IFA 2006 :: Philips VOIP841 - PC-free DECT/Skype WiFi phone
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At IFA, Philips promised to introduce before Christmas a phone that regular Skype users will lust after mightily.
The VOIP841 combines a DECT phone for wireless landline calls along with Skype WiFi functionality that allows VoIP calls to be made and received wirelessly without needing a PC to be switched on or even present. Likely VAT-inclusive retail price, we were told, is €199 (£136).
This news - including the price - is likely to come as a nasty shock to Netgear and Belkin. Each company has made quite a bit of noise about its own Skype-only WiFi phone in recent months but these products have been delayed and were far from prominent at the Berlin show.
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