FiWIN's FX28S and SS28S, where Skype and SIP coexist
By Ryan Block 
posted Jun 8th 2006 3:21AM
posted Jun 8th 2006 3:21AM
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posted Jun 8th 2006 3:21AM
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Technically, this sounds great !!! But seriously, this phone is really ugly... I think I will wait for a nice one ;)
I agree with you Merkur the phone is ugly
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w00t i can comment agian!!!!
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Anybody knows where I can buy this amazing phone?
Wow, what an ugly phone. At least I can use Callcentric - http://www.callcentric.com (SIP provider) and my Skype account (which I hate but use for business with Asia) at the same time.
cool so I can use skype for free out going calls and then use voicestick to get a local number and get unlimeted incoming call. Cool I am gonna get this phone and set up another http://www.voicestick.com/ account.
WOW, how funny. I too have been doing the same thing. I signed up for voicestick recently. Got a free incoming number in MY area code, got free voicemail, got a free $5 usuage allowance, and got the free Plantronics headset (ultra small) that I use on my note book.
Used the $5 credit for outcalls to other countries, and use Skype (till end of the year) to out call in the USA.
I bet I am saving $150 a month!
Helps make up for the HIGH gas prices!!!!
BEWARE - Not really a Skype phone according to Zachary McGrew's review at
http://www.osnews.com/story.php/15923/Review-FiWin-SS28S-WiFi-VoIP-SIPSkype-Phone/
"The phone is a Skype/SIP phone, right? Wrong. Well sorta. Skype support is apparently limited to Skype 1.x. Using Skype is a mess. This isn't a Skype phone like the NETGEAR Skype WiFi phone. Skype requires companies to license their protocol if they want to support it. FiWin one upped Skype with a clever and free alternative. Use virtual audio devices with Skype for Windows, and send the audio to the phone. While clever in the idea, their implementation is non functioning as far as I can tell.
After trying for a couple of hours I never once managed to the get the call to actually connect to the phone. I could call using the phone, and the PC would say the call connected, but you couldn't hear or talk on the phone. The phone actually still displayed the connection message long after the PC hung up. Using their method of the virtual audio cables means that your PC has to stay on for Skype to work. It also means that if you go to another network that you can't make Skype calls. I believe port forwarding could be enabled on your router to bypass this limitation, but because I couldn't even get it to work on my own network I didn't bother confirming it."