Businesses check out Wi-Fi phones

Doctors and nurses at Silicon Valley's El Camino Hospital use Wi-Fi not just to send e-mail, but also to talk to each other, reports USA Today.

"Staffers at El Camino slip their phones, made by Voceora Communications, into their pocket or wear them on a cord around their neck. They push a button to answer. The phones can be used like walkie-talkies, to quickly beep other Vocera users or chat.

They work like pagers, too, thanks to a feature that can send a voice message to many phones at once - or try phones one at a time until someone answers. And they can make phone calls outside the office, just like a cell phone. Because the Vocera phones don't have a regular keypad, dialing an outside call is usually done through voice-recognition software. Staffers just say a number to dial it."

emily | 5:17 PM | Technology |
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