pirrelli gsm/voip phone

[wexfordman]

Hi,

Just wondering if anyone ha any experience of one of these http://shop.voipdistri.com/product_i...b8273qhjgvq617

Was thinking of taking the plunge and buying one, just wanted to know if there are any reasons why I should not, it is reasonalby priced...

Wexfordman

[benifa]

I'm not familiar with this model, but I too was thinking about buying a VoIP WIFI phone recently. In the end I didn't, and this is why..

Most WIFI "hotspots" are not free. They are designed in such a way that, in order to use the internet, the customer connects to the wireless network and opens their web browser. They are then directed to a page where they have to pay for the access, enter a code - whatever. That's fine for a laptop, but if a SIP phone doesn't have a built in web browser, how can you pay for the access?

So in a nut shell, I decided against buying a WIFI SIP phone because I'd only be able to use it when connected to a "free" hotspot (do they exist?).. On the other hand, if someone can point out a WIFI SIP phone with built-in web browser (or possibly another way out of this problem), please do!

[wexfordman]

Well, this phone is also a gsm phone, so from a usage point of view I would definately use it. With regards free wifi, I travel a lot for work and am away from home fairly regularly, a lot of the places I stay in offer free wifi, and I get it at work also, so my home phone will be with me wherever I go.

Wexfordman

[benifa]

In that case it sounds perfect for you!

Are you going to get it? I for one would be interested in your feedback if indeed you do.

[webdream]

They can be got for a lot cheaper than wexford man says.

They are not absolute 100%, they get pretty warm when on wireless for instance. There may be issues witrh battery life. As a mobile, not the best in the world but okay. As sip phone also same.

It is a dual phone, and for that its great i would say. If you think you can have your blueface number in it, and when you leave your wi-fi it can be configured just to divert to your mobile, it's not that simple. The device does not log off your sip user account when it goes out of range, so there can be issues with call forwarding. this is more so with voip buster accounts.

Also, if the device is unplugged from charger or usb and you have the display backlight set to go off after a while, the device may fail to respond to incoming SIP calls, even if it registers with the sip server every couple of mins. That is what i found.

I have 2 of them anyway & think they are great despite these points. Mind u I paid 120 euro for 2 of them new. I wouldnt be happy if i had paid 300 euro odd each.

I have one plugged in whole time with my geo-voip number / sip account & that sits on my desk. The other has my vodafone SIM and a voipcheap.com sip account on it.