Accton Technology launches WiFi SkyFone WM1185-T

Accton Technology launches WiFi SkyFone WM1185-T

Taiwan-based Accton Technology Corp has launched what they call the world’s first cell phone that can use the popular Skype software for making free Web calls. They launched this product yesterday in Tokyo, Japan. This device does not require a personal computer to connect to the internet to make calls using the Skype technology.

Accton said in a statement that the WiFi SkyFone WM1185-T wireless mobile phone would benefit more than 50 million customers of Skype as well as companies and households, which have not yet used Skype. Users can use this particular mobile phone product to make peer-to-peer (P2P) Internet calls to any phone users in the world without having to switch on their computers.

Skype for recently purchased by the ecommerce giant eBay for big bucks and has more than 190 million people worldwide. At any particular time, the service is being used by more than 3-4 million users making it the leaders in VoIP technology on the internet. Accton said that they appreciate the technical capabilities provided by the company and decided to develop telecommunication devices using the Skype technology one year ago.

The company is a Skype’s partners and their WiFi SkyFone WM1185-T is the world’s first mobile phone, which can be used to make Internet calls independent of any computer.