IPEVO 2006 Designer-Style Cordless USB Handset

January 5th, 2006

In the Skype kingdom, you'll find no shortage of headsets and handsets that ride on success of the insanely popular free VoIP service. IPEVO is debuting at CES 2006 yet another designer-style USB VoIP tool that supposedly works as good as it looks.

The first one is called the FLY.1, which is USB cordless handset with speakerphone. The handset has a wheel similar to the one on a mouse that lets you scroll through long list of contact names on the 2.5" LCD display. Other buttons on the FLY.1 controls the Skype software, including SkypeOut, activation and menu flipping (whatever that is). Here's what IPEVO has to say for their new toy:

""FLY.1's form and function emulates a "virtual presence" of the person on the other end of the line, its tilted angle reinforces the intuitive and habitual act of talking to someone face to face so users can talk freely for extended periods of time."

The handset weighs at 119g, and presumably is powered by Cypress' 'Wireless USB' VoIP chip. The USB transmitter dock doubles as a charging station. IPEVO also has another cool-looking $30 wired USB phone called Free-1 if FLY.1 pricing turns out to be prohibitive.

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