Skype on Thursday announced that it will sell Wi-Fi phones embedded with Skype Internet calling software to allow people to make calls over the Internet without being tethered to their PCs. Here, the Wi-Fi phone from Edgecore.
This Wi-Fi phone from Belkin is one of four new models that come embedded with Skype software.
SMC is also providing a Wi-Fi phone preloaded with Skype software.
Skype announced in January that it would sell Netgear’s Wi-Fi phone preloaded with Internet calling software. The Netgear phone, along with the newly announced phones from Edgecore, Belkin and SMC, will be available this month.
Bill Detwiler is the Editor for Technical Content and Ecosystem at Celonis. He is the former Editor in Chief of TechRepublic and previous host of TechRepublic's Dynamic Developer podcast and Cracking Open, CNET and TechRepublic's popular online show. Previously, Bill was an IT manager in the social research and energy industries. He has bachelor's and master's degrees from the University of Louisville, where he has also lectured on computer crime and crime prevention.
