Belkin F1PP000GN-SK Skype IP Wireless Phone

Pros: Easy to set-up and use to gain access to the Skype network
Cons: Cant connect to most wireless networks. Echo..

This review is for the Belkin Wireless Skype Handset and not of the Skype system as such but a brief overview is required. In 2003 Skype (rymes with "type") released an idea that allowed a user to make calls from one computer to the another using an ...

Pros: Attractive, compact
Cons: No browser, so no way to connect to most free wi-fi. No chat

I reviewed this phone quite a while back and my recommendation has been that it is OK for home use, but basically useless on the road as there is no built in browser to allow connection to free wi-fi and hotels and coffee shops. Unless the wi-fi is ...

Pros: None
Cons: Phone sucks big time. Plse spare yourself the aggravation and don't buy it.

Hi - I love Skype and was so enamoured with the idea of getting a wireless phone that I went out and bought TWO belkin wireless ones. In short: total waste of money. Lousy reception, hangs often. total crap. And I'm doubly disappointed as I thought that Belkin products are generally very reliable. Ugh! And at over SGD$200 a pop, that's over 400 bucks down the drain.