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MagicBox Colombo One gets answer machine
Retro phone can now take a message 3 November 2009 12:11 GMT
MagicBox has added an answer machine to its designer Colombo phone.

The Colombo One offers the same styling as the original - inspired by the work of 60s Italian designer Joe Colombo - but also boasts a fully featured digital answer machine.

The...
Fire extinguisher phone launches
Remove the pin... 30 September 2009 10:18 GMT
Possibly one of the most un-ergonomic phone designs we've ever clapped eyes on, Gadget4All is offering the new fire extinguisher phone.

For all you wannabe firemen out there, the novelty landline blower measures in at 187x85x67mm.

With a push button...
Android appears in nifty "Glass" landline form
Complete with eight-inch touchscreen display 21 August 2009 10:14 GMT
Cloud Telecomputers has unveiled some images of a tasty-looking Android-based landline phone, which comes equipped with an 8-inch glass-covered LCD touchscreen display.

The benefits of using Android for landlines are obvious - although it needs a Wi-Fi or Ethernet...
Panasonic launches rugged KX-TG6481ET
Landline phone 31 July 2009 10:00 GMT
Panasonic has launched its KX-TG6481ET landline phone, an addition to its DECT range of cordless home phones that has "rugged" capabilities.

Why would you need a rugged landline phone? If you have an aggressive toddler, perhaps, or if you do a lot of calling...
Novelty skull-shaped phone launches
Takes your hamburger and raises it a cranium 19 June 2009 11:01 GMT
Not only does this charming skull-shaped object make and receive calls but its eyes flash when a call is incoming.

Stomping all over your novelty hamburger phone, this $25 landline effort is just the thing to call your goth buds on.
BT: 50th anniversary of the "curly cord phone"
700-type launched back in 1959 20 May 2009 11:00 GMT
BT is celebrating the 50th anniversary of the first appearance of the "curly cord" telephone in UK homes.

The 700-type telephone was launched in May 1959 to "set off the decor of any room and add a discrete note of good taste and luxury you can afford".
T-Mobile plans Android-based home gadgets
"Aggressive push" sees home phone and tablet PC coming soon 6 April 2009 12:28 GMT
T-Mobile is planning what's being described as an "aggressive push deep into the home" with a range of Android-based devices, reports the New York Times.

The report, apparently based on "confidential documents obtained from one of the company's partners", sees...
BT Granite launches
"Sleek design" 5 February 2009 12:18 GMT
BT has launched the "Granite" home phone, said to have been "created with fans of minimal and monochrome design in mind, who refuse to comprise on sleek design for all of their home technology".

The handset lies flat in a "sculpted" square base, has a matt...
Daily Tech Deal: Dual Skype phone for less than £10
Money saving deals, offers and innovations 2 February 2009 13:00 GMT
Are you trying to cut your costs a bit this year? Considered VOiP? As many of you will already know, services such as Skype offer free Skype-to-Skype calls and could be a nice way of reducing your phone bill.

For anyone out there who has not taken the VoIP...
Sagem launches D16T "Eco" DECT phone
Green handset for £14.99 12 January 2009 12:57 GMT
Sagem has announced the UK availability of its award-winning D16T "Eco" DECT handset.

The handset recently won the French "Designer Observeur" award because of its green credentials and design.

The new D16T "Eco" DECT handset offers digital sound...
BT makes 0870 and 0845 numbers free
"£24 million giveaway" 8 January 2009 15:05 GMT
BT is claiming to bring New Year cheer to 14 million customers by becoming the first UK telephone company to make calls to 0870 and 0845 numbers free.

Frequently used by banks, insurance companies and other big companies with automated switchboard set-ups, in...
Credit Crunch Christmas: Colombo's Phone from MagicBox
Pocket-lint's Advent calendar of gift ideas: 16 days to go 10 December 2008 11:44 GMT
Created as a homage to the Sixties Italian designer Joe Colombo (rather than the other Columbo we all know and love) this new landline phone is a retro-styled antidote to your bog standard boring DECT device.

With gorgeous curves and designer looks, users will...
Motorola launches D10 and D11 home phones
With green credentials 27 November 2008 9:21 GMT
Motorola has launched the latest models in its range of digital cordless home-phones - the D10 and D11.

Offering, "intuitive design in a sleek sculptural form", Moto says the phones are both easy and comfortable to use.

With eco credentials,...
BT Stratus 1500 launches
Designer DECT 28 October 2008 12:30 GMT
BT has launched the Stratus 1500, describing it as "a sleek and stylish cordless phone sure to appeal to the design conscious household."

The base unit of the Stratus is a triangular prism, and the silver and black handset sits upright in a curved dip.
Apple phone launches
Not just a clever name 6 October 2008 17:23 GMT
"Oh yeah, I got me one of those new-fangled Apple phones. For less than thirteen bucks from Deal Extreme..."
iDect Z10i launches
Speakerphone and DECT phone in one 22 September 2008 13:10 GMT
iDect has launched a new landline phone that they say will bring professional quality conference and speakerphone facilities to the SOHO office and the home phone.

The Z10i is comprised of a cordless digital phone and separate cordless, speakerphone unit,...
BT launches Home Hub 2.0
Wireless "N" version available 14 July 2008 15:38 GMT
BT Total Broadband has launched a new Home Hub that claims to provide the best wireless signal of any UK broadband provider.

The new hub offers "N" standard wireless technology which gives stronger and more reliable connections than previous versions when used...
BT offers HTC smartphones with new broadband package
Gives Fusion-style deal another go 7 May 2008 11:11 GMT
BT has launched BT Total Broadband Anywhere, an all-inclusive package which offers a free, internet-capable smartphone – the BT ToGo, and BT's Total Broadband service in the home.

From £23.99 per month, the new BT Total Broadband Anywhere option claims to deliver...
BT to launch BlackBerry-like hybrid phone
Fusion take two? 6 May 2008 12:14 GMT
BT is planning to re-enter the mobile market with a "BlackBerry-style" device that lets you send and receive email and access the Internet on the go, reports The Times.

The hardware launch, set for this week, is said to be an HTC-made handset that will switch...
Grundig Sinio designer DECT phone launches
With "revolutionary" place anywhere charging base 30 April 2008 14:04 GMT
Grundig has gone all designer styling with the newly launched Sinio DECT range.

Described as slim-line, sleek and modern, Grundig Sinio's circular base unit contains a "revolutionary" charging system that means the handset is recharged just by freely placing...
Siemens shows Gigaset concept phones
Red-Dot-Design-Award winners 22 February 2008 14:52 GMT
Siemens has unveiled some concept phones - the Gigaset "Onyx" and "Helium". Both phones have received Red-Dot-Design-Awards and support what Siemens says is "innovative, holistic high-tech communication".

Apparently symbolising the interaction between living...
Jacob Jensen T80 DECT phone launches
Stylin' landline handset 1 February 2008 13:59 GMT
A new telephone design from Jacob Jensen, produced in partnership RTX of Denmark, is to launch in the UK.

Apparently "the world of design and technology have united" in order to produce the new Jacob Jensen Telephone 80, a DECT cordless telephone.
BT launches green home phones
Consume half the power of previous models 22 January 2008 12:00 GMT
BT has launched a new range of more energy-efficient phones, as part of a £2 million commitment to improve the energy efficiency of its entire home-phone range.

The new handsets have power units designed specifically to consume around half the power of previous...
Pay phone to vanish from American landscape
AT and T pulls the plug on its public phone business 5 December 2007 8:48 GMT
AT&T has signalled the death knell of the pay phone around the world by announcing that it plans to exit the pay phone business by the end of 2008 across America.

According to the phone giant, the company says it plans to phase out both public pay phones and...
Skype's the limit for Solwise launch
PC-less Skype access from Solwise 4 December 2007 18:31 GMT
A PC-less Skype-enabled phone is the latest launch from Solwise and is priced £69.95.

The V500-DS can be connected straight to the internet allowing Skype-to-Skype calls as well as Skype In/Out calls to fixed line numbers.

Skype users will benefit...