Wireless meets cordless in Verizon phone

Verizon, the largest U.S. wireless carrier, in a first for the US market, starts selling a handset that works on both landline and cellular networks, named "One". Inside a home or office, the phone is a typical cordless phone and uses a landline telephone connection. But it switches automatically to a cell phone network when it is out of range of its base station, according to News.com.

Here is a different idea, reported by the WSJ in their coverage of fun and funky gadgets that caught their attention at CeBIT America: Make Your Mobile Phone Immobile: "For people who use a wireless service as their primary phone line, but would rather not talk on a handset, the "Dock-n-Talk" from Phone Labs, lets you access your cellphone service from any telephone in the house.

Before you scratch your head and ask why anyone would want to trade the mobility of a cellphone for a regular old phone connected to a wall, the company that makes the device, PhoneLabs Inc., suggests it might come in handy if the cellphone reception is better in certain areas of your house. Customers can also use the Dock-N-Talk to access both a wire line and cell service, and then choose which service is most economical for any given call."

emily | 3:34 PM | Technology |
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