Designer Sebastien Sauvage’s Eclipse phone is certainly a sight to behold with its handset and base unit flowing into each other as a single elliptical sculpture. It’s just too bad most of us don’t have a use for it anymore. More »
I’m flying to Tokyo today, but I’m rather hopeful that what’s at the other end isn’t this astonishingly ugly ‘Hello Kitty’ DECT phone that Pioneer’s released. I guess it’d match up with the Hello Kitty Android phone — not that I own one of those either. More »
The original BoB wireless router from iiNet was a huge success for the ISP, combining the modem, router and home phone into a single, relatively stylish device. Following its announcement in February, the routers sequel BoB2 now has a release date scheduled for this month. More »
If you need to have a landline just to get ADSL in your home, you may as well have a phone you’ll actually use. The Uniden XDECT R Dual Mode Bluetooth Phone will pair with your mobile, letting you receive calls from either line on the one device. More »
Once upon a time, there were these cables that got into your home and into these things that went ring-ring, with numbers and redial buttons and call waiting. The DSP Multimedia Handset’s the same, but with Android and a touchscreen. More »
Sadly I don’t think there’ll be too much time for me to spend quality time with fun gadgets this weekend – I’m about three weeks from fatherhood, so it’s all about the last minute baby gadgets. Although I reckon I’m going to try to spend a few sly moments with the Livespeakr… More »
It looks like iiNet has actually put a little bit of effort into their latest modem/router offering, and we don’t just mean the awesome name ‘BoB’. More »
We all know that home phones are disappearing into that wonderful void known only as obsolescence, but until all the baby-boomers and their tech-fearing ways die off, we’re stuck with companies trying to come up with different ways to make DECT phones exciting for old people. Which is probably why this Telstra Colombo cordless phone is both a) named after an old, decrepit detective with a face in a permanent state of strainage and b) they made it red (although it also comes in black). More »
This Plantronics Calisto Pro set takes your standard Bluetooth headset and adds in landline and Skype dialing, which means you get the big three (Skype, home, cell) all in one dorky-looking device. The base station has a USB connector to hook into your PC for Skype and Yahoo calls, a DECT 6.0 handset to handle landline calls, and the headset to connect to both these plus a cellphone. The price for all this convenience while you work at home in your underpants? $279 starting September. [PRnewswire via Web Worker Daily] More »
