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ONTARIO, CALIR -Computer peripheral and motherboard manufacturer SOYO has joined the swelling ranks of VoIP competitors angling for retail shelf space.
The SOYO IP Phone is available now for a suggested retail price of $139.99. Unlike competitive offerings that package a phone adapter and rely on a user's existing home phone, the SOYO offering is a complete corded home phone with the adapter built in. It can be plugged into a broadband modem for making VoIP calls or plugged into a land-line jack for regular calls.
According to Jim Chan, sales and marketing director for SOYO, the company wanted to strike a different path in the increasingly competitive IP telephony market. It had an IP telephony product, called the Magic Phone,...