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News Burst: Microsoft announces cordless phone system
News The 900MHz phone is supplied with software that lets consumers manage caller ID and voicemail through their PCs. It will be available in the US in November for $199.95 (£121)
[October 7, 1998, 7:06]
Mobile phones head back to earth
News Verizon Communications is introducing a single handset that does the job of both a mobile phone and a cordless landline phone, as part of a hunt for new revenue in sluggish times. Inside a home or office, the phone is a typical cordless phone and...
[June 20, 2003, 10:29]
Philips brings texting to fixed-line phone
News The Onis 300, unveiled in Singapore last Thursday, is the company's first DECT (Digital Enhanced Cordless Telecommunications) phone to support short messaging service (SMS). DECT is a cordless phone standard which uses dynamic channel selection and...
[June 16, 2003, 9:32]
VoIP slips into handsets
News Major device manufacturers are planning to incorporate Internet phone calling technology into their modems and cordless phones, in another sign of the growing popularity of this cheaper version of telephone calling, executives said at the Consumer...
[January 12, 2004, 9:35]
Microsoft livens up instant messaging
News In addition, Uniden America, Philips and Motorola are making cordless phones that can hook up to the Windows Live Messenger contact list so users can make PC-to-PC calls using the cordless phone. The public version adds Windows Live Contacts, which...
[June 20, 2006, 10:05]
Email to land in European cordless phones
News The latest cordless phones from Siemens comes with a 33-minute digital answering machine, a 200-name phone directory and can display information in English, French, Spanish or Portuguese. These cordless phones, also called landline phones, are in...
[April 15, 2002, 12:39]
Microsoft unveils new betas for Office, Vista
News The company had already announced at January's Consumer Electronics Show that Philips and Uniden were building cordless phone with built-in MSN Messenger. On Tuesday, it announced that Motorola will also create cordless phones supporting Windows...
[May 24, 2006, 11:20]
Troubleshooting the WLAN
News I run a wireless network in my home office, and I've found that one of my cordless phones interferes with my wireless network when the phone is in use.b wireless networks function on the 2.4-GHz frequency, just like many higher-end cordless phones.
[November 19, 2002, 11:02]
Apple iPocket: The Second Coming (Part 2)
News This should include a GSM phone with a cordless hands-free solution. What about a phone? It must have a usable cell phone, i.e.speaker at the top and mic at the bottom. Jay Arcos, editor of Macdirectory.com, agrees a phone would be a surefire hit...
[August 31, 1999, 7:30]
BT launches "watershed" fixed and mobile handset
News Fusion, previously known as Project Bluephone, is aimed initially at the consumer market and is based around a cordless Motorola handset that acts as a normal cellular phone outside of the home, but inside routes calls through a hub onto a BT...
[June 15, 2005, 12:05]
Skype heads for the business VoIP market
News As for any new equipment that will debut with the business service, phone maker Siemens is already at work on a cordless phone-like device that will probably be part of the new Skype For Business offers, Zennstrom said.
[October 7, 2004, 11:40]
BT to trial voice-over-Wi-Fi for Bluephone 2
News BT is already developing a device called the Bluephone, which it has said will work as a domestic cordless phone over Bluetooth and also as a GSM mobile phone. Fixed/mobile convergence is the movement towards breaking down the barriers between the...
[March 15, 2005, 14:30]
Microsoft steps up VoIP offering
News As part of the beta, Uniden and Philips will sell cordless phones that work with the service, allowing people to make both Messenger-based and landline calls. The PC-to-phone feature makes local and international calls through a Verizon Internet...
[May 10, 2006, 11:20]
New Wi-Fi challenges 3G
News Others with uber-Wi-Fi networks include cordless-phone maker Engenius and networking companies Linksys and D-Link. The new technology is a further boost to the long-standing 802.11b standard, but it may come at the expense of 3G, the set of...
[September 30, 2002, 7:50]
BT on the verge of launching Bluephone
News The aim of Bluephone, which will be launched next Wednesday, is to provide consumers with a single cordless handset which routes calls and data packets over fixed-line BT broadband networks when they are at home, but switches seamlessly over to a...
[June 9, 2005, 15:45]
Rupert Goodwins' Diary
News The best bit, though, is the radio linked cordless headset. The size of a small pen, this tucks behind your ear and communicates with the phone from up to six metres away. So, you can have your phone in your briefcase or pocket and make and receive...
[February 21, 1998, 6:00]
Choosing the right VoIP equipment
News USB phones come in many styles, including handsets, desksets with speaker phones, and base station/cordless models. Some examples of business-oriented soft phone software are: Free soft phone for Windows, Macintosh OS X, and Linux
[September 27, 2006, 12:45]
Audi makes Bluetooth call
News The Audis will be the first cars to be offered with Bluetooth-enabled GSM car phones and cordless handsets. The system is also equipped with an in-car rechargeable cordless Bluetooth handset which allows passengers to place and accept calls...
[December 10, 2002, 16:17]
Comdex 2001: The battle is on for faster wireless
News A person may not be able to Web surf over a wireless network, however, if they're using the microwave oven or using a cordless phone at the same time. The 802.11b and 802.11g standards are compatible because they reside in the crowded 2.4GHz...
[November 15, 2001, 12:02]
Skype getting nearer the big time
News German giant Siemens, for one, has already released a Skype adapter for cordless phones in Europe. Once we get a lot of people using Skype for free, some will buy value-added services, some will buy value-added products - cordless phones, headsets...
[March 18, 2005, 13:20]
