FiWIN's FX28S and SS28S, where Skype and SIP coexist

You wouldn't believe it, but somehow FiWin (which is owned by FIC) got Skype and SIP to sit down at the table together and play some Mahjong. It's not really technically all that difficult, but until now we hadn't really seen a Skype / SIP dual-mode VoIP capable handset, so we welcome you, oh pathfinding FX28S and SS28S WiFi phones; otherwise they're just another couple of 802.11b phone devices with a 3.5 hour call life, a USB 1.1 connector, and a weak 1.2-inch 65k color 128 x 95 CSTN display in the the FX28S, and a 1.4-inch monochrome 96 x 65 display in the SS28S.

[Thanks, Sam]

[Merkur @ Jun 8th 2006 3:52AM]

Technically, this sounds great !!! But seriously, this phone is really ugly... I think I will wait for a nice one ;)

[jcg @ Jun 8th 2006 4:23AM]

I agree with you Merkur the phone is ugly

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w00t i can comment agian!!!!
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[Julio @ Jun 8th 2006 9:44AM]

Anybody knows where I can buy this amazing phone?

[Joe Dobish @ Jun 8th 2006 12:06PM]

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.

[bobby @ Jun 8th 2006 12:24PM]

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.

[Bret Newsome @ Jun 14th 2006 11:59AM]

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!!!!

[noel @ Feb 8th 2007 2:51PM]

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."