08:19 06.05.2006 | All news from "Tech News and Articles"
NETGEAR Announces Skype WiFi Phone Pricing And Pre-Order Availability
NETGEAR, Inc. (Nasdaq: NTGR), a worldwide provider of technologically advanced, branded networking products, today announced pricing and preorder availability for the much-anticipated NETGEAR Skype WiFi phone (model SPH101), the first device certified to make mobile Internet telephony a reality for the tens of millions of Skype users worldwide.
NETGEAR's Skype WiFi phone (SPH101) is the first Skype Certified device to enable consumers to make unlimited free domestic and international calls to other Skype users over a wireless network without being tied to a computer. The WiFi phone will work anywhere in the world a user has a secured or open access to a WiFi network - in any home, office, public hotspot, or municipal wireless access point that does not require browser-based authentication. Pre-loaded with Skype software and ready out-of-the-box to use with a wireless network, the user experience remains the same as currently enjoyed by 100 million registered online Skype users, who talk for free with their friends using Skype, or pay only a few cents per minute to connect with non-Skype users. The WiFi phone?s intuitive on-screen color menu shows saved Skype contacts and their online availability for easy communications, similar to the PC experience.
"We are pleased to announce preorder availability of NETGEAR?s Skype WiFi phone to those who have been anxiously awaiting the product launch since we unveiled a prototype at the Consumer Electronics Show," said Patrick Lo, NETGEAR's chairman and chief executive officer. "Our phone combines NETGEAR's innovative wireless networking technology with the simplicity of the Skype experience, while freeing users from the PC. With tens of thousands of customers already registered for more information on the NETGEAR Skype WiFi phone via our Web site and millions of registered Skype users, we're thrilled to bring forth this market-defining product to meet the pent-up demand of such an enthusiastic user community around the globe."
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The phone can be preordered now exclusively online at an MSRP of $249.99, with additional information at:
NETGEAR's Skype WiFi phone (SPH101) is the first Skype Certified device to enable consumers to make unlimited free domestic and international calls to other Skype users over a wireless network without being tied to a computer. The WiFi phone will work anywhere in the world a user has a secured or open access to a WiFi network - in any home, office, public hotspot, or municipal wireless access point that does not require browser-based authentication. Pre-loaded with Skype software and ready out-of-the-box to use with a wireless network, the user experience remains the same as currently enjoyed by 100 million registered online Skype users, who talk for free with their friends using Skype, or pay only a few cents per minute to connect with non-Skype users. The WiFi phone?s intuitive on-screen color menu shows saved Skype contacts and their online availability for easy communications, similar to the PC experience.
"We are pleased to announce preorder availability of NETGEAR?s Skype WiFi phone to those who have been anxiously awaiting the product launch since we unveiled a prototype at the Consumer Electronics Show," said Patrick Lo, NETGEAR's chairman and chief executive officer. "Our phone combines NETGEAR's innovative wireless networking technology with the simplicity of the Skype experience, while freeing users from the PC. With tens of thousands of customers already registered for more information on the NETGEAR Skype WiFi phone via our Web site and millions of registered Skype users, we're thrilled to bring forth this market-defining product to meet the pent-up demand of such an enthusiastic user community around the globe."
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