popular-mechanics_28 Skype WiFi Phone dubbed as SPH101 is the winner of the prestigious ‘Breakthrough Award’ for 2006. Popular Mechanics, America’s most trusted science and technology magazine since 1902, has awarded the coveted ‘Breakthrough Award’.

James Meigs, editor-in-chief of Popular Mechanics comments,

We spend much of the year evaluating and reporting on hundreds of new and emerging technologies. The Breakthrough Product Awards highlight winning technology solutions that promise to empower our savvy readership by saving them money, and injecting a healthy dose of fun and adventure into their everyday lives.

The SPH101 is the first major Netgear release for Skype. The handheld device provides the Skype users to make unlimited free national and international calls to other Skype users over a wireless network without a PC.

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