Ipevo Inc., a Taiwanese startup based in California, has launched the
beta version of a software driver that allows its Skype phones to be
used on computers running Apple's Mac OS X, the company said Thursday.
It's the company's first attempt to get its Free-1 Skype phones,
handsets that plug into a computer via its USB (universal serial bus)
port and are designed for free Internet phone calls using Skype
Technologies SA's popular VOIP (voice over Internet protocol) software,
into the hands of Mac users.
Ipevo did not say when the final version of the driver would be available.
The Free-1 phones are designed to make VOIP calls easy. They plug into
a desktop or laptop through a USB port, and by pressing a button on the
phone Skype is launched, ready for voice calls over the Internet to
another computer. For SkypeOut, users need only to press a large "+"
key, and then they can make calls from their computer to telephones.
The company, which launched its Free-1 phones in September, has already
sold over 20,000 handsets, said Robert Lo, chief operating officer at
Ipevo.
News source: Yahoo! News
