VoIP Skype phone from Solwise

Skype Certified IP Phone
Solwise V500-DS IP Telephone - DECT, PSTN, Skype
No PC required for Skype calls

The V500DS is a stand-alone Skype DECT phone that allows users to access both the PSTN and Skype network. The PC-Less Skype DECT is implemented with embedded Skype software, which incorporates Skype features such as Voicemail, call forwarding and Skype-In/Skype-Out services

There is no need to have the Skype application running on a PC (No PC is required to make Skype calls). Once the base station is connected to the Internet, the handset will become an embedded Skype device, and the user can make Skype-to-Skype calls, or Skype In/Out calls with fixed-line numbers (Skype chargeable service).

The Skype user contact list is shown on a 1.5” colour handset screen. The users can easily see their contacts’ status and profiles, as well as their Skype credit balances for SkypeOut. New users can be added on the handset.

There are separate call lists for both the PSTN and Skype Calls, and the users can easily identity the call lists as either from PSTN or Skype. So long as there is a broadband connection to the V500-DS phone you can make Skype to Skype/landline calls without the need to have phone connected direct to your landline (this means you would not be able to make landline to landline calls). The phone has speakerphone, keypad backlight and polyphonic ring tones as standard features. There is also a headset option.

Firmware is now available which fixes the loss of speech that sometimes happens with Skype DECT phones.

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Awarded 90% by The Register, click on the logo to read the whole review 'It must be said that looks are one of the V500SD's trump cards. The entire package looks clean and modern, but hasn't been overstyled, while the plastics are all of a good quality. It certainly makes the Netgear offering look just a little 'PC peripheral' when viewed alongside it. '

Specifications


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Handset features

* Standard : DECT (Digital Enhanced Cordless Telecommunications)
* Frequency range: 1.8 GHz/2.4 GHz
* Speech coding: 32 kbps ADPCM
* 1.5” CSTN display with 128 x 128 resolution
* Full graphical Skype user-interface
* Range: up to 300m in open field
* Supports both Skype and PSTN calls on same handset
* Handsfree Speakerphone
* LCD backlight
* CID DTMF + FSK
* CID type I/II
* 10 each for missed / received / dialled call
* Last number redial
* Programmable ringer signal on handset
* Intercom between two handsets, even while a third handset is maintaining a PSTN call
* Two intercoms at same time
* Pulse/tone dialling
* Level battery indicator (Handset only)
* Signal strength indicator * Earpiece volume adjust
* Automatic Answer
* Out of range alert
* Battery low alert
* Charge alert (when putting handset on charge)
* Flash recall
* Mute key
* On/Off key
* Handset power supply: 2 rechargeable batteries AAA, Ni-MH 750 mAh
* Up to 120 hr standby
* 8 hrs talk time
* Headset connection

Embedded Skype

* Search/Add contacts
* Skype Call logs
* Contact dialing
* Skype Contact Status
* Change user status
* Skype GUI display
* View Contact profile
* Skype to Skype calls
* Skype Out/Skype In calls
* Incoming call display
* Call deny
* Skype credit information display
* Skype call waiting
* Skype call timer
* User configurable call history (Missed, received and Incoming)
* Called, calling, connected party identification/information
* Call forwarding from Skype to PSTN

Base Feature

* Adjustable ringer volume on base
* Handset locator
* 1 reset key
* 1 WAN port
* 1 PSTN port

*NOTE : Specifications are subject to change without prior notice.

Press Mentions & Reviews

Computer Shopper

4 Stars, Excellent Value, High Call Quality.

March 08 Issue

.NET magazine gadget round up

January 08

Computer Active review on VNUnet

08.01.08

Phonesreview.co.uk

06.12.07

05.12.07

04.12.07

"If you want a single handset solution that supports both landline and Skype services then your choices are limited. Solwise's V500-DS is well worth consideration and compared with Netgear's SPH200D it's more affordable and its sleeker design looks better in a home environment..."

03.12.07