mcePhone for Skype makes it possible to use Skype in your living-room together with Windows Media Center 2005 or Vista. In order to benefit from these possibilities, Skype (www.skype.com) must previously be installed and properly configured.
mcePhone is compatible with every hardware telephone that works with normal Skype windows client and is connected to the Media Center.
mcePhone for Skype shows a welcome-page on start with some useful facts. You can see your own Skype-Status (online, offline, …) and you can even change this directly just by remote control. The SkypeOut credit for "outside calls" directly bought from Skype, is also shown here. Furthermore, the user can see how many of his Skype contacts are currently online, how many calls have been missed in his absence and whether or not there are any new voicemails.

Whenever a new Skype-call comes in, mcePhone for Skype instantly shows this even if live TV or any other video is showing. The current TV show can be paused automatically so that you can pay all attention to the telephone-call without having to let slip by one moment of your favorite TV-show or the most gripping part of any film. An incoming call can be accepted, ignored or rejected directly by remote control.