New Skype Phone Free of PC

Philips is about to launch a Skype phone that allows you to make free web calls even when your PC is not switched on.The device will be unveiled at a press round table at the IFA consumer electronics show in Germany. Few details are available but it seems that it will use a Wifi link to a router.It is likely to be the first of many similar devices, which should take the technology fully into the mainstream if they are priced low enough..Free calls can currently be made only if a computer is switched on at both ends of the link, which is inconvenient and effectively rules out VoIP use by technophobes.

Skype divorces the PC - Computeract!ve