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Review: Linksys CIT200 Internet Phone By Mark Long May 26, 2006 11:00AM The CIT200 displays the online or offline "presence" status of any Skype subscriber in its caller list. To place a call, simply highlight the desired contact listing to dial the number.   Related Topics VoIP Skype Telephony Linksys Latest News Endeavour Inspected for Damage Autism Risk for Kids of Older Mothers Go Online and You Can Save the Planet In Haiti, Relief Gaps Are Spreading U.S. To Form Climate-Change Agency If you use the Skype Voice over IP (VoIP) telephone service and you're tired of sitting in front of your PC whenever you talk, Linksys has something for you. The company's Internet Telephony Kit, a.k.a. the CIT200, enables Skype customers to place and receive calls wirelessly over distances of up to 50 meters indoors, and up to 300 meters outdoors (about 160 feet and 980 feet, respectively). If you're a Skype customer who uses the Mac or Linux OS, however, Linksys has nothing for you. Operational requirements include a PC with a 400-MHz processor running Windows XP; 128 MB of RAM; an unused USB port; and 15 MB of free hard disk space. Look and Feel The kit's handset, dark gray with silver accents, has the look and feel of a standard cordless phone. It displays menus, contact lists, and caller IDs on a 1.12 x .75 inch color screen. Underneath the display are the keypad and requisite navigation, call, and end buttons. The phone measures 1.86 x 5.20 x 1.36 inches and tips the scales at 4.59 ounces, making it easy to carry but not so small that you would mistake it for a mobile phone. Features The handset has an integrated speakerphone if you want to go hands-free, and an audio jack for enabling standard audio headsets. The phone's rechargeable batteries are capable of delivering up to 10 hours of continuous talk time or up to 120 hours of handset operation in the standby mode. In addition, the complete kit ships with a charging cradle and AC adapter; belt clip; software on CD-ROM; and a small USB base station. The CIT200, which is powered by the same technology used by standard cordless phones, stores up to 120 individual telephone contacts and automatically logs the last 10 calls placed. Even better, the kit integrates the requisite technology for supporting an intercom connection between as many as four individual handsets, with each being assigned its own extension. Performance When it comes to identifying incoming calls, you have a choice of three distinct ring tones to assign to specific contacts. You also have the option of employing voice encryption to enhance the security of the connection. On the downside, however, there is no conference-call capability for when you are away from the PC desktop. (continued...) 1  |  2  |  Next Page >   Tell Us What You Think Your Comment: Also Visit: iPad Info Center Billions of Bytes Mobile Device Now Apple Info Center TopTechWire.com Advertisement  Personal Tech 1.   Nvidia Auto-Switches Notebook GPU 2.   Macworld Focuses on Mobile Apps 3.   MS: Windows 7 Doesn't Hurt Battery 4.   Nexus One 'Support' Passes the Buck 5.   Google May Make Gmail More Social EPIC Objects To Google-NSA Ties Cyberattack meant to rattle Google? Average Rating: Symbian 3 Is Now Fully Open Source But mobile OS remains linked to Nokia. Average Rating: Sony Ericsson Unveils Aspen Handset Windows Mobile unit comes with Skype. Average Rating:

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