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Great concept, not flawless yet

by JazzVM on Oct 7th, 2005 at 9:37 AM:

Set up: The wifi set up was easy. The phone connected to my wifi router automatically. The SIP set up was more difficult. It took me some time to figure out that the admin web configuration page has required settings that the phone itself does not have. without the web configuration tool you can not use the phone. Unfortunately the web configuration tool is slow and sometimes the connection to the web tool times out.

Connectivity: The range is very short. I lose connection when I am about 15 feet from my router while my iBook still has full signal at that range. The connection also drops sometimes halfway a call even when I am sitting next to my router. I hope that new firmware will fix that last issue.

Sound quality: The times that the phone does work, the sound is good. Not as good as through my sipura 2000 , but better than through my cell phone.

Conclusion: the technology is almost ready, but it is better to wait at least until the next version.