The USR9620 was being shown off at CeBIT, where crowds apparently gathered 'round as USRobotics technicians wowed onlookers by making several Skype calls using one of Alexander Graham Bell's original telephones borrowed from the Smithsonian.

ENGADGET: USRobotics USR9620 USB adapter VoIPs your old analog phones

Well USRobotics is sick of the dust and the laughter, and they've enlisted their most talented engineers in a Manhattan Project of telephony that has resulted in a USB adapter which allows you to use corded or cordless phones as VoIP handsets.

ENGADGET: USRobotics USR9620 USB adapter VoIPs your old analog phones