Belkin Skype phone of limited utility

Belkin Wi-Fi phone for Skype allows users to make free calls. Belkin today announced its new Wi-Fi Phone for Skype,which gives users the increased mobility to place free, unlimited domestic and international calls over the Internet to other Skype users, and low-cost calls to ordinary phones worldwide… [MacMinute]

It’s an interesting idea, but Belkin’s FAQ indicates that it doesn’t work with access points that use browser-based authentication–which rules out a great many public access points, such as those found in the ubiquitous Starbucks chain.