Tuesday, 19 December 2006
iPhone for Voice over IP Solutions
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Linksys has unveiled its iPhone family of Voice over IP (VoIP) solutions. The iPhone is designed for making Internet calls, integrate compelling information services. |
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Linksys, a manufacturer of voice, wireless, and networking hardware for home, Small Office/Home Office (SOHO) and small business user, has unveiled its iPhone family of Voice over IP (VoIP) solutions. The iPhone family of handheld devices is designed for making Internet calls, integrate compelling information services, and deliver access to multimedia.
Since the summer of 2004, Linksys has shipped more than 3 million VoIP products worldwide, including seven phones in its iPhone product line - all immediately available in the United States:
- iPhone Cordless Internet Telephony Kit - CIT200
- iPhone Dual-Mode Internet Telephony Kit - CIT300
- iPhone Dual-Mode Cordless Phone for Yahoo! Messenger with Voice - CIT310
- iPhone Dual-Mode Internet Telephony Kit for Skype - CIT400
- iPhone Wireless-G IP Phone - WIP300
- iPhone Wireless-G IP Phone with Web Browser - WIP330
- iPhone Wireless-G Phone for Skype - WIP320 Enhanced Communication
Products in the iPhone product line integrate popular communication clients, like Skype and Yahoo! Messenger with Voice, to help enable real-time presence features that can allow consumers to see when their friends and family are online. The products also allow callers to toggle between the free VoIP calling options available from Skype or Yahoo! and traditional landline service with the click of a button, says the company.
Information Services
The Dual-Mode Cordless Phone for Yahoo! Messenger with Voice (CIT310) couples Yahoo! Messenger with Voice and access to Internet services like Yahoo! Local Search and weather forecasts. By programming the phone with a local zip code, customers can search for local business information directly from their phone and then place a call to the business with one click. In addition, a weather search setting permits quick access local weather forecast.
"Providing consumers the ability to use Yahoo! services to search for local businesses, check weather and have full access to their Yahoo! Messenger Contact List on the Linksys dual-mode iPhone was an important step as the convergence between Web services and handsets continues to advance," said Jeff Bonforte, senior director of Real Time Communications, Yahoo!, Inc.
Multimedia Content
The iPhone product family also includes products like the Wireless-G IP Phone (WIP330) that integrate the popular standards-based SIP VoIP protocol, allowing consumers access to music, photos, and streaming video from sources on the Internet.
Freedom from the PC
The iPhone Dual-Mode Internet Telephony Kit for Skype (CIT400) embeds the popular communications client into a cordless phone base station that is attached directly to the home network via Ethernet, making it easy to place calls to other Skype users, mobile phones, or landlines without turning on a computer. According to the company, the iPhone Wireless-G Phone for Skype (WIP320) makes Skype portable by integrating it into a Wireless-G handset, allowing consumers to place calls from anywhere they can connect to a wireless access point.
Both new iPhones products reportedly allow free or inexpensive voice calls in addition to real-time contact list access and presence information that lets the user know if the intended call recipient is available. The new phones also support popular Skype calling services, such as SkypeOut, SkypeIn, and Skype Voicemail. |
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