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Paid $140 right here on Amazon. If I could get my money back I would. The phone worked flawlessly for almost two months then died. I called Thomson and they said to return it for repair. I did on Dec 26, 2008. Thomson placed an order for a new one January 29, 2009. What was the month delay for? Now I'm on the phone again with Thomson and it's another 4-6 weeks because of availabily. And, when you call Thomson you just get some 3rd party outsource company who knows nothing.
If it works for you, great. If you are thinking about buying one, look elsewhere.

We jumped on the Skype Boat and bought three of these phones. One for business, for home, and one for family in Brazil. We use SkypeIn so these phones are not just for Skype Calls. Call Quality is A+. Reliability A- (3 Things: 1) On rare occasions the phones will become erratic and blank out any number you're trying to enter to call. 2) Range is slightly less than standard cordless. 3) Rare occasion of dropped call--more likely skype than the phone). Phone Features: A. We have had the phones for over a month now. We're extremely pleased with the quality of the phone and Skype service. Phones are durable, do not get hot when used for long durations, have a nice look and feel, light-weight but sturdy, nice color screen/user-interface, comfortable to use. Our primary complaint on the phone is the inability to set the Ring Duration for Voice Mail. Phones ring 15 sec's (tops) and hit voicemail fast. We haven't used the land-line feature.

Listen, I wasn't crazy about getting this. But we don't have a land line -- yes, we're one of those families that just has cell phones and no land line. But we do have internet via a cable modem, and a Skype Pro account.

It works. Yeah, the menu is sluggish, but it works. You can dial SkypeOut contacts, or just punch in the full number and dial out, and it'll receive phone calls to at your SkypeIn number. Heckuva a lot cheaper than regular telephone company rates and monthly fees.

The construction is lightweight, which might some to comment that it feels less than substantial, but I'm pretty happy with its heft.

Sound quality is not as good as Skype on a computer, but pretty good -- better the our cell phones.

Hey by the way -- be careful. A bunch of the Skype phones you're probably searching for right now require a computer with a USB connection -- most of the time a Windows computer. We were interested in a standalone Skype phone -- with a base station that plugs into our ethernet router. This is that. But, be careful also, this is not one of the Skype phones that connects directly to WiFi (you can read the reviews on those).

This may be the worst review I've ever written, but please don't let it reflect on the quality of the phone. If you're on the fence, I say get it.

I have been using this phone for over a year now and it does what it says on the box. It performs well, gives little trouble, and saves me loads of cash on international telephone bills by using Skype. Call quality is typically excellent.

Battery life is fantastic, and with the telephone headset port, I can spend a full 8+ hours on conference calls without having to worry about the handset dying.

PRO's:
- I like the different ring tone for incoming landline and incoming Skype calls
- Choose to dial number from memory or 'as entered' using Skype or landline service provider
- Battery life
- Save's me loads of cash on international phonecalls to landlines
- Cordless handset with speakerphone and headset port
- Save even more money on free phonecalls to other Skype PC or telephone users
- Make Skype calls without needing a PC (the phone has a base station that connects directly your wireless router - I use a Netgear router)

CON's
- Firmware upgrade does not seem to work (user error perhaps?)

I love this phone and would have given it 5 stars if I could get the firmware upgrade to work. I don't know what the firmware would improve, as the phone performs well enough with the current version.

I was VERY hesitant to try skype for my office, never having used it before. But it seemed like a great way for someone just starting out to save some money. I am a one-person law office in a medium-sized community in the Midwest. As I do a lot of work for other attorneys in our state's capital, most of my calls are to another area code, so skype seemed the way to go.

After two months, I am ecstatic! I have only dropped one call, and I was able to call back immediately. I have had many hour-long calls on this phone, though, without issue. The phone does have a pretty cheap "feel" to it -- very lightweight, and pressing the buttons has an odd feeling, but it nevertheless seems to be a sturdy phone of good quality. I use the speakerphone less than most because I just don't like speakerphones, but when I have used it, I've never had any complaints. Also, I notice that nobody has ever commented that it sounds to them like they are on the speaker.

The call quality for me has been as good as a landline, and nobody I've asked has ever mentioned a different quality on the other end of the line. Assuming the service and the phone stay as they are, I will keep skype permanently as my primary business line.

Incidentally, I do run a landline through the phone, too, to help pick up calls for the business with which I share office space (it's their landline, not mine). The phone gives me the option with each call to dial on skype or the landline, and I always choose skype to dial out (even though I have been invited to use the landline -- the skype sounds just as good!). The landline rings in with a different tone, so I know which line is getting a call and can choose whether to pick up based on that. So anyway, for the record, the landline works just fine through the phone, too.