14 DAY TRIAL // The Federal Communications Commission has approved two Philips VoIP handsets, the VP6000 and the VP6500, two white phones coming to cheer up our holidays.
The devices are pretty much the same at a first glance, but on a closer inspection, you will be able to find the one single thing making them so different: the TV-OUT ability of the latter.
What are you going to do with it? Obviously, to connect your newly purchased WiFi enabled handset to the TV set with the help of a component cable for a larger view of the phone's screen, although I'm skeptic about the quality of the image going to be displayed by the VP6500 on your TV's large display.
Beside being able to make calls, the two phones also offer a rotating VGA digital camera with integrated auto image adaptation technology, video freeze capability, a quite large 2.2 inch TFT color display, a loudspeaker stuck on the back of the device, a help function and WEP/WPA/WPA2 support.
This is not everything you'll get for your money if you buy one of these two handsets because in the box you'll also find a charging dock, a power supply, two 1800 mAh NiMh AA batteries, TV-link cable to get all huge on the video viewing side of the WiFi calling experience, earphones, a necessary quick start guide and a user manual.
What you'll find out after reading the manual? The most important thing you need to know right now is that you will need a Broadband WiFi base station in your vicinity to make the handset work. You would have never guessed that, would you? :)
If you want details about the release date or the store price of the two VoIP phones I'm sorry to tell they aren't yet available but, as usual, they shouldn't need a lot of time to get launched on the mobile market after being marked by FCC with the "OK" stamp.