Ipevo Free-1 USB Phone White + Black Sharing Pack Skype Certified

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Wonderful piece of hardware [Posted on 2006-04-16]
I acquired a Free-1 phone some weeks ago and all I have to say is what a wonderful piece of hardware.. Stylish, small, lightweight, easy to use and functional ! Works like a charm and it s small enough to fit into my laptop bag.

nice 2 pices of junk [Posted on 2006-10-19]
Mini disc not compatible for Macbook, and unable to be recognized by my new MacBook. I put it in a drawer and threw more than US60.oo buying them, Again 2 pieces of junk.

Works fine with Macintosh computers: [Posted on 2007-01-14]
The reviewer that put it in the drawer just needed to go to the manufacturers website and download the driver that works with Macintosh computers.

Once that is done, and it's very easy, this phone performs great! I've had no trouble at all with it and the price is very reasonable. Audio quality is very good. My only compliant is that the cord is probably longer than it needs to be, but better that than being too short.

An excellent and great value piece of kit - that works on my Mac too! [Posted on 2007-02-10]
Having got fed up with the irritating echoes on Skype through the computer speakers, plus the fact that talking into a microphone in front of your PC isn't very relaxing, I decided to get a Skype phone handset. I knew what I wanted - a corded handset, nothing too expensive, that worked out of the box. I also wanted - and this was the tricky part - to find one that would also work on my Mac and not just the PC.

When checking around for products I was amazed at how expensive some of this stuff was. Equally there was some very cheap stuff out there but I had no idea if it would work. Fortunately I stumbled across the IPEVO FREE1 phone and various reviews that said it worked on Mac OSX (if you download the drivers) so I ordered it.

Straight away I have to say that this whole buying experience was excellent - Amazon are usually very good for me but this time they excelled; my phone arrived less than 36 hours after I had ordered it and even with Free Super Saver Delivery. It cost me £17.99 which is one heck of a bargain.

When it arrived I plugged it into the USB port on my Mac and it worked as a phone instantly. However pressing all the little buttons on it did nothing so I went to the IPEVO website and downloaded the drivers, realised that I have to run a little separate program as well as Skype, ran the program and off it went. I had a choice of ringtones on the handset (all pretty basic), where the sound came from (I could have it from the computer's speakers or the Free1 handset), how loud various bits `n bobs were. Basically all the things you might need to change. It's got some useful buttons on it that scroll down your Skype contacts list so you don't actually have to touch the computer to make calls and stuff.

I then loaded the drivers for the PC, plugged it into the PC and it worked instantly then too (although I did have to shut down first, as it informed me). I can't think of the last time I plugged the same new piece of hardware into both PC and Mac and it worked first time, so 10 points for IPEVO for that. Sound quality seems fine on both platforms, there's a little green light so you know it's working and... what more can I say. A great bit of kit, a smaller handset than your usual home phone (it's 15cm long and just under 4cm wide) and it works. It's a great little phone that I highly recommend.

Love the white, mom loves the black [Posted on 2008-05-29]
I've got a mac, she's got a PC.
I'm in the US, she's in France.
We talk with Skype.

We both got tired of stretching our necks to talk to each other. Plus, I'm always in an internet cafe or at Starbucks, so I don't feel like sharing the last details of my life with a bunch of strangers ordering their lattes. I ran across the New York Times review of this little beauty and thought I found the perfect solution.

So, no, it doesn't do the dishes, but if both parties have a fast connection and Skype, the quality of voice beats regular phones hands down. The design is also really attractive, and reliable. I've been carrying it in my briefcase, and it's easy to store.
Minus:
I'd love for it to have a record button, those are always useful. I think the other model of it, Free2, has it, but I'm not sure.
My mom has been using it with the POV webcam they make too, and I think the first time she put it in, the webcam microphone got set as a default microphone instead of this usb phone. It only took one second to fix, but not having that problem at all would be better.

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