Ten VoIP phones

The spread of wireless broadband lends itself increasingly to mobile VoIP, which stimulates the market for compatible handsets. FierceVoIP has collected a short list of WiFi-enabled mobile devices that are either VoIP ready or in the hands of users intent on making them so. This is by no means an exhaustive list, so we welcome reader feedback. Know of a great mobile VoIP device? Let us know …

1. Nokia E51 (Image [1])
Nokia may offer the most WiFi-enabled handsets of any manufacturer. Among those, the new $485 E51 candybar biz phone, due on the market later this year, has Gizmo for VoIP.

2. Nokia E65 (Image [2])
The Nokia E65 was considered responsible for helping the company's enterprise unit post its first profit in years during the last quarter.

3. Paragon hipi-2200 (Image [3])
Paragon Wireless has a line of VoIP, phones but the hipi-2200 SIP candybar, introduced last year, is the sleekest looking among them.

4. Nokia N800 tablet (Image [4])
The Nokia N800 tablet, rolled out at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas last January, features WiFi capability and a headphone jack with a mic pin. A WiMAX version is said to be coming next year.

5. Blackberry 8820 (Image [5])
The $300 WiFi-enabled Blackberry 8820 hit the market this week [6].

6. Nintendo DS (Image [7])
The Nintendo DS has a built-in mic and WiFi capability. Online chatter [8] indicates homebrewers have successfully VoIPed the mobile game console in recent weeks.

7. iPod touch (Image [9])
The iPod touch, not to be confused with the iPhone, is not a phone and wasn't meant to be. Except that it's WiFi-enabled, has a headset jack and is getting dissected six ways from Sunday by lock pickers [10].

8. iPhone (Image [11])
The envy-generating iPhone launched this summer tethered to an AT&T contract, but coders within weeks had authored and posted [12] free Skype software.

9. Claritel i750H (Image [13])
The $110 Claritel i750H connects to the PC or laptop via USB port. It's not exactly a handset, but it's definitely portable. It even has its own optional carrying case for another $15.

10. Hello Kitty Skype phone (Image [14])
There are likely any number of Skype phones, but the Hello Kitty version isn't one you see every day. It was said to launch in Hong Kong 7-Eleven stores for around $16 last November. How the iPhone upstaged it, we'll never know…

Plus one … (Image [15])
FierceWireless yesterday featured the Cubic Mobile phone, a dual-mode handset from a company in Cork, Ireland. A basic model is priced at $135; the Windows version, at $219.