Siemens Gigaset M34 USB adapter for Yahoo! VoIP calls

by Evan Blass, posted Mar 8th 2006 at 8:30PM

Siemens Gigaset C-class-and-above cordless phone owners who purchased their units after fall 2004 will soon have an option to use their formerly landline-only handsets for free and reduced-rate VoIP telephony as well. The Gigaset's new trick is achieved through the use of a USB adapter called the M34, which plugs into a PC and transfers packets with select Gigaset base units using the DECT (Digital Enhanced Cordless Telephone) standard. Siemens has teamed up with Yahoo! to offer the search giant's Messenger w/ Voice service for use with the M34, which will allow Gigaset owners to enjoy Skype-like benefits and even listen to Internet radio (rather poorly, we'd imagine) right from their cordless handsets. The M34 USB adapter should available in Q3 of this year, although no price has been announced as of yet.

Filed under: Misc. Gadgets, Peripherals, Wireless

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David @ Mar 8th 2006 9:26PM

This has been available for quite some time in Germany. There it sells for �79.95 (around $95). Here's a link: http://gigaset.siemens.com/shc/0,1935,de_de_0_69566_rArNrNrNrN,00.html

David

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Andrew @ Mar 8th 2006 9:33PM

Skype and Siemens offer the same solution and have for over a year.

http://www.skype.com/company/news/2004/siemens.html

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jam @ Mar 8th 2006 10:06PM

Which handbag fits your personality? Classic? Hobo?...

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Christian @ Mar 8th 2006 10:08PM

VTech has one for each as well...

Yahoo:
http://www.vtechphones.com/vtechui/store/products/dsp_7200.cfm
http://messenger.yahoo.com/accessory_handset.php;_ylt=Am3U4kLHmiNkxq15cTltooh7AM0F

Skype:
http://www.vtechphones.com/vtechui/store/products/dsp_7100.cfm

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Moonshine @ Mar 9th 2006 5:39AM

I bought one over a year ago. I could never get the damn thing to work. Support and drivers were horrible. Also it required you to install a special "siemens-version" of skype. After a few weeks I decided to sell it on ebay...

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Marcel Wiedemeier @ Mar 9th 2006 11:38AM

I've installed an M34 USB just recently and it works perfectly with Skype. The only downside is, that it requires a specific version of Skype (1.x) and it has not been updated so far. I've bought it just before christmas for 80 Swiss.

BTW: http://www.engadget.com/2004/11/10/siemens-gigaset-m34-usb-adapter-for-skype/

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Duds @ Mar 9th 2006 2:16PM

It's been around on mainland Europe for a year or so. Poor to non-existent ongoing website support from Siemens AND you have to install a retro version of Skype (What is that all about?). Much better surely is the Olympia Dualphone http://dualphone.net/Default.aspx?ID=391 or plug any old cordless into an Internet Phone Wizard http://www.internetphonewizard.com/. Mind you, neither of these are gonna give your Mac any love.

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Salman @ Apr 19th 2006 12:23PM

can use Vtech USB7200 for yahoo with voice, with its PhoneIN & PhoneOUT services?cuz only pc to pc are mention

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