Phones And Skype Get Together

An anonymous reader writes "MSNBC has a look at some of the interesting gadgets that will be available for purchase now that Skype has published instructions on how to build the service into phones." From the article: "We saw one other innovative product at CES that is definitely worth a Skype addict's consideration. The Skype Wi-Fi phone, coming this March from Netgear, is basically a Skype cell phone. It connects to any wireless network, letting users make Skype calls completely unconnected to a PC or phone line. If it works as well as it appeared to when Netgear CEO Patrick Lo demonstrated it during a press conference by calling Skype founder Niklas Zennstrom, the little service from Luxembourg will have officially escaped from the confines of the personal computer."

Most Important /. Question

[Ohreally_factor]

But does it play ogg?

=)

Virtuous side effects

[Anonymous Coward]

If we're lucky, these WIFI cell-phones will embarrass WIFI providers into actually making their networks useable. As things stand, a WIFI cell-phone will suck utterly compared with a "real" cell.

Oh, well...

[Anonymous Coward]

I knew I should have moved from Germany to Luxembourg. Smaller country == less political-assholes-that-like-to-restrict-shit-for- no-official-reason.

Now I'll have to wait for 10 years before they let us have it.

Re:MINE DOES, MINE DOES, MINE DOES!!!

[Ohreally_factor]

Let me be the first to congratulate you on your first ever post to slashdot!

I'm not sure what else to say, as this is my first ever post congratulating someone on their first ever post.