Hi!
As list members may be aware I purchased a new phone system a month back
in the form of the Gigaset DX800, a few weeks have gone by since I
purchased the phone so I've had plenty of time to put the phone through
its paces so thought I'd make a couple of comments regarding the system.
Firstly, if you're one of those people who are absolutely obsessed with
accessibility then this system may not be your choice given the system
has a whole heap of features and functions that are not accessible.
Having siad that however the audio quality from this system is pure gold
absolutely - whether using the phone for VOIP, PSTN or ISDN telephone
calls - i've rarely heard a phone with audio quality as good as this -
whether on the speaker phone, cordless handsets or, headset or paired
mobile - so if you value your audio and your communications then you
will certainly appreciate what the Gigaset DX800 has to offer.
Just because some of the functions of the DX800 aren't accessible
doesn't mean that the phone system isn't practical and useful, you can
still make and receive calls for example, select your outgoing line for
calls easily, answer all incoming calls easily, configure the phone
system to just how you want it - 6 VOIP lines, 1 PSTN line, multiple
paired Bluetooth Phones and so on -.
You cannot view eMail on the phone and the only way that problem could
be overcome would be if Gigaset were to employ some sort of TTS strategy
and that's not likely to happen.
I've imported contacts into the phone and I know I can scroll through
them using the up/down arrow keys so its just a matter of remembering
the order in which they appear.
So in closing I'll say that just because something isn't perfectly
accessible doesn't mean its a very useful and good quality item. I had
the unfortunately pleasure - audio quality wise - to be speaking with
someone on his very accessible Panasonic phone, he raved about it but I
had to strugger to comprehend what he was actually raving about, audio
on that Panasonic phone was purely awful, sounded as though the chap was
talking through a box of tissues, well if that's an accessible Panasonic
phone then you can stick your phone as far as I'm concerned <smile>.
--
**********
“Oh, I’m an activist and I’m OK / I sleep all night and I tweet all day.”
