Customer Reviews

Cisco-Linksys CIT310 Dual-Mode Cordless Phone for Yahoo! Messenger

5 star:		(24)
4 star:		(22)
3 star:		(11)
2 star:		(13)
1 star:		(30)

 

 

This is not only a great looking sleek, hi-tech phone, but it is AWESOME!

No one has as many features packed into one small device such as this! I am very impressed with the technical capabilities such as Wireless, Color screen, Speaker phone, Page Handset, hold button, intercom other phones, and more! Most importantly, the sound is very clear(on broadband)... sorry Skype, I liked you first, but I like Yahoo more.

This is not only 2 phones in one (land line & Yahoo! phone), but if you buy more than one, they can be walkie talkies (I talk then you talk), OR they can be speakerphone intercoms too (we both talk at same time)! Each phone can have its own ringer, wallpaper, Display name. And as a busisness user, I can sort each contact as a category (freinds, family, business, VIP, other, school, etc...) and give group thier own ring tone! Like I said very cool phone, and at $80 bucks, well worth the features!!

When I first read other reviews about this phone I wasn't too worried. Now after purchasing it I wish I never had. The cradle for the phone to sit in on the base is too small. One little bump and out falls the phone on the floor. I have never been able to use the phone for VIOP which is a shame since thats why I purchased it. Now it constantly says out of range even though I'm right next to the base. So now it's just worthless. It makes me wonder if there are quality issues where this phone is assembled. How can it have such good and bad reviews otherwise. I don't recomend buying one of these unless you enjoy headaches.

As a regular Yahoo! Voice user, I was excited to see this product become available, and ordered one as soon as I saw it.

It was easy to set up, and worked well, out of the box. I did some normal land-line calls (non-VOIP), and it worked well. It downloaded my Yahoo contact list to the phone, but I wasn't able to select a number to dial over the normal line. I had to dial the numbers myself.

Then I made a VoIP call, and things fell apart. The calls completed successfully, but both people I called complained of echoes and low volume, so much so that they said they felt it was unusable. The problem got worse the further away from the base unit. Given the generally high quality of Yahoo! Voice, I was extremely dissappointed.

Hopefully a software up will become available to improve this, but for now, I would hold off purchasing.

I got this phone, because I'm a big Yahoo Phone Out fan. I prefer Yahoo over skype in price, sound quality, and messenger system.

I got this product along with Linksys CIT 400 Telephony kit. I like this yahoo CIT310 Model system, but it's got a big flaw. Contacts do not show up, except the ones you have added to your messenger list. This is a big drawback, as their messenger immediately displays the contact when you type the first letters. I don't expect the same speed, but at least I would expect an easy and friendly dialing system.

You basically have to dial out like a regular phone, so this is what I did not like added to the fact that your computer has to be on for the thing to work.

You can connect it to a land line, but then what's the point if you're not saving with Yahoo's internet telephony service and rates.

Sound quality is good. There's really not many choices out in the market just yet, as internet telephony systems are relatively new. We need to wait and see what new and better technologies will emerge.

As a user of Yahoo voice for sometime, I've always wished for a way to become un-tied from my headset connected to my computer. This product does exactly that and now I'm free to multi-task and roam around my home. After reading the reviews, I was VERY concerned about this purchase given the mixed feedback. However, regardless of the concerns, I felt that I'd give it a shot as the desire for mobility was important. I'm glad that took a chance as I'm very satisfied.

After reading the reviews, it seems that the majority of low ratings stem from installation issues/problems. With this in mind, I made sure that I followed all instructions to the letter in order to minimize any difficulties. No problems with the included software but I downloaded and installed the updated driver from the linksys website just to be safe (driver from 1/2007). No issues with Win XP SP2 thus far after about a week. Also, I recall a previous complaint about volume, or the lack of it, and have found the volume to be more than ample at medium settings (I'm 29 so maybe I can hear better than others).

Overall, this product does what it says it will do and that is why I rated it a 5/5. Other reviewers knock it for missing this bell or not having that whistle, but I think that may be unfair as the product description does do what it outlines. For example, a common complaint involves the fact that you need to have your computer turned on and you need to be logged into messenger in order to use the yahoo voice services. Granted, some skype phones have a distinct advantage of not needing to be tied to a computer or logged into their service via computer, but I knew this going into the purchase. It boils down to preference of services and I prefer yahoo. With the addition of this phone, I like it even better.

This is a wonderful product. After returning from a vacation overseas and seeing the $300 dollar phone bill my wife racked up calling me I had to get it. Setup was easy and straight forward. Operation is as simple as using any phone.
I have only 1 problem, when you call a member of your friend list it calls their computer not their phone. To call their phone add them to phone book first, its a great phone.

This product didn't work like it said it would. I think it Sucks!!!

Maybe it will work better in the USA. I'm currently in Iraq. Yahoo! Messenger with voice online works Great for me. I thought buying the phone would work good too, but I was wrong!

If your deployed, don't waste your money! Use Yahoo! Messenger with voice but make sure you have a web cam build in your laptop or PC.

I would have gave the phone no Stars but it would not let me!

I bought this Phone back in August since I needed an alternative to reduce my long distance charges. I had tried making long distance calls through Yahoo! Voice and their service was pretty good. So I just needed to have a handsfree phone that I could use anywhere in the house. I found this one in Amazon and purchased it when the price had dropped down to $20 with free shipping. Great deal. I received it promptly and had it installed in no time. It worked perfectly. I was so happy with it that I recommended it to everybody and even bought a second one and gave another one as a gift. But recently I started getting charges from Yahoo! Voice for calls that didn't connect. I contacted Yahoo! Voice support and they said I needed to upgrade to latest Yahoo! Messenger version. HUGE mistake because now I get a "runtime error" that shuts down the voip application. Yahoo! Voice says they can't help and refer me to Linksys. And since this phone is obsolete, Linksys no longer provides support for it.

So if you want to buy this phone, you are warned that any issues you might have, you're on your own since there's no support from the Manufacturer. But you could still use it for your landline; this is why I give it only 2 stars because it does not support its main function as a VOIP phone.

I have started researching VOIP phones again for a replacement.

I received this product the other day and I can't say enough how happy I am with this purchase. Before I had a logitech headset that required me to be at my computer at all times to do internet calls. Now with the CIT 310 I can roam all over the house and make calls. For the price of $80 this is a major steal of a deal and if you have family/friends overseas and you want to save money on your phone bill, this is the gift to get. I've already ordered 3 of these to pass out as X-mas gifts. The only cons about the product is what is already mentioned in the product info page. That you need to have your computer turned and the device connected to it in order to make VOIP calls. The other con I can think of is it needs a more intuitive way to navigate through the contacts list especially when you have over 100 contacts on yahoo and be able to select a list of phone #'s from a contact to call to. Currently you can only see 4 contacts at one time on the screen. I think Linksys can correct this in a new release of software.

Overall I am very happy with this product for the price I am paying. The day of free internet calls is finally here and making these calls just got a whole lot easier.

This is a great phone. Works Great.
Wish
a) they sell handsets standalone
b) Draw power from usb instead of having a separate charger.

-RSV