"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."
Who knew you posted on Tuesdays? I time-shift all my podcasts anyways so it makes no difference to me.
What would make a difference is if you would post mp3s instead of aac files, as i am using a non-ipod (sony ericsson p910 symbian smart phone) that doesn't play well with aac and so I have to manually convert your shows. A bit of a pain but worth it.
Keep up the great work.
Let the hive mind of Engadget get that for you.
"I have a MacBook Pro and an Xbox 360 and I would like to get a 20- to 24-inch display that will support both devices. The speakers should be inbuilt, or there should be an aux out on the display to hook up external speakers. Help! Please!"
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