correctly)
I have been told the sound quality going out is as good or better than a land line. Sound quality coming into the handset has been more like a cell phone. Wrong settings and drivers will cause echos and lousy sound quality.
-Cordless
Negatives:
-Does require tweaking the software and operating system settings
-Works only when computer boots up
This phone can handle Vista and you can dial directly on SkypeOut from the handset (dial 00 1 area code and number in the US).
Remember to first go to the Philips site and download the latest drivers and then make sure to activate them (I use Windows XP).
Overall a nice phone for the money considering the prices of some Skype phones. However, I prefer the Belkin desktop model that requires no software setting adjustments and is always on (when modem is running). The Belkin does require a wired or wireless router and is corded.
Customer Rating:
Summary: from good to bad
Comment: At first this product worked well. Purchased one for my father too. Then my handset would no longer connect (after about 6 months). I tried a hard reset and everything the manual said. So I quit using this and just went back to the old headset and computer. My father's unit did the same thing after about a year or so. Coincidence?
Customer Rating:
Summary: Good Product but ....
Comment: The phone works well but it has its limitations and there is missing data in the advertise information. For example it says you longer dont need a computer, but to make it work it have to be conected to the USB port and skype running in the computer, so it's not independent from the computer at all. At the same time it is not compatible with MAC OS, and it does say it.
If you want to have your computer on and work with windows its a good phone for the price. Ist simple, no luxury at all but can talk nice.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Solid Skype Phone
Comment: Very Easy to use
good sound quality
in fact it was much better than my land line phone
so good in fact I called and canceled my land line
easy to use as most of the work is done thru the skype software
very happy with this phone!
Customer Rating:
Summary: Don't Buy If You Have Vista
Comment: I used this phone for a while with my Windows XP machine and loved it. For the money, it did everything it said it would and functioned great as my home phone and skype phone. However, when my computer finally crapped out and I bought a new machine with Vista, I found that this phone is not compatible... sort of.
It's really a crapshoot whether this phone will work with Vista or not. My guess is there was a chipset revision made at some point or something else changed from one production run of the phone to the next since some users got the phone to work with Vista while others, such as myself, get a "Code 10" error when Vista tries to load the drivers. I did everything possible to get this phone working (USB hub firmware upgrade, all Vista updates, latest software from Philips, etc.), but it just wouldn't work.
Unfortunately, this is a pretty common problem and neither Microsoft or Philips seems to care. Philips online help doesn't really help and their customer service really doesn't help much either. They chalk it up to Vista problems and tell you to buy a new phone. That's really not a good solution.
So in the end, this phone is now worthless to me since I have Vista. Don't get this phone if you have Vista. Buy a standalone Skype phone that isn't computer dependent. I've learned my lesson.
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