Coded-Dude
09-01-2006, 05:59 PM
Skype debuts Linux-powered cordless phone
From the Can You Compile Me Now? dept.:
Skype on Aug. 31 introduced a pair of cordless VoIP phones that work without being connected to a computer, via a DECT basestation that attaches directly to broadband and POTS lines. One of the two -- the Philips VOIP841 -- uses Linux as its embedded OS.
..According to Skype, the phones will take advantage of several Premium Skype services, including SkypeOut, for inexpensive international calls to traditional landlines and mobile phones; SkypeIn, to receive calls from landline or mobile phones on Skype; and Skype Voicemail.
O'Rly (http://www.osdir.com/Article9263.phtml)
From the Can You Compile Me Now? dept.:
Skype on Aug. 31 introduced a pair of cordless VoIP phones that work without being connected to a computer, via a DECT basestation that attaches directly to broadband and POTS lines. One of the two -- the Philips VOIP841 -- uses Linux as its embedded OS.
..According to Skype, the phones will take advantage of several Premium Skype services, including SkypeOut, for inexpensive international calls to traditional landlines and mobile phones; SkypeIn, to receive calls from landline or mobile phones on Skype; and Skype Voicemail.
O'Rly (http://www.osdir.com/Article9263.phtml)