question on an external USB speakerphone.
How big an improvement is it over the speaker/mike that's built in your laptop?
I've always used the built-in setup and been pretty pleased with the quality of VOIP calls. Done this with Thinkpads as well as ASUS and ACER netbooks with both Skype and dialer for our VOIP system. Been pretty pleased with that setup in either conference mode or with a earbuds.