http://roclar.net/archives/413 Random links, thoughts, etc. Thu, 20 Nov 2008 08:39:27 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 http://roclar.net/archives/413#comment-311 roclar.net Tue, 19 Sep 2006 21:35:52 +0000 http://roclar.net/archives/413#comment-311 [...] It appears that the Netgear Skype WiFi phone previously mentioned here in January is starting to emerge. The folks at Engadget got their mitts on one and posted a few pictures and Gizmodo has a video of its UI in action. It will be interesting to see how popular this device will be once it becomes available to the masses and how well it works. For the average home user, I suspect it will be fine. In public places, things could get a bit more dicey. For one, Skype has the potential to be a bandwidth hog. Wireless being the shared medium that it is, throw a couple of these and some other bandwidth intensive apps on a public wireless access point, and things could get messy. Because of this, many campuses block the use of Skype at least over wireless. Also the SPH101 does not have a web browser thus rendering it useless if browser-based authentication is required to join/use the wireless hotspot. The Netgear SPH101 is presently available for pre-order at Amazon for $250. [...] [...] It appears that the Netgear Skype WiFi phone previously mentioned here in January is starting to emerge. The folks at Engadget got their mitts on one and posted a few pictures and Gizmodo has a video of its UI in action. It will be interesting to see how popular this device will be once it becomes available to the masses and how well it works. For the average home user, I suspect it will be fine. In public places, things could get a bit more dicey. For one, Skype has the potential to be a bandwidth hog. Wireless being the shared medium that it is, throw a couple of these and some other bandwidth intensive apps on a public wireless access point, and things could get messy. Because of this, many campuses block the use of Skype at least over wireless. Also the SPH101 does not have a web browser thus rendering it useless if browser-based authentication is required to join/use the wireless hotspot. The Netgear SPH101 is presently available for pre-order at Amazon for $250. [...]

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