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| Philips VOIP841 PC-Free DECT 6.0 Wireless IP Phone |
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Product Description |
Amazon.com Product Description  | The Philips VOIP841 Wireless IP Phone offers: - The ability to make Skype calls without a computer.
- It can be used as a landline telephone and an Internet phone.
- A full-color display for clear and easy navigation.
- Memory for up to 500 phonebook entries.
|  | | The Philips VOIP841 is the first completely independent DECT cordless phone that lets you make Skype calls without a PC. And with the added flexibility of letting you connect your land line, this phone can take care of all your calling needs. 
Use the VOIP841 to make free Skype calls to anywhere in the world without a computer. View larger. | Quick Installation and Convenience
The Philips VOIP841 is a self-contained unit that requires no installation of software or connection to a computer; simply plug the base into any power outlet in your house, connect it to your broadband connection, and you can start making free Skype telephone calls right away. (To make Skype calls, you must open a Skype account. A Skype account is not included with this phone.) And by simply plugging your home telephone line into the VOIP841, this phone can double as your everyday landline, giving you the ultimate in convenience. Easy to Use
If you've used a cell phone or cordless phone, you'll quickly be able to take advantage of all the features the VOIP841 offers. For easy readability, the phone features a 128x128 full-color display, and a 4-way directional pad provides you with easy navigation through the intuitive interface. The handset has enough memory for up to 500 Skype phonebook entries, giving you quick access to your contact list. You can choose from up to 15 ring tones (5 standard, 10 polyphonic), and the phone allows you to set your ring tone by call type, distinguishing between landline and Internet calls. A speakerphone mode allows for hands-free operation, so you can take notes during the call or share the call with others. There is also a jack connector on the handset for connecting a headset. DECT Frequency for Security and Extended Battery Life
By using the Digital Enhanced Cordless Telecommunications (DECT) frequency at 1.8GHz, the VOIP841 offers you enhanced security features and a longer battery life than other frequencies. On battery power, the VOIP841 offers talk time of up to 12 hours and a standby time of up to 120 hours. Each base station can accommodate up to four handsets, and up to four base stations can be used together for a total of 16 handsets. For office or home use, the intercom mode allows you to use one handset to call another handset located in a different room. |
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Product Details |
- Stand-alone cordless phone lets you make Skype phone calls without a computer
- Can also be used as a traditional phone with a landline for extra convenience
- Full-color display and 4-way directional pad makes navigation simple
- Handset can store up to 500 Skype phonebook entries
- Phone has up to 12 hours of talk time and 120 hours of standby on single charge
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Customer Reviews |
 It is hard to make me happy |
| Review Date: May 11, 2007 |
| Reviewer: J. Shlezar, USA |
| It is hard to make me happy in a name of purchased gadget. I always find something I do not like about it. It looks like Philips VOIP8411B/37 is the exception. I do not think it is "the perfect." Lets write about it. It looks very good, but this would be the last think I would care about. The most important is it's functionality. This DECT based cordless sounds pretty clear and good. I connected in my regular land-line phone and the Philips VOIP8411B/37 rings differently for the regular line than for Skype or Skype In. It has call ID and all you want to get from cordless phone except answering machine. On the regular line I have the answering machine and while I purchase Skype In, I received free voice mail box, so no problem here. I "still" have another VOIP service for which I pay $25 a month. I'm going to cancel that service. I purchased Skype In for $38 (you get your own telephone number in the US, or anywhere in the world where it is available) a year plus Skype Out for $30 a year, that is together almost $70 a year for almost the same functionality of my present VOIP service. When I consider that for the original VOIP I pay about $300 a year, I will have savings about $230. WOW!!! The quality of Skype connection is not the greatest, but I always understand the conversation when occasionally the quality goes from the great down to less great. Conclusion? You could be happy as I'm with the Philips VOIP8411B/37 if you have good quality fast Internet connection. The Skype is not substitution for regular telephone line same way as any other VOIP service, but with Skype I call US and Canada for free for $68 a year, and to Europe I pay around 2 Cents per minute plus couple Cents for a connection fee. Highly recommend! |
UPDATE: now freeze problems!!! OLD: Works good with no problems in 3 weeks +
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| Review Date: March 26, 2007 |
| Reviewer: Sezer Yalcin, US |
Update:
It's been several months since I had this phone.
I am having freezing issues where phone would not let you talk. It's weird, it is online, when someone calls, you can answer, then there is no voice! You cannot hear what other say and they cant here you either. It says connected and timer runs, but no voice.
Only think you can do it to do power cycling, which is not convenient.
This issue has been repeating every 2-3 weeks, I am no longer satisfied with this product.
I ordered this item as soon as it was available from Amazon. Phone works very well. Dect range is good enough and sound is clear. I also have skype unlimited calling in US plan. Now I use this a lot and my cellphone usage has dropped slightly. On my cellphone, I changed to a prepaid plan and I think I will be saving around $30/month.
I did not use it with landline so far, only skype phone. I don't think there would be any issues with that. Phone lets you call skype contacts automatically which is good in case your network connection is down.
Overall, handset and base is portable enough for moving. I took it to work to show some friends. It was easy and worked very well at our work network which is firewalled and very secure. Works just plug and play.
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Excellent dual Skype/landline phone at a good price
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| Review Date: November 6, 2007 |
| Reviewer: L. D. Robinson, Greece |
I first have to say that I have no association with Philips or Skype and am not paid to endorse this product. I had heard about Skype a while ago but never paid too much attention to it; but when I recently moved to Europe and was looking for a cheaper way to communicate with family, friends and business associates in the US, I finally tried it out and was very pleased. The problem was getting other family members to sit down in front of the computer to make these "strange" Skype calls. I therefore decided to get a Skype phone - and as our old cordless phone was not great quality anyway, decided to kill two birds with one stone and get a dual system. After reading a few reviews here on Amazon, I took a chance and ordered the Philips dual phone and after about 3 weeks of heavy usage am very pleased. I have yet to identify a feature I would want and can't find on the phone (I noticed some other reviewers had complained about features they thought were missing, but with a little investigation and reading of the user manual, I found almost all of them on the phone). The only feature I'd like it to have that it doesn't seem to is the ability to forward Skype In calls to another number from this phone. I still have to do that on my computer. Otherwise, it seems to have everything. In addition, the sound quality is absolutely fine (I agree that the speaker phone is a slight bit tinny, but not enough to bother the average user), and the phone has a great look. It worked first time straight out of the box. The only problem I had was that when I tried to register the extra handset I had purchased, it didn't seem to work. I had to contact Philips customer service, and they resolved the problem immediately. (Turns out you have to hold down the button on the base station for 4 seconds, while the base station is disconnected from the internet.) I also had a small problem after a power failure from a lightning storm. Once the power was back up the phone kept cycling through its "start up" mode, and I had to disconnect the base station and take the batteries out of the hand sets to reboot the system. But it worked fine afterwards and none of my stored numbers were lost.
Considering that I was paying a fortune for calls to the US - and having a hard time dialing toll-free numbers in the US from Europe - the combination of Skype and this phone has been one of the best investments I've made all year. I'm pretty sure I'm going to buy another base station and extra hand sets, since the base can only accommodate up to 4 hand sets.
All around, it's an excellent product and I recommend it highly. |
way to go skype!!!!
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| Review Date: January 21, 2008 |
| Reviewer: ANSSO, Seabrook, TX USA |
I really love this phone because it gets me out of the computer. It also makes great calls. I call Europe, South America, Australia, and even Africa once in a while. People say they hear me very clearly. I also get a very clear and crisp sound from the other side of the world. About a week ago when I called my cousin in Australia, she asked me if I was there because the quality of the call was excellent.
So fr, I am very, very satisfied with this phone. It is worth the money because it saves me time as well when I make my overseas calls. Of course, using Skype saves me lots, and lots of money.
May 28, 2008
I have been using this phone now for a few months. It works great adn people overseas tell me they can hear me just as if I were there. Once in a while I hear myself echo but it is not all the time. I love it because I keep saving money on Skype. |
Great product - a few issues on first use
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| Review Date: October 17, 2007 |
| Reviewer: R. Hall, |
| We bought this phone and at first could not make any outgoing calls to landline numbers (non-Skype), although they would ring at the other end but no one could hear anything. I finally found an online forum and it appears that this has been a very common problem with this phone when first starting to use it. The remedy was to simply upgrade the firmware which is very simple to do (instructions are on Philips website). The phone that Amazon sent me was new, but the firmware was outdated by a couple of levels. Once I upgraded it, it worked great and has been an excellent phone. It has many features, is light but solid enough that it feels like a quality phone. It is intuitive to use. It also lets you plug in a landline as well as use Skype, but we have dropped our landline and use this phone exclusively now. The voice quality is excellent and no one has been able to tell that we are now using a phone over the web. Great buy! Our relatives in NY, Ireland and Spain are also now using these phones and we all call each other for free. Great savings!!! And any landlines that we call (to Ireland, etc) are only 2 cents per minute. This phone has paid for itself already by reducing our landline charges. |
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