Cisco-Linksys CIT200 Cordless Internet Telephony Kit for Skype

Awesome !!!I am very pleased with this piece of equipment.Installation was prety simple.. Plug in the base, install software, charge the phone and thatÂ's it..Sound is just incredible.... No Delays !!I keep it at my living Room (just about 10m away from the base) and with a wall in between.. and it works flawlessly...Even when I am demanding a lot from the internet bandwith... (I got a 2mb Cable connection at home), like downloading heavy chunks of files and talking at the same time and in some cases even using the videocam with it...I even go out to the balcony and while still outside (around 15m from base) and 2 walls in between the base and the phone, and the sound still goes on and on without any interference..Basically you have a phone that controls Skype with it..It takes care of everything, who is Online, your status among other stuff...Lots of different ringtones to choose from, a page function at the base which is really good in order to find the phone around the house.No need to seat around the computer anymore...The speakerphone function is perfect.. Sound is very clear and is very handy, just turn it on and leave the phone anywhere, the mic sensitivity will get the work done..You have even the Mute funtion which can come in handy sometimes..A Phonebook with 100 entries for your Skype Out numbers...If there is anything I could complain about it... hard to say..But I would mention that the software pre-installed at the phone could be a bit faster, specially when you are going over the functions at the menu and the contact list.It is just like the Nokia 6100 Series that I had though, nothing that would compromise the REAL FUNCTIONALITY of it.Overall score ?? I give it a 10... this is just what I needed and after a lot of research at the Internet, I gave it a try... And voila...Definatelly the Skype phone to have..Way to go LynkSys !! :-)

Bought this phone several months ago, but could never get it to work. Thought maybe I just didn't know how to use the phone with Skype, but could make calls direct from my PC using Skype that connected o.k. Everytime I tried to make a call using the CIT200, I would just get a busy signal.Called Linksys tech support and tested everything for almost an hour. We re-installed the software, reconfigured port fowarding on my (Linksys) router, upgraded the firmware on the router, etc. Nothing changed, so the tech gave me a RMA number and I returned the phone to Linksys late December, they received it first week of January.When I log into Linksys RMA system, it shows that they're awaiting return of my old phone. I have sent 2 emails (no response to either) and called Linksys 3 times over the last several weeks to find out why they're not replacing my phone. Per Linksys' website, replacement products are sent out 2-3 days after the returned item is received. The warranty is also good only from the date of purchase, so at least a month (maybe more) has expired while my old phone is sitting at Linksys.Apparently Linksys moved some of their operations from California to Texas around the end of the year and things are not stable. Customer service does not seem to be able to help, if you can get through to them (by telephone only, since my emails weren't returned) upon an occasion when you don't hear "Linksys is experiencing high call volume, please call back later <click>."I'll update this review if I ever get a working phone. I recommend that if you choose to buy a Linksys phone, test it thoroughly before the retail return period expires, send it back ASAP if there are problems, or suffer the consequences!Update 2/1/07: I received an email from Linksys (15 days after emailing them) that a shipping request has been made for the replacement unit. RMA status on Linksys' site now shows: Product received, awaiting shipping. My returned phone has now sat at Linksys for 27 days, so I hope the replacement one ships out soon!Update 2/9/07: I finally received my replacement CIT200 yesterday and just used the phone today after charging for 15 hours as recommended. I'm happy to say that the Skype test call worked successfully, which never happened with the old phone! Linksys RMA status still shows that my new phone is backordered, which is kind of amusing, but I do have the replacement and it appears to be working. I also noticed (on the box of the new CIT200) that the warranty is 2 years, so I still have well over another year under warranty even though it took Linksys over a month to replace it, so not bad.

Cit is a great idea, and as a phone it has worked fine for me so far. Biggest problem is, that you have to dedicate all the audio out from your home/business computer to ONLY the phone. So say you want to listen to music from your regular computer speakers while the phone is plugged in and running, you have to manually reset the driver to your audio, reboot the computer, and listen to music...only to have to redo the same process when you want the phone to ring again. It seem ridiculous that the people who designed the firmware could not use the concept of most headsets/phone which allow you to USE BOTH AT THE SAME TIME...so in a normal case your on you skype headset/mic and you just simply turn down your computer speakers to hear the person talk through the headset only, then you want to listen to music you unplug the headphones and turn up the volume again. Besides, whats wrong with BOTH the computer speakers and the phone ringing at the same time!!! THis is NOT how this product works though.If I were a consumer knowing this now, I would wait till Linksys gets it act together and releases an updated firmware to fix this problem.

I purchased this for business use thinking it was a dual phone i.e. use as skype phone and also plug into a landline as well. It's not :(BUT - as a skype only phone it excels. The most surprising thing was the range. I walked all around a 10,000 sq ft warehouse with racking in place and reception was excellent. It only began to drop out when I walked to the furtherest end of the store (about 70m) that it became very patchy. The Cisco branded charging base station just adds to the feeling of reliability and quality. At this price (£36) you will be very pleased.Incidentally, if you are looking for a dual phone, the Siemens SL565 is just stunning, but at £100+ not suitable for warehouse use.

Bought this phone to work with Skype...and was impressed right from the moment I took it out of the box. OK you do have to wait 14 hours for the first charge of the batteries...but setting it up couldn't be easier. Run the cd, connect the base station and that's it. If only all plug 'n play products worked so well. Only slight problem was with the sound card settings when you install it. I lost sound on my pc until I realised it was trying to play everything through my new phone. Easy fix though (see the online manual).Phone range is good and hasn't dropped a call yet.I hadn't bought any Linksys kit before, but based on this experience would buy it again.I only give 5 stars to exceptional (out of the ordinary) bits of kit, which exceed expectations. It's too easy to get carried away because something works like it's supposed to. $ stars will do for this one.

Unreliable Skype phone and power base.