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    Acer 8204 VoIP phone

    Discussion in 'Acer' started by phatjasonle, May 17, 2006.

  1. phatjasonle

    phatjasonle Notebook Enthusiast

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    Got this phone as part of the packaged content. Has anyone used it with the 8204? Please provide comment.
     
    phatjasonle, May 17, 2006
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    iamapato01 Notebook Consultant

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    Yes I used it and it sucked horribly. I called my friend via yahoo messenger and the phone is really quiet, and it echos on the other persons line. The built in mic and speakers work better.
     
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    Yellow11 Notebook Consultant

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    Coincidentally I just tried mine with Skype half an hour ago. Since they started offering internet to phone calls for free for the rest of the year.

    Ya, it sucked pretty badly. I just made a local call here. Echo and delay made it pretty much unusable. According to the person I called, I was cutting out a lot. There was almost a full second delay on a call across town. Not sure if the delay was due to bluetooth processing or network/phone delay. Quiet was definitely not a problem for me. Mine was really loud, had to turn it down to minimum. Didn't try skype with laptop mic and speaker though.

    Too bad
     
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    You've used it in speaker phone mode propably, because it's really quiet in normal mode. There is a problem with BT delay for sure, but you could have a problem with delay in Skype itself also - anyway, sound quality is unacceptable and the "phone" is completely useless...
     
    jaad75, May 18, 2006
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    but when talking to phone via computer your voice is generally cut this problem results from the internet connection not voip phone
     
    salihozturk, May 19, 2006
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    iamapato01 Notebook Consultant

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    I can have a perfectly clear conversation via yahoo to a phone or another computer using the built in mic and speakers. The phone just sucks.
     
    iamapato01, May 19, 2006
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