TABLE OF CONTENTS With all the hype about Skype, we can expect companies to continue introducing new products, both software add-ons and hardware that will exploit Skype s existing capabilities and give us even more features and capabilities. In this chapter, we discuss some up-and-coming products as well as some wish list items based on hundreds of inquiries from www.SkypeTips.com and our many conversations with vendors that ask us to evaluate their products and provide feedback. We really enjoy doing these reviews because it allows us to recommend the products others can apply to their particular needs.
The Skype community is a close-knit one that shares ideas, testing, comments, and of course, opinions on the growing number of products that are being marketed to work with Skype. These vendors all want you to buy their products. We have included this chapter to not only let you, the reader, know what is coming, but to also spawn new ideas for future Skype-related products.
One of the most frequent questions I receive as part of providing help to users who visit www.SkypeTips.com is, Is there is a device that allows you to use Skype without having to leave your computer turned on? Unfortunately, the answer is Not yet. What people are looking for is a device similar to what Vonage, Packedt8, AT&T CallVantage, Time Warner Digital phone, and other VoIP providers use to connect you to the Internet without a computer. These...
