The USRobotics USR9610 USB Internet Speakerphone works with the powerful Skype Voice-over-Internet application to enable "hands-free" and toll-free calls around the world. Simply install Skype software and plug the Internet Speakerphone into a USB 1.1 or 2.0 port to make free phone calls to any Skype user world-wide.
Excellent Speakerphone and at a great price I was somewhat reluctant to buy this item after reading the reviews; however, I purchased this and was very pleasantly surprised that it works extremely well with the latest Skype 3.6.0.248...I had NONE of the problems/concerns mentioned in other reviews - perhaps the newest Skype software has worked all the bugs/issues out, allowing the USRobotics speakerphone to work flawlessly....What a great product at a very reasonable price..
worst microphone ever! This was on sale really cheap so I decided to get it because it looked neat and I figured it couldn't be that bad. As other reviewers have noted, the speaker on it isn't too bad but the microphone is completely unusable and this setup is worse than just using the built-in microphone on my laptop.
Piece of junk I bought this from Circuit City today and it's going back tomorrow. The speaker quality is fair (not good, but not too bad), however the whole unit vibrates and jumps off the desk when you turn it up loud enough to not be right next to it (i.e., use it as a speakerphone!). The microphone is TERRIBLE and unusable. It is distorted and too quiet. When you turn up the level on the computer, you get an echo. No wonder the MSRP is $50 and everyone (Circuit City, Amazon, ...) is trying to get rid of them for $20.
Bad quality USB speakerphone This is a USB speakerphone of the worst quality I've ever seen. The sound quality is bad. My partner can hardly hear what I said. It is not the loudness but the echo. I will not recommend this speakerphone to anyone.
Skype better come up with something quick or they will start losing market share! Do not buy this unit. I have tested the VoSky, IOGEAR and now US Robotics and they are ALL junk. While the speaker quality is acceptable the microphone sound quality is woefully inadequate. I do not understand why no one is capable of developing a hafway decent unit. And why are the SO SMALL!? The are so small as to be practically useless. The IOGEAR unit does not even incorporate mute and volume buttons.
Bottom line: Wait until someone comes out with a quality item or shell out big bucks and buy a Polycom and the Computer Calling Kit that is available through Polycom. (Even the Polycom Computer Calling Kit is analog! What is the problem!?)
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