Hands-free Skype from Linksys

Skype is the biggest VoIP service around, now owned by eBay, and its particularly popular overseas. They even use it on their PocketPC when they are nearby wi-fi hotspot so they can save their minutes. In the Vonage-land that is USA, Skype is the soft phone, anotherwords, people use it to make free PC-to-PC calls from their computer. I’ve received a few calls from it and I honestly could not tell the difference, you can even pick up a Skype headset at Office Depot.

Anyhow, Linksys is entering this Skype market with the CIT200: hands-free wireless handset. They are calling it “Cordless Internet Telephony Kit” to justify the $130.00 hit to your pocket (which in my humble opinion is almost criminal) for something that would otherwise cost $8 at Walgreens. On the bright side, it will save you quite a bit of money if you’re making international phone calls.