Customer Reviews
Great, short battery life 
2008-04-19
Range is short and battery life is short. Don't buy. Not worth your money.
Would love to try this phone out but won't install 2008-04-15
I've heard such great things about this phone and was really looking forward to trying it out. Unfortunately the phone won't work with my computer and its frustrating that the Linksys wasn't clear about this. It works only with 32bit versions of windows--urgggg! I've got XP x64 and it craps out on the install. Various message boards are saying there are ways but it requires a bit of hacking to make it happen.
I'm sure its a great phone, but beware that if you have a 64bit operating system you may have woes!
Great Skype Phone for the price 
2008-02-26
This phone did everything i expected it to do. Works perfectly with Skype and brings up my skype contacts when i push the button. as long as you know how to change your sound settings for your computer and skype. if you dont know much about computers and dont have a friend to help you set this phone up it might not work right for you. But if you do you will be real happy. the speakerphone is great, I cant imagine what the other phones can do for twice the price?
Buggy 
2008-02-21
I purchased this phone about 6 months ago and it had all sorts of bugs and never quite worked right. I then got a new computer and had lost the installation CD so I downloaded the driver from their website and it never worked again, the driver from their website was buggy and crashed my system over and over again. Very frustrating as I wasted hours trying to get it to work. I finally gave in and purchased a different phone today.
a very very good start 
2008-02-09
this product is very nice, and beats IM by miles...
as a previous reviewer had stated, you really should restart your computer after installing it onto the computer, for it to load on...
also, the sound quality, although not perfect, is very good, for how cheap this phone is. everything i needed was there, the instructions are hard to follow, asthey give no real information on how-to, so you really have to read everybodies review, or monkey around with it first.
this phone is very nice, and i'm very certain you'll enjoy it. :)
Our third one! 2008-07-18
We currently live overseas and our skype phone is our lifeline back to the US. I just ordered our third Linksys CIT 200 phone. Please bear in mind that one phone was submerged in water and had to be replaced. But for two and a half years - these phones have worked well for us. If you are dropping calls - I would suggest that it is your internet connection. If the phone is not installing - then it may be your operating system. The CIT 200 is a non-VISTA phone. And while there may be better, newer, dual format, and more expensive skype phones out there - the CIT 200 for a windows XP format commputer is the cheapest way to have a cordless skype phone. The negatives that I will say about the phone is that the batteries do lose their ability to hold a charge over time. That is the reason that we have replaced ours about once per year - as even purchasing new rechargeable batteries don't help for too long. So my opinion is a skype compatible phone for less than $4 a month - PRICELESS!
Did not work properly 2008-06-22
The CIT200 Cordless Interned Telephony Kit for Skype did not work, is not supported by Linksys, and in my opinion, should not be sold. Zero stars!
I should have paid more attention to all the negative reviews out there but thought that with my excellent technical knowledge, I could get the product to work.
Dropped calls. More dropped calls. Return. 2008-05-27
Linksys tried, you have to hand it to them. They even made the phone look like a regular phone.
Skype, however, does NOT support wireless phones. Every single wireless phone I've tried for Skype has dropped the calls. EVERY single one of them! Every call, you're mid-sentence, and can't go further. The wireless function is simply not supported by Skype, and Linksys won't be able to support you for that very reason.
Verdict: get a USB phone for Skype, like the FRee1 from IPEVO. They are the #1 in Certified Skype phones for a good reason... mac compatible, great echo cancelation, you can travel with it (reliable and sturdy), and they have great customer service (which Skype won't give you, so you have to make sure the manufacturer does)
Reasonable 
2008-05-20
I've used this product for several months now, and I'm happy to tell a bit about it.
Pros:
>Good range. I live in a multi-story home and keep my base on the 2nd floor. I am able to use my phone upstairs and down, and even doing laundry in the garage. It reads well through walls, and I have not once been disconnected.
>It's small--the base fits in my hand and both phone and base are easily portable. It's absolutely possible to pack it in along with your laptop and have free Skype phone service anywhere with accessible wi-fi. The set is lightweight and averagely solid. It has withstood some drops on hardwood floors. I liken the phone piece to the old late 90s Nokia cell phones both in construction and size. The phone piece is exactly 5" long and 3/4" thick. The base is even smaller: 3 1/3" long, 2 1/3" wide, less than an inch thick.
>I have been able to talk on the phone for over two consecutive hours without the phone dying on me. It is important however, to dock your phone whenever it isn't in use.
>Decent speaker. The speaker picks up better than my cell phone's and I can hear from across an average-sized room.
>Inexpensive; it is about a quarter the price of a phone with inbuilt wi-fi.
Cons:
>You cannot rely on the battery status given on the screen. I have not once seen it read anything other than full or empty in the 4 months that I have used it. The phone can and will die without any warning.
>I have noticed that I have trouble getting the base to read when I have it plugged into a USB hub, even though my hub plugs both into my CPU and the wall. There have been times the iPhone base would not accept anything but being plugged directly into my CPU.
>Sound quality is so-so. I find that the phone picks up certain background noises, like wind and plastic/paper bags, and blows the sound out of proportion. I hear voices fine, however. On the other end, I have recieved complaints from my friend that, while they can hear me fine even on speaker, the gain is just a bit high. Meanwhile, using Skype directly on a headset has been more successful, so it is Cisco's problem and not Skype's.
>Also previously noted: there is no volume control on the phone itself. You must control it from your computer.
>It has very little abilities for customization (though the handset has a very basic color screen) but it is also an older technology.
When it works its great....BUT 2008-05-14
When the phone works it works very well. Clear sound on both ends. However, the big question is if it will work today. Furthermore, I wonder if Linksys has abandoned this product because the drivers need a lot of work and they are quite old.
