NETGEAR® Skype WiFi Phone receives ‘Breakthrough Award’ from POPULAR MECHANICS magazine in the U.S
The world’s first publicly announced and shipped WiFi phone certified by Skype was honored for its innovation and excellence in both design and engineering – one of the freshest technologies for 2006. The phone was recently launched in the Middle East.
‘NETGEAR’s technology provides consumers simple, innovative, reliable and stylish networking products to greatly enhance their experience using the Internet,’ said Ahmad Zeidan, Channel Sales Manager, NETGEAR Middle East. ‘Our pioneering Skype WiFi Phone embodies NETGEAR’s commitment to its customers, and we’re extremely proud to have won praise for delivering a breakthrough in communications with excellence in both design and engineering.’
POPULAR MECHANICS covers how today’s technologies affect the things men are most interested in, including consumer electronics. The magazine’s second annual Breakthrough Awards were created to celebrate and distinguish ideas and inventions that are changing and expanding the possibilities in the realms of science, technology and exploration.
NETGEAR’s Skype WiFi Phone (SPH101) was selected as a groundbreaking product by POPULAR MECHANICS – with the potential to improve the lives of its core readership – on the basis of reviews conducted by POPULAR MECHANICS editors, industry experts, scientists, engineers, authors, and other academics.
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