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 Wi-Fi 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.
Said James Meigs, Popular Mechanics' editor-in-chief, "We spend much of the year evaluating and reporting on hundreds of new and emerging technologies. The Breakthrough Product Awards highlight winning technology solutions that promise to empower our savvy readership by saving them money, and injecting a healthy dose of fun and adventure into their everyday lives. We're very pleased to include Netgear's Skype Wi-Fi Phone among this year's cutting-edge products that have raised the bar in terms of design and engineering."
Netgear's Skype Wi-Fi Phone (SPH101) is the first publicly announced and shipped mobile device certified to make Skype Internet calling over Wi-Fi a reality for the more than 113 million registered Skype users across the globe. The Netgear's Skype Wi-Fi Phone (SPH101) enables customers to call anyone on Skype, anywhere in the world for free, with no PC required.
A complete report of the Breakthrough Awards will be published in the November 2006 issue of Popular Mechanics.
