My friend Andy Abramson mentioned on his blog VoIP Watch today that there are rumors a new Skype phone may be coming out. I have been intrigued with the Skype phone for as long as I’ve known about it and have wanted one for just as long. This phone is special in that you would think it’s a Wifi phone but it is really a regular GSM device. It passes the voice call through a gateway which passes the call off to Skype. So it is a real PSTN call. I keep thinking it would make a great work phone for me. The question is why isn’t AT&T or T-Mobile coming out with it. Is it even on their horizon? I highly doubt it but can continue to hope. Now Skype how about a deal with my buddy Pat Phelan from MAXRoam? That would be a truly international phone then. Skype contact me for an introduction…
I don’t want to get into a whole other subject of why we still have roaming fees right now. MAXRoam and Truphone are helping me with that subject.
Would any of my US or readers from other countries buy a Skype phone similar to Hutchensen 3s if you had the chance? By the way, the plans are AWSOME for this phone on 3.
5 responses so far ↓
1 Pat Phelan // Jul 16, 2008 at 10:33 pm
Cheers for the mention Jeb, I am a huge fan and a daily user of the 3Skypephone.
Its an amazing tool, just a pity Hutchinson doesn’t have global presence.
2 admin // Jul 16, 2008 at 10:39 pm
Very much a pity we don’t have a Skype Phone here in the States let alone Hutchinson. I can promise you if 3 had similar deals here as they do in the UK I would gladly pay for their service.
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4 Andi // Jul 11, 2009 at 6:17 pm
I just returned from Russia, I have traveled extensively. I live off Skype. I need the 3 phone to come to the USA.
Please get it in gear!
5 Jeb Brilliant // Jul 12, 2009 at 11:05 am
Andi,
I will talk to my Skype contacts about the Skype phone next time I see them. Thanks for reading.
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