A lot of that depends on the speed of your internet connection and, yes, the Magic Jack connection has improved. Rarely, I will get a connection that sounds choppy, but hanging up and redialing usually fixes this. Compared to talking just over the cellular connection on the iPhone, I think it souns wonderful, and I've never had problems dialing in account numbers using the keypad on the regular cordless phone. On Sep 4, 2012, at 10:53 AM, Sieghard Weitzel wrote:
> Hi Kim, > > Wow, a Magic Jack is better than an iPhone in quality? I used to have one > and found it was horrible. Maybe they improved it a lot, but at the time I > couldn't even dial numbers like for inputting an account number and when I > bought some international minutes and tried to make a call to a friend in > Germany he couldn't hear me at all. I called him back on Skype and it was > like he was sitting in my head. Everytime I want to make a longer call I use > the headset that comes with the iPhone and find the call quality is very > good at least 9 out of 10 calls, sometimes it's not, but it's so rare that > it's not an issue just as sometimes on Skype the quality is not so good, but > most of the time its excellent. > > > Regards, > Sieghard > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf > Of Kimberly thurman > Sent: Tuesday, September 04, 2012 7:41 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Linking IPhone To Cordless Phone > > 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. > > > > -- > 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.
