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WiFi Phone Announced

Posted by michael on from the just-can't-wait-to-get-back-on-the-road-again dept.

igrp writes "Zyxel just announced its Prestige 2000W VoIP Wi-Fi Cordless Phone. It's designed to work with 802.11b networks, implements QoS and IP-to-IP call functionality and uses 128-bit WEP encryption. It also scans for 'available APs in [the] hand set's environment'. War driving just became a whole lot more interesting."

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  1. Re:You're right by KingJoshi · · Score: 0, Redundant

    I've done this as well. But becareful where you try the technology. The people in the library are such technophobes!

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    In times like these, it is helpful to remember that there have always been times like these. - Paul Harvey
  2. Pulverinnovations sells this already - without WEP by internet-redstar · · Score: 0, Redundant
    Am currently using the WiSipPhone from PulverInnovations.

    They don't do WEP or WPA encryption, and you have to wait about 6 weeks before you get your order, but it works nicely, also behind firewalls... Probably WEP is not such a idea good for latency as well...

    WiFi surely is interesting :) But I guess I'm biased.

  3. I'm holding out for Wi-Fi + Cell by nerph · · Score: 0, Redundant

    I had this crazy idea the other day of a blackberry type phone with wi-fi and cell access that had all the blackberry features plus jabber IM and presence.

    Of course in my fantasy land this phone is super tiny with flexible display so that it can be unfolded along the vertical axis to double the screen width, has 30 day battery life, wireless headset support (the headset has 24 hr talk-time battery life), 40GB of removeable media (ok, ok, I'll settle for 10, but expandable to 100!), oh and the blackberry-style keyboard retracts into the body.

    Mmmmm, tasty fantasy land.