SkyQube Squared Shakes Up International Calling

Max Matakino writes "CNet.co.uk has stumbled across a very interesting box indeed out at CeBIT: 'The SkyQube Squared from Qool Labs is a VoIP gateway that enables you to forward calls and messages made to your mobile phone or landline via SkypeOut to another number anywhere in the world.' This means that if you receive a call to your house phone while you're in China, you can get it forwarded to a Chinese cell phone or telephone for the relatively very cheap price of a SkypeOut call. I'm guessing wireless carriers aren't going to be happy about this one."

On the contrary...

[SpectreBlofeld]

"I'm guessing wireless carriers aren't going to be happy about this one."

It really won't make a difference. When you forward a call from a mobile you're still using your airtime so your provider gets what they want. Overseas roaming charges originate from the expensive roaming agreements with the overseas provider, not from your carrier. It's the provider in Thailand or where ever whose network you're using that charges your carrier for the usage.

Cool product, btw.

Poor Slashvertisement title

[OlivierB]

If you're going to do a slashvedrtisement, especially one as obvious as this (nothing really new and exciting, has been done a million times by people with a PBX or any normal phone who can fwd their calls to their skypeIn number who in turm forwards to your PAYG throwawy SIM card.).

The right title should have been "SkyQube Squared shakes Up International Roaming charges".

This article was especially poor in substance and novelty.

And don't expect to see this thing explode the sales chart. It'll most probabl be +200 dollars given that it has GSM radio.
Geeks only. 2000 units shipped tops. 800 will be sold and we'll all call it a day.