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Old Sep 1, 2009 | 12:23 pm
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Originally Posted by lin821
No, it won't make any sense.

If you don't have a computer with you, you cannot make this USB phone work.

OTOH, there are other stand-alone Skype phones that can operate without any computer.
Um, Im actually aware of that I assumed it was for public computers, like the Skype on a USB.

The problem with the standalone WiFi ones is that they wont work where you have to log into the WiFi hotspot. So mine works fine in my office or house, where I can enter the wep (maybe wpa2 - not sure I remember correctly) key but at a Starbucks or something with WiFi that you need to log in on, it wont work. The Skype for iPhone/iPod Touch works great on sites that you need to log in for, however.
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