Radian Technologies SkyTone RST201 IP Phone Reviews

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Dialpad is excellent, speaker phone is excellent. Everyone says, it is like land line phone sound quality. The only -ve about this unit is, i can't see the contact list(names or numbers) from SKYTONE, when i browse the contact list from SKYTONE it shows names in computer. I have to look at computer to make sure whom i am calling. from Buy.com I think this phone has been released/branded by several companies. I have the one by XACT. But, it looks 100% the same as this Radian. So, for all intents and purposes I'm inclined to believe that the only difference is their logo. from Buy.com just tried the skytone and he polycom communicator side by side. (spoiler: the polycom is MUCH better). from Amazon.com -Some buttons doesn't work as expected -The software that comes with the CD (because you need a software) is outdated and doesn't work. You need to download it: look for SkyTone in google. -The software is a resident program in windows that displays an icon in your taskbar from Amazon.com Vonage's technical support were USELESS - even going so far to tell me their SoftPhone application doesn't work with USB phones (despite saying on their website that their SoftPhone application works with all USB phones). Unfortunately the phone also comes with very little information and only Skype drivers so if I hadn't been determined to get this working, the phone and the Vonage application would have both gone back. Even the SkyTone manufacturer (Radian) said the phone worked perfectly with Vonage but couldn't provide any help (and their documentation with the phone is "minimal" to put it lightly!) from Amazon.com Pros: Nice idea. Keypad works nicely with Skype. from Newegg.com To me, this is a security risk if you are using Windows XP Pro and setup a regular user-ID (with just regular User rights) for general use. Previous driver version did not require this setting. Other Thoughts: I contacted Radian technical support via e-mail and asked the question twice. Their answer was "Due to security reasons, as we do get lot of request from the administrators of different companies, we had made these changes in our drivers. from Newegg.com To me, this is a security risk if you are using Windows XP Pro and setup a regular user-ID (with just regular User rights) for general use. Previous driver version did not require this setting. Other Thoughts: I contacted Radian technical support via e-mail and asked the question twice. Their answer was "Due to security reasons, as we do get lot of request from the administrators of different companies, we had made these changes in our drivers. from Newegg.com Skype was unusable with my generic microphone and surround speakers. Now it works as a normal phone except dialing +1 before every call. At first the skytone software seemed to hijack my audio so my media or games would not play through the sound card anymore. I found that going to Start -> Settings -> Control Panel -> Sounds and Audio Devices -> Audio tab -> Default Device -> select your normal sound card in this drop down. from Amazon.com Needs more weight on the base (a bit too light). Other Thoughts: This phone was purchased to replace a malfunctioning new Actiontec Vosky USB phone gateway (which allows you to use a regular phone). I setup the Radian phone for my 73 year old mother, using Skype's speed dial feature. I had to color-code the DIAL button so that she can better see the button. from Newegg.com

Released	over 3 years ago
Networking Connectivity	1 x USB
Display Type	Monochrome LCD
Type	IP Phone
Height	2.7 in.
Length/Depth	6.1 in.
MPN	RST201
UPC	00873063009125
Weight	1.2 lb.
Width	7.3 in.

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