Philips VOIP841 PC-Free DECT 6.0 Wireless IP Phone by Philips Accessories
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Digital camera reviews of Philips VOIP841 PC-Free DECT 6.0 Wireless IP Phone
Digital camera Review: Philips VOIP841 Reviewed at Network01.net
Summary: 5 Stars
This skype phone is pretty good. Very easy of use and good design. My wife loves it very much!
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Digital camera Review: great phone!!!
Summary: 5 Stars
great phone, it easy to use and sound quality is great. best of all skype doesnt need to be running on my computer eating up RAM.Digital camera Review: Great Purchase and Money Saver
Summary: 5 Stars
We have been very pleased with this Skype phone. We're using it for all of our regional long distance and international calls. We now do not have to purchase long distance or extended area calling. I'm not sure why these haven't become more common, but you'll be pleased with it. We have not had any problem with call quality.Digital camera Review: Skype made easy
Summary: 5 Stars
You don't need a computer anymore if you use this phone with skype. Use it as a regular handheld. This really makes using skype easy.Digital camera Review: Only one problem -- kept disconnecting when left alone -- not sure if it's just a faulty unit
Summary: 2 Stars
Hmm. Not a happy story I have to tell:
Well, the design of the product is good, and the interface and concept look fine. researched this pretty well and chose this phillips because I knew I wanted a skype phone.
I bought it, plugged it in, charged it, and connected to the ethernet ports on the back of our wireless router, like you're supposed to. It worked OK for a few days, but I would find that I'd try to call someone and it would rudely say "Network busy" and not connect. Huh? which network? my own connection is fast and flawless for every other application, and skype's network wasn't down or sketchy when I had made very constant use of it over prior months. So... what network is busy? I would unplug and re-plug in the phone and it would connect OK and make the call. Great, but the whole point is that the phone is supposed to be "always on," like a regular land line. What if a friend had wanted to call?
Then, this week, I looked over at the skype phone and said "wonder if it's getting more reliable." ... went to make a call on it. "Network busy," "cannot connect," -- even though my internet connection is perfect etc. However, this time resetting the phone didn't work. Showed skype as disconnected every time I'd reset. I also tried it so that the ethernet went straight from our cable modem, in case it was my router that was the problem. No sir... I haven't got the thing to connect correctly since! So, sadly, requested a return of a faulty unit to amazon, just shy of the 30 day limit. AND I even asked for a replacement unit, wanting to give it a try -- but amazon said nope, it has to be a refund, because they don't have the unit in stock. Wow -- this isn't some old product is it? Why is amazon not carrying it now? I believe the same situation for the Linksys model?