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Cisco-LinksysCIT300 Dual-Mode Internet Telephony Kit

Price: $89.99

 

Product Features

• Skype with handset convenience
• 2-in-1 cordless DECT telephone for Skype and a standard analog line
• You don't have to sit in front of your computer to talk on Skype
• Your Skype contact list is right there on the display
• Supports Skype, SkypeOut, SkypeIn and Skype Voicemail

 

Editorial Reviews

Product Description

Linksys Dual-mode Internet Telephony Kit Cordless handset convenience for Skype users. Connect the USB Base Station to your PC, and your Skype contact list appears on the handset's screen. Just choose from the list and talk! Get cordless handset convenience when you use Skype! Now you don't have to sit in front of your computer when you want to talk to your friends. The Linksys Dual-Mode Internet Telephony Kit comes with the handset, charger, and a USB Base Station that plugs into your computer. Dual-Mode capability lets you choose whether to make calls over a standard telephone line or with the Skype application running on your PC. Just select who you want to talk to from your contact list on your Handset, press a button, and get ready to talk. Of course, the Handset supports SkypeOut dialing as well as your Skype contact list. It rings when you have a Skype or SkypeIn call coming in, and shows the Caller ID on the screen. The Handset also supports call waiting and Skype's optional Voicemail service. When you're on a call, you can hit the Mute button for privacy, or use the speakerphone function to let everyone join in. In short, the Linksys Dual-Mode Internet Telephony Kit allows you to choose to make calls to Skype users or over your existing standard telephone line. You'll get the convenience of a cordless phone and all its features, plus the high-quality voice reception that you get from Skype on your PC, without being tied to your computer.

 

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Customer Reviews

R. Cohen Said: Vista ( Nov. 5th 2009 )

I have had the phone for 2 days now. It replaces the RTX Dualphones I had for 3 years (those screens kept going defective). When I first went to hook up the CIT300 the software would not load. I spoke to Linksys service who after an hour discovered that it will not work for Vista or Windows 7. Turns out (no thanks to Linksys awful service) that Vista can run an XP program in "Compatibility Mode" Problem solved! So far I really like it but you can never have enough features... Good value for money.

B. Vidovic Said: Excellent ( Jun. 21st 2009 )

Great product, excellent shipping, a little bit troublesome with power plugs (I received European version, so had to get adapters to plug into the US plugs), but product as product- great! Great sound quality, automatically connects to Skype (transfers contacts, calls, etc). Works like regular phone but with Skype contacts and features.
[didn't use it as a landline phone- didn't buy it for that. don't have landline anyway; mobile + Skype phone is all you need nowadays]. Recommend.

Larry Daszynski Said: Terrific device to save money!!! ( Feb. 24th 2009 )

How anyone can criticize this product is beyond me! Although I didn't buy this on Amazon, I had to throw in my "2 cents". (I bought on ebay for $44).

OK, so it has a few limitations....call waiting? Small color screen? What? Why is everyone so picky? This is a telephone. Use it to make FREE phone calls. It worked excellent right out of the box. I could wander 2 rooms away from computer and got perfect reception. I have not had any dropped calls either.

If you want all those special features, pay the phone company. I am saving about $30/month. I LOVE SKYPE and this Linksys phone!

Dale Broadbent Said: Better than headphones and a computer mic but not as good as other options ( Nov. 16th 2008 )

If you want to use Skye in a manner similar to a regular phone, this handset is a decent upgrade, though not a perfect substitute for better devices. Still, for its price you'll get a pretty good system to access Skype. I'm not regretting getting it, but I'd certainly like a better solution:

Pros:
The phone is extremely simple to use - it gets its date and time directly from the computer, and the Skype contact list (obviously) is transmitted from the computer as well. Seriously, when you get everything up and running, all you have to do is pick the thing up, hit down on the selection button, and - BAM! - your contacts are displayed. Ridiculously simple.

Great range! It will stay connected with the base transmitter through walls and across a small house or apartment.

When everything works (the software, the base unit, and the phone) it works wonderfully.

Cons:
Your computer has to be on to use the phone (try the CIT400 for a solution that doesn't need your computer to be on - if you can find one for sale, that is). Sometimes I have to leave it running all day long; and since my computer uses approximately the same energy as 2-3 100-watt lightbulbs, that's a lot of energy.

There are too many places where something will stop working in this system - the phone always works, but the base unit or the software on your computer may become disconnected without notification or warning at any time (though, strangely, never in the middle of a call).

The software/device driver combo from Linksys pretty much sucks and is no longer being updated as of mid 2007. It initiates once you boot up your computer, loads up Skype, and connects to Skype, but its connection to Skype (and thus the Skype availability on the phone) is not trustworthy. For example, if you're at home all day and have the computer on the whole time, the Linksys software may or may not maintain its connection to Skype that entire time - and there's no way to know if it's disconnected unless you periodically pick up the phone and try to access Skype. If it becomes disconnected, sometimes it's the base transmitter which you can simply unplug, wait 5 seconds and plug back in. It will take it only another 5 seconds to re-initialize and re-establish contact with the software on the computer. But if the Linksys software becomes... discombobulated, for lack of a better term (I have no clue what's the matter with it), nothing short of a computer reboot will make it synch with Skype again. If you try to close it down, it hangs. If you force-quit it with the task manager and restart it, it hangs when trying to connect with Skype. Trust me, I've attempted both solutions over a dozen times each. The results are the same every single time. Today the software refused to connect to Skype no matter how many times I rebooted the computer. After uninstalling, reinstalling, and rebooting my computer again, it worked fine.


Julio Albertini Said: Excelent product ( Oct. 24th 2008 )

Very satisfied. Excelent product
The only problem is that it completely discharge if you unplug the energy. It keep searching a base and discharge all the batteries.