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Use A Regular Phone For Cellphone Calls

nizo writes "Not too long ago I decided to get rid of my landline, however I miss being able to make a call with a regular phone, especially long calls that might drain my battery. It would also be nice if I didn't have to hunt for my cellphone at home when it rings. Well, it looks like there is a simple solution with a Cell Socket, a cradle for your cellphone that can be used to attach your cell line to one or more regular phones." Even better, for those with a landline or VoIP phone, would be a system that automatically picks the cheapest route out for any given call.

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  1. I tell you... by Faust7 · · Score: 3, Funny

    Just the cosmically wrong image of my sleek Nokia cell sitting right next to a black Western Electric rotary phone is enough to make me want one of these.

  2. um... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Even better, for those with a landline or VoIP phone, would be a system that automatically picks the cheapest route out for any given call.

    For those with a VoIP phone, there's already such a system: always use the VoIP phone.

  3. Re:Enter Asterisk... by Eric+Giguere · · Score: 4, Funny

    A short Gaul whose best friend is Obelix... oh, wait, I thought you meant Asterix, not Asterisk...

    Eric
    See your HTTP headers here
  4. Slashdot product test theory by billyradcliffe · · Score: 5, Funny

    A company has a product. Slashdot notes the companies product. Company's website becomes Slashdotted. Product == No Good.

    How does one come to this conclusion?

    The company's website is Slashdotted, therefore it cannot handle a massive amount of traffic, therefore they did not expect this much interest in their product, because they have little faith in said product, because, well, they developed it and they themselves think it sucks, so it must suck.

    Just a thought... ;)

    Awesome concept though...I would love this. One of the biggest things I hate about talking on a cell phone for an extended period is how warm the phone gets cause of the battery.

  5. But will it... by pintpusher · · Score: 5, Funny

    interface with my shoe phone?

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  6. Re:Well... by paulkoan · · Score: 3, Funny


    Exactly. What is a slashbot doing on the phone anyway?

    Haven't they heard of email? Or IM? Or text messages?

    Or any other technology that means you aren't reminded everytime that it is another human you have to talk to.

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  7. Re:Fast Forward by grozzie2 · · Score: 5, Funny

    you are working at a place where the firewall wont let you got the cingular site, but will let you post on /. --- I'll take a wild guess that you must be somewhere in the support department at cingular...

  8. Re:Fast Forward by BigZaphod · · Score: 4, Funny

    Oh, dang. I thought the fast forward would let you skip ahead in time during conversations... :-)

  9. You insensitive clod! by Lawrence_Bird · · Score: 3, Funny

    My cellphone doesn't work inside the house!