Word: keychains
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...often hard to keep track of what exactly constitutes a phone these days. Never mind that the shapes and functions of cell phones change monthly, or that it?s now okay in certain cases to call a USB keychain a ?phone.? There are now devices that connect to Wi-Fi networks to provide low-cost, Skype Internet phone service. They?re not portable like cell phones, since you need to be in a Wi-Fi network to use them, but they can be handy at home (that is, a home with a broadband connection and a Wi-Fi router...
...when a kid will look at the classic telephone, with its keypad, clunky handset and curly pigtail cord, and ask, "What is that?" A phone today can come in any shape, as long as it's a tiny one. Vonage's latest design is as simple as a USB keychain drive. OK, so it requires a PC, but it can be used with any Internet-connected Windows PC- without any software setup...
...Phone isn't just a USB keychain with some fancy software on it. Besides giving you roughly 250MB of file-storage space, it has integrated audio circuitry, so you can plug in an (included) pair of headphones with built-in microphone. For Version 1.0, a wired headset is probably the most sensible, but you've only got about three feet of movement from the V-Phone itself. Since the V-Phone must plug directly into a PC, it can be a bummer if that PC is hidden under a desk. And the service's sound quality, coming through that headset...
...usually a pretty big homer.Ask around, I’m sure people will tell you. I wear my hometown roots on my sleeve, or, more accurately, on my keychain. I sport the “I love Colorado” lanyard every time I open my dorm room door.If people don’t realize Denver has over 300 days of sunshine per year, I tell them. If they don’t know about the fact that the city is home to more parks per capita than any other ‘major’ city in the country...
...walking down the sidewalk alone and notice a couple of young black guys heading in my direction, I intentionally do not cross the street. I don?t clutch my bag a little tighter, or keep a hand on the rape whistle on my keychain. I want them to know that I?m not afraid of them. Or, more to the point, that they?re not universally feared...