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sureteq.com has a good guide to setting up the Asterisk PBX using the Trixbox bootable CD distribution.

Trixbox v1.2 is an all-inclusive Asterisk PBX solution that comes on a bootable CD. It makes the process of bringing up a VoIP PBX solution a piece of cake. This document details, step by step, how to install and configure Trixbox v1.2 for a small business. It includes information on how to set up extensions, incoming and outgoing phone calls, and other useful applications.

A quick pointer to a good review of the Netgear Skype SPH101 Wi-Fi phone. They find it good, but quite expensive. They also note that the phone doesn’t have a built-in web client, so can’t use Wi-Fi access points which rely on browser-based authentication.

Sony have just announced the MyLo (My Life Online), which includes a webbrowser, IM client and a Skype phone in a form-factor roughly the size of a PSP. The exciting thing about this device is that – unlike most present Skype wireless phones – the addition of a web browser means that users will be able to authenticate at WiFi hotspots that require browser-based authentication (ie – most commercial hotspots today).

This makes the MyLo a much better optin than most other Skype phones.

More coverage at TechCrunch.