[X4U] Re: Skype....anyone use a regular telephone-to-USB adapter?

[silvo conticello]

On 9 Jan 2005, at 08:31, Michael Elliott wrote:

> I've been using Skype to talk to my brother-in-law in the Netherlands 
> with a lot of success.  However, my wife is quite phobic when it comes 
> to new technologies.  I have seen adapters that connect a "plain 
> telephone" to a USB cord, which then allows you to pick up a handset 
> and make a call as usual, but of course, of the many products out 
> there, none appear to be specifically Mac-compatible.

Don't know your wife, but I've convinced mine with a bluetooth headset 
(bought ~ £16 on eBay).
silvo

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