10/13/2006, 9:50am, EDT

Friday, October 13th

MacMice ships Danger Phone VoIP handset

MacMice today began shipping the Danger Phone, its USB VoIP (Voice over IP) handset. The Danger Phone is a USB VoIP telephone handset that works with Skype or any other VoIP application with support for USB handsets, offering plug-and-play compatibility with both Mac OS X and Windows XP systems. The phone is designed as a simple device that is easy to use, emphasizing durability and ruggedness. MacMice sought to do away with gadgetry, a "fake" display, and "flashing lights," leaving only the core functionality of a VoIP phone with a simple interface. The Danger Phone is available for $30.

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This is a 1st for MacMice

10/13, 10:34am, EDT

This is a first for MacMice.. Usually there products look great, but are in actual fact, utter crap. This is different because, it actually looks crap! And no doubt wont break any more traditions and remain crap to use as well.

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jpellino

whew.

10/13, 11:13am, EDT

Thank goodness they kept the enourmous plug-ugly label.

Simple interface, eh? Cause everyone knows what "P" means on a phone, and the unmarked up and down buttons are for ??? They're not volume - that's on the side... "Power"? maybe - but the mute button's next to the power light. And no one will be pressing the stick-out-y buttons ramdonly with their cheek, right?

More stuff from Jack, even though his name's not on it anymore - same florid copy about an unproven piece of plastic, and the company claims it's from "Taiwanesee" - looks like someone forgot to double click "Tennessee" before they started typing "Taiwan"

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doctor9

No, but...

10/13, 12:20pm, EDT

it looks like it'd make a great TV remote!

So it's USB teathered, too? Welcome to the brave new world of *CORD* phones!

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jpellino

and they read macnn!

10/13, 6:57pm, EDT

Their Taiwanesee company has been relocated to Taiwan since this morning.

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MacLives

macnn and jack campbell

10/14, 1:57am, EDT

It looks like macnn will post anything - for a fee I guess. I see those links to Apple as if it was news - nope macnn gets a cut. oh well.

macmice crap; jack campbell; what a flashback

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