Skype Video Phone
The Free Online Phone Service with a Difference

Use a high quality Skype video phone once and you will be hooked. It's Skype's unique selling feature. No other cheap home phone service can match Skype video conferencing. What is more, it's a free feature of the Skype phone service.

Skype hardware has progressed leaps and bounds in recent years. In the early days there was no option but to use a Skype headset and stare blankly at a computer screen. We then encountered several generations of Skype Internet phone that worked fine, but only as long as our computers were switched on and we sat alongside them.

Things began to get more interesting with the advent of the Skype WiFi phone. Finally it became possible to make free online phone calls without a computer. Add a Skype phone number and they are the equivalent of a Skype mobile phone, but without the scary phone bill.

Best Skype Video Phone

The latest video phones can also be used without a computer. They hook straight into WiFi, DSL and or cable routers, and can be left online to take calls as we do with old fashion landline phones. Typically they use less power than a desktop or even a laptop computer. In fact the best options draw only slightly more power than a cordless phone.

ASUS Video Phone

The ASUS Touch SV1TS is a second generation standalone Skype video phone. We loved it's predecessor the AIGURU_SV1, but the new phone is cheaper and better. It's built in camera is in no way a compromise. In our view it's at least as good as the highly regarded Logitech 9000 webcam. Sound quality is also clear and crisp.

One of the major advantages of ASUS phone is the ease with which it can be setup. This is mainly a consequence of there being no necessity to fiddle with a computer or load software to get it going. The unit is completely self contained. These are features which undoubtedly make it attractive as a gift to grandparents other relatives.

The ASUS Skype video phone is intended for desktop use and to that end power is supplied via an included AC adapter. However, it will also run off rechargeable batteries for about twenty minutes. That's usually long enough for anyone who wishes to take it on a tour of a new home or show off an interior decorating project.

Final Thoughts

In our view Skype video phones are indispensable not only as a means of maintaining family ties, but also as a highly effective tools for maintaining business relationships. Skype video conferencing was intended to be spontaneous in the same way as a regular phone call. Video phones are the the technology that make it possible.

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