I do not know what I was thinking when I got the Belkin WiFi Skype phone, but once I opened the box I realized that the product is missing key features. So I decided to return it to Fry's and get the Netgear sph200w. One thing that caught my eye was the tmobile hotspot support, which belkin lacks. This morning I went to a local Starbucks to try this phone out and was not able to get it to work. The phone wont connect to the tmobile network and it will not tell you what is going on and how to fix it. The phone just wont connect. Back to Fry's this weekend. I wonder if there is anything else I can try?

 

 

 

This is just plain wrong. I am not having much luck these days. No this cant be - I have a feeling I am not understanding something. Here is the problem. Yesterday Junaid drove me to Fry's to get a Belkin Wi-Fi Phone for Skype. I hate head phones - makes me look like I am trying to sell something to someone. And since I use Skype a lot these days I figured its time to get a device that I can use with WiFi connection. Not the iPhone - I am still not ready for this toy. Anyway, I got the Belkin Wi-Fi Phone for Skype. $100 and here is what I get. A phone that works great using my home broadband connection. Simple install and good sound quality. Love from the first sight. But then I had to run to a local starbucks to test this phone at a hotspot. I have the account through tmobile, but how can I access the hotspot if the authentication process needs a web browser. Did Belkin engineers miss this functionallity or they thought that we are entering a new era of free wi-fi around the world? Even free city wide google wifi service in Mountain View needs a browser. Even the sfsu campus wide network needs you to enter login / pass through the browser.