Skype UFO Lands In UK March 3, 2006

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Add a few flashing lights and some keyboard ditty and you could be looking at Close Encounters of a Third Kind. Instead you are looking at USRobotics’ (USR’s) Skype Speakerphone or, to give it its needlessly dull full name: USR9610 USB Internet Speakerphone. The company PR cleverly points out what you may have guessed in that the USR9610 makes Skype's Free calling hands-free too. For anyone that has adopted the Skype method of drastically reducing your phone bill, this looks like a handy addition. According to the blurb:

With powerful echo cancellation technology, convenient volume and mute buttons and full-duplex operation, the USR9610 works just like a traditional speakerphone. The speakerphone is light, easy to install and use with Skype. When plugged into any available USB port, the phone operates as an external sound device, interacting with Skype so users can place and receive free calls hands free from their computer. There is no need to carry an extra power adapter, as the speakerphone is USB powered and eliminates the need for an additional power supply. In addition, users interested in having a private conversation can plug their own headphones into the available jack and still use the speakerphone’s speaker.

Shipping now it won’t break the bank at £50.

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