Tesco internet phone

parkside_stroller

Anybody know if the phones being sold for £10 in tesco at present are compatible with other VOIP services such as SKYPE?
Looks like it is probably a "rebadged" model for TESCO.
Can only identify it by saying it is a USB phone and the model number is given as E337.

Andy_L

http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&q=e337+usb+telephone&btnG=Google+Search&meta=

second hit - it's a US Robotics 9600A

novice-saver

parkside_stroller wrote:

Anybody know if the phones being sold for £10 in tesco at present are compatible with other VOIP services such as SKYPE?
Looks like it is probably a "rebadged" model for TESCO.
Can only identify it by saying it is a USB phone and the model number is given as E337.

The software provided with it by Tesco doesn't work with Skype.

But if this site is correct:

http://www.sat.dundee.ac.uk/arb/voip/

"The handset can be used with services other than Skype and Tesco; simply download the drivers from Yamamoto's drivers. For example, GoogleTalk, Net2Phone, SJphone, VoipBuster, X-Ten."

denis_parker

I too noticed that Tesco is selling VOIP handsets for less than £10 with £5 call time included on their VOIP service. The Tesco service is not bad. They even provide and number that you can be called on equvilent to Skype_in but without the monthly charge. Should you be addicted to Skype, I found that the phone appears to be the Simply phone used to be advertised on skype.com

http://www.simplyphone.lu/index.php?t=downloads&language=EN


I downloaded the software and the phone works fine with just the callme driver referenced in the above link and the skype software. So you can use it for both services depending on what software you load.

Seems a bargain to me for effectively £5 and phone advertised on skype for £22.85.