ClearOne Chat 50, A Perfect Full-Duplex Speaker Phone

ClearOne has launched a personal speaker phone - Chat 50 - a mobile audio peripheral compatible with a large variety of devices such as laptops, PCs, cell phones or iPods and MP3 players.

More than that, Chat 50 is a full-duplex USB speaker phone, meaning that the user can listen and speak without "cutting" the conversations, offering a high-quality audio playback for any sound file.

ClearOne's speaker phone is compatible with IM software and PC gaming chat software, like TeamSpeak, VoIP software, such as Skype and Vonage, and Web conferencing software, including a headphone jack meant for the user to listen some music on his own from an iPod or MP3 player.

It seems that Chat 50 can be connected in a large variety of ways (ClearOne's recommendations):

Laptops or PCs - for use with:
- Internet telephones, such as Skype or Vonage
- VoIP softphones, such as Avaya, Cisco, Nortel
Web conferencing applications, such as LiveMeeting, Sametime, WebEx
- Instant messaging with audio chat
- Audio playback with media players, such as - QuickTime, RealPlayer, Windows Media Player
- PC-based gaming with TeamSpeak

Telephones - for hands-free, full-duplex conversations

Cell phones - for hands-free, full-duplex conversations

Desktop video conferencing devices - for hands-free, full-duplex conversations

iPods & MP3 players - for full-band audio playback (single speaker)