D-Link Skype USB Phone Adapter
by D-Link
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Customer Review: Works as advertised
Summary: 5 Stars
This adapter (D-Link DPH-50U) allows me use Skype while walking around the house with a cordless phone. [...]In case if you wonder (like I did); you don't need any paid service from Skype to use it. Just the plain old-fashioned free talk with other free Skype users and this thing works perfect. With any cordless phone hooked up to the adapter, you don't have to sit by the computer while talking with your friends from distant parts of the planet Earth.
Because so many complained about the driver, I used a driver downloaded directly from D-Link's support website instead of the provided mini CD and it works perfect with Windows XP SP3. I haven't tried it with Vista; I don't even like Vista (*°°°° - my rating for Vista).
EDIT: My mention of what I paid for the adapter was censored out by Amazon from this review. This never happened before and must be some sort of new policy. The adapter was a dozen b.u.c.k.s. Had I given more, or much more than that, then my expectations from the gadget and my star rating could have been different.
Customer Review: Business Technology for the Home User!
Summary: 5 Stars
Having spent 25 years as a Technology Manager and Data Systems Integrator, I've seen many different waves of "the next best thing".
As CIO, I've integrated VoIP technology into a company with 600 employees at 16 branch offices. I've seen the technology work in the business field and was always hoping that someday it would trickle down to the home user.
The early days of Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) was tedious and unstable at best. Now, the home user has many choices of hardware that is highly integrated and extremely easy to set up. No complicated manuals. It is really as easy as plug and play.
I've set this unit up, along with a Vtech DECT 6.0 4 handset cordless phones system at home using Skype. For under $100 per YEAR I have what would usually cost $100 per month. Every feature, every perk that you could want and then some. If you have a Windows XP PC, a broadband connection to the internet and about 30 minutes of free time, you can do this!
I give it a five star right down the line~
CVN
Customer Review: Good USB skype phone
Summary: 5 Stars
I was so skeptical when I read the reviews of the Skype phone USB. I did not choose D-Link in the first time when I was looking for the USB Skype phone. I intended to buy Vosky. However, many users complain about the Vosky because the Vosky USB Skype phone is always dropping the calls after users upgrade skype or windows SP2. Finally, I chose D-Link Skype usb when I saw a users said that he could use Skype on SP3 with downloading the software from D-Link, not from old software in the small CD (enclosed in the box).
The installation is just a little bit of confused. Just install two times, then the computer can recieve the USB Skype phone.
It works great. I use it all today and I never see any drop call. The quality of calls depends on your internet speed. My DSL speed are 1667kbps for down and 420kbps for up. The quality of calls are nice. So clearly. I use D-link Skype usb with Skype version 3.8.0.139. This product is compatible with my new phone Panasonic 5.8 Ghz KX-TGA430B. Nice!
Customer Review: I love this thing
Summary: 5 Stars
This little box, [...] after the rebate is awesome. It works as designed and as described. All I had to do, is go to the website, pull down the latest driver instead of the one that shipped with it, point my drivers to the new install, plug it in, and I'm done.
It was incredibly easy. Of course you may have to have some familiarity with installing drivers on Windows, but it's really easy if you just follow the on screen instructions.
The sound quality is great. Now if this little box, could have skyped installed in it's firmware and have external power so I didn't have to have the computer on, it would be even better and worth [...] at least to me.
Don't be too dissuaded by the negative reviews. If you had to risk [...] for the WiFi skype phone, and get your old cordless phone working, this is a better risk.
Customer Review: Perfect device, if you get the new Driver
Summary: 5 Stars
This is really a perfect piece of hardware for the price. I paid about 10$ after rebate and now I can use any usual landline phone to use skype, instead of buying very expensive skype-specific phones.
When I got it, I installed the driver coming in the box. NEVER DO IT. It ruined my windows drastically!! It ruined the installed drivers for DVD-ROM, audio card modem card ,..... Fortunately, I fixed it easily using windows system restore.
The key point is to get the updated driver from dlink.com and destroy the cd coming in the box. I don't know why dlink does not include the new driver in the package, it's been released in 2006 but still dlink packs the device with the defective driver.
After instaling the new driver I have been using it for a week and have not had any problem. It works perfect.