On Tue, 2006-07-04 at 21:15 -0500, Gene Heskett wrote: > Dotan Cohen wrote: > > On 28/06/06, Fred Lackey <fred.lackey@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> Does anyone have any feedback on a handset or headset that has had > >> success with Skype on more than just Windows (either Mac or Linux)? > >> > >> Here are the two I am trying to decide between... > >> > >> NEXOTEK P-600S "Skype Smart Phone" > >> http://www.nexotek.com/p600s.html > >> - Claims to work well on Linux, Mac, and Windows > >> > >> Simply Phone P1K-1 > >> > >> http://www.simplyphone.lu/index.php?t=prod_detail&pid=21&language=EN > >> > >> http://us.accessories.skype.com/direct/skypeusa/itemdetl.jsp?prod=2853 > >> > >> I generally travel with two laptops... a Mac PowerBook and a Toshiba > >> Linux (FC5 / Ubuntu 5 dual boot). I'd like to use a USB handset > >> interchangeably between the two machines. USR has one that I was > >> looking at but [of course] it only plays nice with Windows. > >> > >> Thanks, in advance. > >> > > > > I was going to stay out of this thread and jsut follow it, but seeing > > how nobody answered, have you contacted the companies that manufacure > > the headsets that you're looking at? Even if they don't have > > information on linux compatbility, the very fact that you write to > > them will alert them to the fact that they cannot afford to ignore > > linux users. If you have written to them, what were their responses? > > > > Dotan Cohen > > http://ie-only.com > > > Logitek makes a neat little headset (dual phones and a boom mic, > overhead band) that works ok, but the mic boom has too much curve in it > causing it to stick the mic against your face near the corner of your > mouth. Obviously that tells the other person how many hours its been > since you shaved, not a desirable side effect. I tried slowly bending > it outward, but by the time I'd made it stay where I wanted it, which > was about an inch from the corner of my mouth, it had started to buckle > the plastic boom in a couple of places. But its been that way for 2 > weeks now, and appears to be ready to do it for however long it takes to > destroy the cordage, none of which is very 'heavy duty' on these generic > headsets. Typical $19 headset, got this one at the local radio shack > after I'd broken the cord of my previous RCA branded version in my feet > while getting up from this desk too many times. I liked the RCA better, > but this one has lasted longer. There is no use of paying an extra 20 > bucks for one of these things just because its got a sign on the package > saying its "Skype compatible". Skype isn't that fussy.. Nor is ekiga > or wengophone. I have a hell of a lot more trouble getting a > confirmation message back from either ekiga or wengophone because > verizon is apparently filtering mail from the competition. Bastards. > I'd change providers, but they're the only $%^&*() game in town... ---- hardly the only game in town http://www.asterisk.org real system administrators would handle their own systems and not rely on a packager like skype Craig
