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Skype With Your Cell Phone

Posted by Zonk on from the nice-change-of-pace dept.

Praxiteles writes "Seen on Gizmodo, apparently a USB device called 'imFONE' allows you to use your existing cellphone as a VoIP phone From the article:"You simply plug this thing into your PC's USB port, pair it via Bluetooth to your phone, and you're ready to go...It currently works with imtel and Skype..." No extra contact management and caller ID works properly."

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  1. Stupid by mikejz84 · · Score: 5, Insightful

    So basically it turns a Cell Phone into a wireless handset for your computer. It combinds the voice quality of VoIP with the speaker and microphone of a cell phone and the great range of bluetooth--Great thinking buddy! This is not news, just another stupid crap product that will never go anywhere.

    1. Re:Stupid by cpu_fusion · · Score: 4, Insightful

      I will add that I don't see that listed as a supported feature of this particular product, but the scheme works something like this:

      You buy two phones on a plan that allows unlimited in-network calls. You leave one phone at home hooked up via bluetooth to software that connects that cell phone to VOIP. Then you go out with the other cell phone and ... (3) profit.

      I think I'm seeing the light of the other posts though, and I definately don't see this listed as a feature of this particular package...

  2. And the name of this website bringing us this... by Limecron · · Score: 4, Funny

    PhoneyWorld. ::sigh::

  3. why use a cell phone? by almost-empty · · Score: 4, Interesting

    but why use your cellphone as a voip phone? does it work for dialing also, or just speaker/headphone? in my opinion I'd rather use a usb headset than my cellphone for VoIP or Skype, but thats just me.

  4. Looks like a Bluetooth adapter... by frostman · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Assuming this actually works (and actually exists), it looks suspiciously like... a Bluetooth Adapter! And it looks a lot like you're just using the phone as a headphone/mic combo, and the central contact list just means you have to use your PC, not your phone, to dial.

    If your computer has built-in Bluetooth, is there any software out there to get Skype talking to your handset? Isn't that something Skype is likely to offer?

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  5. Correct me if I'm wrong.. by dr.matrix · · Score: 5, Insightful

    ..but isn't this just a Bluetooth dongle with some additional software? This piece of Linux software
    http://www.soft.uni-linz.ac.at/_wiki/tiki-index.ph p?page=ProjectBluezHandsfree
    seems to do basically the same..

  6. samsung i730 and skype for pocket pc by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative

    I have a samsung i730 smartphone with Verizon's EVDO broadband internet access on it. Recently installed the pocket pc version of skype on it and now I can call the whole world for almost free of charge. Works fabulous and it has already cut down my phone bills by a good measure.

  7. Or... by hkb · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Uhm. Or just use Skype on a Windows Mobile-based cellphone with built-in/sdio wi-fi. It works greats and I find it more stable than Symbian phones.

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