| Cellular calls via your cordless phone. Sounds good, but... |
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| Written by Stuart Corner | |
| Tuesday, 08 January 2008 | |
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The first of these claims does not really stack up: the cellphone still has to be left turned on and if calls are being made or received it will be transmitting as normal. And transmission is the biggest user of battery power. And how many homes have significant coverage differences between different rooms? The device is modestly priced, $US99.95 and $US39.95 for additional handsets (no Australian availability or pricing has been announced) and comes with a number of impressive bells and whistles. It can support two cellphones and calls to the two numbers can be directed to specific cordless handsets; different ringtones can be programmed to easily identify specific callers (but if you use these on your cellphone you'll have the hassle of replicating them on the cordless unit) and it connects to a landline just like any other cordless phone. But the KX-TH1211 does not appear to synchronise with the phone's address book so you'll also have the hassle of duplicating your phone book and if it offers any alert of incoming SMS via the cordless, or the ability to send an SMS from the cordless handset, this not mentioned in the press release. Assuming it pairs up automatically with your cellphone when you walk in the door probably its most useful feature is that it provides a backup when you leave your cellphone in one part of the house and a call comes in or you want to make a call. Useful, but it won't make my list of must-have gadgets.
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