Skype phone now does DECT as well

[intro]Just what VoIP needed – an old-fashoned landline connection [/intro]

Last year’s Skype phone was a nice idea: hitch it up to your wireless network, and you could make free calls to other Skype-ites from anywhere in your home. No more sitting at your PC looking like a call centre operator.

But clearly, some people struggled to get their heads around having two sets of phones – one for internet, and the other for landline.

Now Netgear, the maker of the original Skype phone, is trying to jump that hurdle. Its new SPH200D dual-mode DECT phone invites VoIP and land calling into the same room, and tells them to behave. It’s a simple idea, and should go down a storm, especially when you consider that the newcomer supports up to four handsets.

You get the keep the first Skype phone’s ability to retrieve your contacts. It’s on sale immediately, and will be priced at $199 in the US.

Dan Grabham Editor-in-Chief

About

Dan is Editor-in-chief of Stuff, working across the magazine and the Stuff.tv website.  Our Editor-in-Chief is a regular at tech shows such as CES in Las Vegas, IFA in Berlin and Mobile World Congress in Barcelona as well as at other launches and events. He has been a CES Innovation Awards judge. Dan is completely platform agnostic and very at home using and writing about Windows, macOS, Android and iOS/iPadOS plus lots and lots of gadgets including audio and smart home gear, laptops and smartphones. He's also been interviewed and quoted in a wide variety of places including The Sun, BBC World Service, BBC News Online, BBC Radio 5Live, BBC Radio 4, Sky News Radio and BBC Local Radio.

Areas of expertise

Computing, mobile, audio, smart home