Skype Goes Mobile Using WiFi

Netgear has launched a WiFi phone for use with Skype, at a retail price in the US of $US250. Users will be able to make and receive calls from any WiFi hotspot through which they have access.Netgear claims that the phone (model SPH101) is "the first device certified [by Skype] to make mobile Internet telephony a reality for the tens of millions of Skype users worldwide". It claims that the phone will work anywhere in the world where the user has a secured or open access to a WiFi network. It comes pre-loaded with Skype software and its "intuitive on-screen colour menu shows saved Skype contacts and their online availability for easy communications, similar to the PC experience."