Re: Does a stand-alone Skype phone exist with a web browser & bluetooth?

On Wed, 11 Jun 2008 15:43:12 -0400, Lori <lorirogers32@xxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote in <g2p9sg$feq$1@xxxxxxxx>:

On Wed, 11 Jun 2008 15:35:11 -0400, Lori wrote:

Does a stand-alone Skype phone exist that has...
- a web-authentication browser (required)
- a decent speakerphone (desired)
- bluetooth capability (optional)

I forgot to mention it needs to support decent encryption (WPA2-PSK).

PSK is to be avoided if possible.
While WPA2 is nice, WPA is sufficient.
So I'd say WPA Enterprise.

As for web-based authentication, I don't think it's really appropriate
for handsets -- what's needed is more support for WISPr
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WISPr> (included in the Netgear SPH200W).

In the meantime, consider:

* Devicescape <http://www.devicescape.com/>, which supports the Linksys
Linux-based WIP300 VoIP phone and more (including iPhone)

* Cloning the handset MAC address and authenticating with a portable
computer

* Just using a headset attached to a portable computer

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