I recently got the Belkin skype wifi phone. This thing can send and receive Skype calls and do SkypeIn and SkypeOut. I looked at the plans and its roughly $70 for unlimited calls in and calls out to a landline phone for a year. $70 a year for unlimited for a year that’s Fantastic! Cell providers charge $70 a month for like 1500 minutes or something like that. What I plan to see is if I can replace my cellphone with the Skype phone. The phone is first generation so it will have some limitations and SkypeIn is in beta. I will be looking at the idea behind this and not the actual technology. If all goes well with this test then I could safely say that this is the future, but lets not get ahead of ourselves.

Skype Phone

First off, the Belkin wifi phone, I could have used the Netgear phone but both work for what I want to do. The Belkin phone feels and looks like a regular cellphone. It doesn’t have a camera and has a very simple button layout. It’s charged through a standardUSB mini-B plug and the screen is bright and easy to read. I can see no problems with this device physically.

As a background SkypeOut is a service that you pay $30 a year and it provides you unlimited calling to any landline phone in the US or Canada. SkypeIn is a server that you pay $40 a year for a phone number and unlimited calls in. SkypeIn allows people to pick up their cellphone or house phone and call your Skype Phone.

Btw here is the link to the phone: Amazon.com

Tonight I will start using it and lets see were the tests go.