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ASUS' Skype Phone

Given ASUS' incredible size, there isn't a market that the company hasn't dabbled in. Today's gadget? A Skype phone:

Utilizing a custom wireless protocol, you install a USB antenna on your desktop or notebook and then you've got support for ASUS' wireless Skype phone. The phone interfaces, wirelessly, to your PC and can search and dial people on your Skype buddy list. The interface is a bit slow and it only supports a single phone, but it works.

The phone also supports wireless streaming of music from your Windows Media Player 10 library to the phone itself, which we viewed as a secondary feature obviously to the Skype support.

Skype is far more popular in Asia than it is in the U.S., which is why you see companies like ASUS so excited about something like this. Skype's popularity aside, VoIP phones will increasingly become more important as time goes on. The ability to carry around a wireless phone that would effectively let you voice chat with anyone on your AIM buddy list for example is very intriguing.