"The main drawback to Skype is using a microphone and speakers for your phone calls. I have personally been using my gaming headset for my calls, and have had little other choice. Some companies have been selling adapters to use normal phones with a computer and others have been selling phones created solely to interface with Skype. The USB Skype phone being reviewed here today is one such device. The USB device looks much like a traditional land line phone, and is touted as being just as easy to use."