Not that the weather is so nice these days but with my cheap Bluetooth headset I could be sitting in the balcony talking to relatives accross the big pond. Best of all, I don’t pay a dime.
Update: It doesn’t seem to work on XP, It works fine on Vista and Win7. I will investigate further and post my findings.
I have family members in France and Morocco. The last time I went to visit my parents in Morocco, I brought a Netgear Skype phone and left it there. My parents have the phone connected to their router at all times, which means they are always connected to Skype. All I have to do is launch Skype on my PC and double click their name on my contact list. That’s the cheapest per minute rate I have found, duh…it’s free!
To call France on the other hand, I just purchase Skype Credit and use it as needed. I was considering getting a Skype out account; which would allow me to call regular landlines for a small monthly fee but I managed to convince the other party to run Skype on their computer.
Did I mention that I bought a Bluetooth headset (for $21.99) to use with Skype? It’s a Samsung WEP301, Oh! and I just mailed the $20 rebate form for that! This headset will end up costing me less than 2 bucks!
It works pretty good; the volume could be a little louder but it’s not bad, I don’t have to be on that leash anymore. The “Answer” button works with Skype too and you can also use it to disconnect or initiate a call. I was not expecting it to perform this well.
I am also working on putting Skype on a Flash Drive, for those of you that don’t want to (or can’t) install it on their computer, stay tuned. A guide might be coming in about 10 days. I know that some U3 loaded USB Drives ship with Skype already installed but that’s not what I am looking for.
PapaGeek.
Tags: Communication, Computer, Family, Geek, Software
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