What if your phone was not your mobile but an internet phone? It might be… these are the latest and greatest technology. There are promotional products all over the Web in case you haven’t heard. Is this really different from an ordinary one? Not really. You still have a receiver… you can still use a handset that you plug into a box that hooks to your computer. You can still receive voice mail messages anytime you want.

It sounds like these promotional products are pretty similar to ordinary products so far.

Are these customizable internet phones portable? Do you plug these personalized items into a wall socket? No! Not necessarily… well, that isn’t entirely true. If you have an internet connection on your laptop and you plug your product into it, technically you do have a portable customized product. Let’s find out more about how these promotional products work so you understand the process. Then you can decide if these items and we calling are right for you. Most people say “aha” once they figure out how easy it is to use instead of traditional land lines.

Customized Products Explained

So what are these promotional products all about and how can they be used as an effective branded item? They hook to the web; that is phones certainly connect to the internet and work a lot like ordinary handsets although they do not cost nearly as much as ordinary items especially when you have to make a “long distance” telephone call.

Most of them offer a wide range of features just as you would expect of say your mobile phone, but you don’t have to pay into an expensive plan for 5-years or anything like that. There are many advantages of using these promotional products for online web calling too.

Maybe you’ve heard of some of the technology used to make web calling possible… products including VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol) or SKYPE.

How these products Work

Here is how customized web products work. First they are not really that customized because anyone can use them any way they want. You simply use the internet instead of your phone line to call people and send them your voice message (or live call). If you use VoIP, the company you sign up with (a web like company) sends you a box that hooks up to your internet and you make calls with it just as you would your phone.

You just talk through your connection instead of your telephone line.

Pretty neat, huh?

There are many advantages to these personalized products. You can send your messages to your email, you can save on calling fees, and you can pick your own zip codes because you are not using a phone line that is linked with a local land line.

While they may not be for everyone, and some people prefer to use what they “know”, undoubtedly at some point in the near future, as these products and calling services become more popular, internet phones will certainly learn to dominate the calling market.

Matt Franks is director of Fluid Branding, the UK’s leading online supplier of [http://www.fluidbranding.com/products/internet_phones.html]Promotional Internet Phones and other [http://www.fluidbranding.com/]Promotional Products. You can also find a wide range of Eco Friendly promotional products, including Recycled, Organic and Sustainable items at Eco Incentives