"Michael Chare" <MunderscoreNEWS@chareDOTorg.uk> wrote in message
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> "Ryan" <ryan@news.fatboy.me.uk> wrote in message
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>> Hi all.
>>
>> I am off to the States for a while shortly and want to keep in touch with
>> family in the UK.
>> I have a sipgate account so want to get a mobile phone type thing that
>> works on WiFi that I can take with me - set it up with my sipgate account
>> and carry it with me.
>>
>> Now, does any one have experience of any of the mobile phone type models
>> (I have looked at this one: http://www.expansys.com/p.aspx?i=159243) and
>> what type of speech quality could I expect if I am in the US and the
>> family are in the UK.
>
>
> I have a Nokia E65 (for which I paid less SIM Free than the phone in your
> web link). It is also a tri-band phone.
>
> Although I have found one or two free WiFi points, non of them would let
> me make a SIP call. I had enough difficulty persuading my own router to
> allow an outgoign call.
>

I regularly use my E65 to make and receive SIP calls.

With the regular Vodafone firmware on the phone, the phone (silently) didn't
allow SIP calls. When I installed Truphone, or reflashed the firmware to a
generic one I had no issues.