Ipevo Trio Portable Skype USB Conference Phone

Ipevo TR-10i Speakerphone for iChat

Product Overview:

Our Rating: 5 out of 5 stars. Good Skype speakerphone for conference calls using Skype. Exceptional sound quality, you can easily be heard from across the room. Very easy to use, just plug and play. Great for the professional on the go.

Skype Conference calls: more people and more places

Skype is creating new possibilities for online conferencing. For business meetings in any part of the world, staying in touch with family or connecting with new friends and old acquaintances.

Reach people on Skype, landlines or mobiles phones (or all three at the same time), setup conference calls with ease and efficiency, plus even invite people to join in at any time (for up to nine people).

When you combine TR-10 with a laptop and broadband Internet connection, TR-10 becomes a personal conference phone for meetings and calls that can take place anywhere and anytime, so you are always ready to communicate and collaborate at a moment’s notice. In-built DSP chip eliminates those annoying echo and background noise from your conversation, leaving you with only the most stable sound and purest voice quality. From time critical business decisions to a breaking news you need to report, your voice is when and where you want it to be heard.

A conference phone for all occasions

TR-10 is designed to operate both in speakerphone or handset mode. Place TR-10 in different positions to maximize the range and sound quality for conference calls or a hands-free desktop speakerphone. For private conversations, the simple flip of a switch redirects sound output so you can use TR-10 as handset.

Save money + Get the job done

The real benefit of Skype comes from more than just the direct saving in cost of low rate Internet phone calls. Skype conferencing is also about improving the productivity and efficiency of online conference and meetings. The indirect savings to your business can become even more rewarding than the lighter phone bill.

How portable is portable?

At just over 15cm in length, and weighing in at less than 150 grams, packing TR-10 into your luggage is like carrying an extra set of toothbrush and toothpaste for your overseas trip.

XP + Vista and Mac support

All the benefits and features of TR-10 works equally well on all major operating systems. Become more productive with minimal changes to the way you work.

Features that you just can't forget

TR-10 is also a personal voice recorder that allows you to take meetings note during online conferences, keep a record of important phone conversations and record personal reminders and memos. Especially designed for busy professionals who are forever having to multi-task and always on the move, but do not want to leave anything behind.

Recording Software:

One touch recording from TR-10

Press the red record button to launch the freeRec software for personal voice recording or two-way conversation recording on Skype. Pause and resume anytime you like by pressing the red button again, and when you are finished, simply press the black stop button.

Record and review without limitation

freeRec stores the sound file in your computer hard drive, so that details from long meetings or conversations can be recorded and reviewed conveniently. freeRec also display the date and time for each sound file, allowing you to organize and find all your voice notes and personal memos easily.

Listen to your sound files on iPod

Drag and drop your sound files straight into iTunes, and turn voice recordings into podcasts and voice reminders that you can play on iPod.

User Review:

Edward Lucero - Great conferencing tool for small businesses, May 30, 2008

When you're a small business, you don't want to shell out $400 for a conference station 3 people will be using once a month. This is a great solution. I travel with it and communicate back with the team using Skype. Compact, easy to store, reliable, great voice quality and echo cancelation. Plus: mac compatible.

Liz Nary - Awesome podcasting tool, May 29, 2008

This is a 3 in 1 deal for podcasting, conferencing and talking.

Cute little design (I thought it looked like a beer opener at first!), decent voice quality.

The IPEVO skype conference phone allows you to switch from conferencing to headset with one button, which I have found invaluable for settings where I was in a conference with 3 people and wanted to have a couple of words with the other person when there was too much background noise.

The headset part is wideband, with unparalleled voice quality on Skype. Probably the best sound I've heard out there, and better than the Polycom Communicator.

For the speakerphone/conference part, it's still a notch under the communicator, because there is sometimes a little echo cancelation if you talk to close to the mic, or if the skype connection isn't optimal. For that, this is not a perfect product... but then, it's cheaper than the communicator, so it still carries its weight for its price.

It also redeems itself by offering full duplex - that means, if you and I talk at the same time, you don't hear yourself. Or, if I'm running music from my computer and it comes out on this conference phone, then we talk over skype, you don't hear the music... and that's pretty cool.

I've also used this on my mac for podcasting. The only thing there is that you have to go through the initial steps of setting this as you mic and speaker, instead of the default in there. Other than that, I've found that I can use this to listen to podcast, or play music from itunes or any other music program.

Conclusion: a good value with sturdy design.

Ipevo TR-10 Trio Technical Specifications:

Package Content

* IPEVO TR-10 Portable VoIP Conference Phone
* Installation CD (including API driver, E-Manuals, recordingsoftware-freeREC, link to online download of Skype™ software)
* USB Cable
* USB Extension Cord
* Quick Guide

Control Buttons

* Skype window launch
* Dial / Answer
* Cancel / Hang up
* MIC mute
* Volume control
* Record / Pause
* Stop record
* Mode switch

LED Indicators

* Green Active LED to indicate: incoming call, outgoing call, call inprogress
* Red Active LED to indicate: microphone mute
* Green Power LED to indicate: power on/off
* Red Record LED to indicate: record on/off/pause
* Green Switch LED to indicate: speaker / handset mode

Audio Performance

* Voice sampling rate: 8KHz
* Communication: Full Duplex
* Echo cancellation: up to 60dB
* Support AGC (auto gain control) function

Hardware Description

* USB compatible
* Internal omni microphone
* 4Ω 2W speaker
* Power from USB

Electrical Specifications

* Operating Voltage: 4.5V ~ 5.5V
* Magnetic Speaker
* Coil Resistance:
4 +/- 0.6 Ohm
Sound Pressure Level:
80 dBSPL@0.5m
* Condenser Microphone
* Omni directional
* Sensitivity: -36 +/- 3 dB
* Receiver
* Sensitivity: 90 dBA
* Frequency response: 180~7Hz

System Requirements

* Microsoft Windows XP and Vista (32-bit)
* Mac OS X 10.4 up
* 400MHz processor
* 128MB RAM
* 40MB free hard disk space
* USB port
* CD-ROM drive
* Broadband Internet connection (DSL, Cable Modem…, etc)

Regulatory Compliance

* FCC / CE / RoHs

Dimensions

Length: 5.94 inches
Width: 1.69 inches
Height: 1.45 inches
Weight: 0.31 pounds

Color

* Black
* Grey[!operating_system:Mac OS X!]