Vonage intros portable phone

Posted Jun 30th 2006 8:53AM by Michael Sciannamea

It looks like Vonage is getting into the portable VoIP phone marketplace with the introduction of their new V-Phone. According to the company, the phone can be activated by being plugged into any PC with a broadband intenet connection

The V-Phone is being aimed mostly at business users since it can potentially reduce voice communication costs including cellphone roaming charges. The phone comes loaded with Vonage Talk software and includes 250MB of memory that can be used to store files such as MP3s and digital photos. The device is priced at $39.99.

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1. Hi rudy,
Please i will like to know this voip company that sells the phone that easily connects to my usb port and allow me to make calls to 37 countries at $10.
You can send reply to my mail box. Thanks

Posted at 3:05PM on May 7th 2008 by ayo_deji

2. Hi rudy,
Please i will like to know this voip company that sells the phone that easily connects to my usb port and allow me to make calls to 37 countries at $10.
You can send reply to my mail box. Thanks

Posted at 2:59PM on May 7th 2008 by ayo_deji

3. Ayo,

The company you're asking about is called MagicJack. They offer a USB phone for $39.95 for the device and one year of service plus $19.95/yr after that - pretty much as cheap as you can get for phone anywhere.

Posted at 5:01PM on Nov 14th 2008 by http:www.consumervoipreview.com

4. Ayo,

The company you're asking about is called MagicJack. They offer a USB phone that costs $20 for the device plus $19.95/yr for service - the cheapest price around.

Posted at 5:03PM on Nov 14th 2008 by voip reviews

5. Magic Jack is the cheapest way to go. For anyone interested you can read customer reviews at http://www.voipreview.org for Magic Jack and I found great international calling rates at http://www.myvoipprovider.com if you call overseas a lot.

Posted at 11:14PM on Jan 23rd 2009 by Voiper

6. Not seen these even though it's a 3 year old post. Anyone have a link or idea how well they took off.
We run http://www.hullvoip.co.uk and wouldn't mind stocking such a thing if they are good and cheap enough.

Posted at 11:44AM on May 15th 2009 by Andy

7. DingoTel has this device that lets you do Push to Talk over VoIP. You can use any FRS GMRS 2way radio and you can talk over the net! Its amazing. It is like Nextel but there are no monthly fees. Pretty cool stuff and never been seen before. The DingoTel 2way unit is sold at Best Buy and Amazon. They use a p2p (peer to peer) network so that they can keep it completely free and also so that you can reach your buddies just like you would on Skype or MSN or Yahoo. Your contacts show up when their PCs turn on and voila you are connected. Check out www.dingotel.com for more info on their VoIP system and oh... they also did some cool SIP tunneling so that SIP will work behind firewalls or restricted networks without worrying putting port mappings into firewalls (at last a company like Skype that makes VoIP simple).

Posted at 10:39PM on Aug 12th 2006 by RichardDingo

8. Vonage better makes its regular VoIP lines work properly then introduce their new products.

+Vonage is a pretty expensive VoIP company..

Posted at 1:34AM on Aug 15th 2006 by Tracy@WireFan.Com

9. How does this thing work? Does it have a microphone in it? What if you plug it way in the back of a PC? I see some problems with this and I'm not totally believing it works well, but it does look pretty cool.

Posted at 8:29PM on Aug 28th 2006 by voip and business

10. Did these ever make it to market? It seems like a great idea.

http://www.voipservice.com

Posted at 1:11PM on Aug 25th 2009 by mary

11. It is an old post but interesting one. I think vonage should try to make its network more secure like other internet phone http://www.axvoice.com companies its security as it has been given a warning about the sercurity of its calls. Meanwhile, with the advent of iphone and gphone, vonage and other voip compaqnies can't survive because of such devices. They need to work really hard on the issues like emergency numbers, text messaging etc.

Posted at 6:15AM on Sep 15th 2009 by sandra

12. Any site to get more info about this portable phone. It sounds pretty interesting

Posted at 3:04PM on Nov 8th 2006 by Tracy@Phone Company

13. Another cool gadget from Vonage. I have used some competing products but this one look and sound much better that the competition

Posted at 7:18PM on Nov 16th 2006 by LeRoy Graham

14. i have tried several, but the one that i like best is the i2 telecom voicestik.

Posted at 4:50PM on Jan 5th 2007 by brian

15. Do you know if there's a wireless version in development? I read somewhere that the Apple iphone might have the capability to automatically switch between cellular networks and wifi connections seamlessly. If that's true, Vonage seems to be behind in their products, already.

http://t1buyersguide.com

T1 Buyers Guide allows you to compare for free t1 service providers in your area.

Posted at 2:22AM on Mar 16th 2007 by Vic Lee

16. I wonder how the sales of these portable VoIP phones are doing today with all the Vonage patent fiascos. I guess time will tell. Oh and if you're looking for alternative VoIP providers I've compiled a nice list at http://www.voipmonitor.net/CategoryView,category,VoIP%2BProviders.aspx

Posted at 8:15PM on May 31st 2007 by Judson

17. I wonder how the sales of these portable VoIP phones are doing today with all the Vonage patent fiascos. I guess time will tell. Oh and if you're looking for alternative VoIP providers I've compiled a nice list at http://www.voipmonitor.net/CategoryView,category,VoIP%2BProviders.aspx

Posted at 8:14PM on May 31st 2007 by Judson

18. Wow Vonage is trying whatever they can to compete. VOIP is great especially for businesses. The only drawback is 911 issues. http://nationwide-t1.com is the high speed internet provider for VOIP.

Posted at 4:23AM on Nov 6th 2007 by john

19. There's another voip company that sells the phone that easily connects to the usb port of your computer. No need to rewire as you would in vonage. It's also portable and can be used on other PCs and even your laptop if equipped with a data card. It's pc to landline or mobile phone and no need to subscribe at the other end. Costs $10 a month service for unlimited long distance and to 37 int'l countries.

Posted at 1:49AM on Dec 6th 2007 by rudy

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