I really do not love talking on a cell phone due to the sound quality. For this reason, I have a Magic Jack, which has its own set of quirks, but works well most of the time. For the price of less than $2 a month, who can argue, especially since now you don't even have to have it plugged into a computer, just the router. I love my iPhone, but don't love having long phone conversations on it. I do appreciate the thread on this subject, as I had wondered about these cordless phones that double as bluetooth handsets. On Sep 4, 2012, at 1:12 AM, Sieghard Weitzel wrote:
> Hi Shelley, Andy and others, > > You wouldn't be able to use your iPhone to make another call while you are > talking on the cordless and if the call came in on your iPhone. That would > be like talking on a Bluetooth headset and using the iPhone itself to make > another call. The call is still on your iPhone and is using up airtime, the > cordless phone is nothing but a Bluetooth handset in this case. It's like > those cordless phones you can get which in addition to being connected to > your landline are also connected to your router and allow you to answer and > make Skype calls. > > As for your question, Tara, in my opinion there is no real advantage in such > phones except that you can leave your iPhone lying around or plug it in and > still walk around while you make a call or answer a call. I'd rather keep my > iPhone in my pocket or on my belt, that way I can answer a call just the > same, I can use SIRI to make a call, quickly set a timer when I'm in the > kitchen or immediately get an incoming text message. Maybe Shelley can > answer this, but I doubt you can listen to a text message on the cordless > phone and I'm not sure if you can activate SIRI with it. I haven't had a > landline at my house for 3 years or so and find it very convenient. One > other thing to keep in mind with so many wireless devices nowadays is that > the more you have the greater the chance for the various signals to > interfere with each other. > > > Regards, > Sieghard > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google > Group. > To search the VIPhone public archive, visit > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. > > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en.
