NETGEAR Announces Skype WiFi Phone Pricing and Pre-Order Availability

NETGEAR, Inc. has announced pricing and preorder availability for the NETGEAR Skype WiFi phone (model SPH101). The phone can be preordered now exclusively online at an MSRP of US$249.99.

The NETGEAR Skype WiFi phone (SPH101) is the first Skype Certified device to enable consumers to make unlimited free domestic and international calls to other Skype users over a wireless network without being tied to a computer. The WiFi phone will work anywhere in the world a user has a secured or open access to a WiFi network

A pre-requisite is the use of a home, office, public hotspot, or municipal wireless access point that does not require browser-based authentication.

All customers placing pre-orders will get 30 free SkypeOut minutes to many phones worldwide as well as 30 days of free Skype Voicemail. Estimated shipping date is the second half of June, subject to initial supply, with the first preorders placed expected to be the first shipped.