Philips VOIP 080 Skype VOIP Travel Phone
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Customer Review: Not as advertised by Amazon
Summary: 3 Stars
The Philips phone is fine, but the description listed by Amazon is not accurate. I guess I should have known not to believe that a CORDLESS VOIP phone would be available for $20. I returned it, went to a local store and paid $40 more, and now have a cordless VOIP phone. I don't quite understand the advantage of having a phone hooked into a USB port over a pair of headphones, which I already have.Customer Review: Cordless???? What a lie!!!!
Summary: 2 Stars
The "phone" itself is not bad, but is by no means cordless. It most certainly needs to be attached to my computer by a flimsy USB cable that is permanently attached to the "phone". Yes, the base is cordless, but it is just a little piece of plastic to hold the CORDED phone in an upright position when you are not using it. I guess that I should have known better than to expect a cordless phone for this price. It's too bad that they lied in the description of the product!!!! Please update the description so that others won't be deceived into buying a product that might not be what they were expecting. I expect better from you, Amazon!!!Customer Review: Problems in Vista. Unusable on Mac OS X 10.5.x
Summary: 2 Stars
Doesn't work properly with new versions of Skype in Windows Vista. It required me to use the Skype ver.3 that comes on the CD-Rom. When I upgraded to version 4.1 the sound turned garbled and the buttons stopped function properly. The ring tones are so shrill that my ears nearly bled. The handset has no volume control, you must open the Phillips Voip0801 driver to adjust volume.
Other than that...
If Phillips would provide better driver support it could be a 4*. I give it a 2* only because I got mine for $20 with shipping. If I had paid full price I would have rated 0 and returned it.
Customer Review: Good for travel
Summary: 2 Stars
I had used Skype with a mike/headset for nearly 4 year when I got the Philips VOIP080. And I'm impressed with it. it does not having MS VISTA SOPPORT. :(Customer Review: Very poorly designed skype phone
Summary: 1 Stars
After reading all of the positive reviews I decided to try out this phone. My experiences were quite different with it.
First of all the phone was not plug and play by any means. It did not come with Vista software, and I had to mess around with drivers online for nearly an hour before I could get it to work. I also had to change skype settings before getting it to work.
Secondly the phone is just cheaply made, and you can tell just by picking it up that it feels like a toy.
The phone's plastic base is really a joke. It easily moves around on your desk and the phone does not sit properly in it with the cord unwound. This was very frustrating. The USB cord also feels like it would easily break under stress.
As for the calling experience there is a delay between the time the button is pressed and when it shows up in skype, so if you are used to dialing quickly you will be fumbling over numbers with this phone.
One of the only things I can recommend about this phone is that the sound quality while making calls was fairly good, but not great. Sounded to me like a cheap land-line house phone.
Another frustrating problem that I ran into was that when skype was running, all of the sounds coming from my pc (for example: when playing an mp3 in iTunes) were being routed through the phone. I had to change the settings in skype every time I wanted to listen to music, play games etc.
If you want something that feels and looks like a regular house phone but makes skype calls you may be dissapointed like I was. I'd recommend taking a hard look at the competition before considering this one. In my opinion I feel it was not worth the money.