VOIP USB Phone by D-Link
September 5th, 2006 - Posted in VoIPD-Link has reportedly launched its new VoIP USB phone, called “DPH-10U”, which plugs to a USB port of a PC.
The company says that DPH-10U is designed for use with any desktop, notebook, or laptop computer running the Internet telephone software Skype under Windows XP or 2000.
Besides, this phone allows making Internet phone calls from one PC to another or from one PC to any ordinary analog phone, with great convenience. And as a comprehensive unit complete with a dialing keypad, function keys, a built-in speaker, and microphone; this VoIP USB phone is quite easy to operate just like any regular telephone.
According to reports, DPH-10U has a built-in ringer, so that one can pick up the phone to answer phone calls from any Internet caller in the world. Moreover, four user-selectable ring tones have been provided to customize incoming calls, allowing one to instantly identify the caller by listening to the ring tone.
In addition to Skype, the DPH-10U is also compatible with Microsoft’s NetMeeting, MSN Messenger Service, Yahoo! Messenger, and other popular applications. With Skype, one can make PC to PC and PC to phone calls using this VoIP phone set. And even if a person is not a subscriber of Skype, he/she can still use the DPH-10U with other application software to make PC-to-PC Internet calls.
With its compact size and USB plug-and-play connection, the DPH-10U is a great travel-companion, as one can carry this phone set around with laptop. One just needs to connect it to the laptop USB port and make phone calls from wireless hot spot zones, which is an added bonus at a time when mobile phone prepaid phone time or battery is low.
Meanwhile, DPH-10U is already available in the market at an approximate street price of Rs.1175 plus taxes with 1-year warranty.
Source: techtree