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I have had this phone for over a year and I love it. There are some quirks but I have not had any major problems....yet.
Here I list the pros, cons and the quirks.
Pros:
I love how the phone looks and feels in your hands.
Very sleek design.
The interface is easy to work with.
Lots of ring tones.
Has a external loud speaker for conference/hands free use.
Can be used for both VoIP and landline use.
Phone book and speed dial options.
Easy access to missed calls and recently dialed.
Intigrates prefectly with Yahoo; call computers and view current online status. Even shows when they have gone invisible.
The drivers are supported all the way to windows 7.
Long battery life.
Cons:
Not compatible with Yahoo messenger 10.
Quirks:
Drivers are sorta compatible with windows 7 if you are willing to put up with the mid appcrash dialog box in the backround.
There is no real way to completely delete a phone number entry in the phone book.
When dialing a phone number from the phone to use with phone out the full area code must be dialed in. (might be a YIM quirk)
Phone numbers to be dialed can't be stored within the phone and have to be stored within the software insted.
Due to the lack of support and it's obsolete-ness, small features are dying (weather)
The flap to little rubber thingy covering up the 2.5 jack breaks/rubs off easly if messed with enough.
Landline calls aren't as clear as I would like them to be. They seem to drop out and muffled slightly.
Final notes/user tips:
I think this phone is perfect for home or office use. I use it all the time; mainly for my ringer and dialing out. I wouldn't bash this for the audio switching problems experienced in windows 7 as all audio devices plugged into this frak'n OS have to be manualy switched to before using. AAAARRRRGGGHHHHH! I usualy have the audio switcher control panel at the ready for incoming calls. Or a headset plugged in when I am realy expecting a call. Some of you have had problems with the volume, either turn up the volume on the phone (little up and down buttons in the center of the phone) or in the OS it's self. As the OS tends to treat the phone as an audio device, you may want to tweek with some audio settings to get the desired volume.
If you are willing to put up with cons and the quirks and are looking for a cheep VoIP based phone then I say this phone is for you. Otherwise I suggest trying your luck with the vtech yahoo phones. More features and more compatibility but pricy as all hell.
I had a tough time getting it recognized by messenger. It only works with version 8 of messenger. When it does connect, the volume is too low. The phone is too small and the cradle tips over easily. Not recommended.
After some false starts I got the phone to work. There are a couple of gotchas: Don't upgrade to the newer version of Yahoo Messenger, use the version that comes on the CD with the phone (version 8). Also, don't log in to Yahoo Messenger as "invisible to everyone" or it won't be able to make calls.
The phone then worked fine for calls within the U.S. But it seems that every time I try to make a call out of the country (to the Mali Republic, West Africa to be precise) they deactivate my account. Perhaps it's just a coincidence that the deactivation has twice happened immediately after my attempted (always unsuccessful) calls to Mali.
Calling Mali is the only reason I bought this phone, as Yahoo's advertised rates are the lowest that I've found ($.19/min on Yahoo vs $.30/min on Skype or Jajah). However, it does me very little good if I can't place calls.
I may give it one more chance, but otherwise I'll just use this as a landline (that part works fine) and go back to Skype for my VOIP. I bought this USB Phone Adapter for Skype, MSN, Yahoo, USB VOIP Interface connects your home phone to network which works great with Skype (I never got it to work well with Yahoo).
"Bad voice quality"
2009-11-02
- Reviewed By An Amazon User
I bought this about a year ago and used it for a short while. the voice is very low even when the volume is set to highest.
I bought this cordless phone almost 3 years ago, it worked fine with my old version of yahoo messanger, i haven't used it with the new version.
As these days i only use it as my normal phone, this phone has the most amazing battery life.
Its now 3 years and battery life is just awesome, with one charge almost 2-3 days.....
If you are looking for a decent phone with good battery life then you can always give it a shot....
These items were sold to me out of manufacturers warranty by more than a year. Also , they are not Mac OS compatible. The manufacturer said they are now going to support Macs but they have not shipped any .
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"Don't let the user coments fool you! Some quirks yes, but managable."
"Poor interface"
"Phone is fine, but not Yahoo's voice service"