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Use A Regular Phone For Cellphone Calls

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the convergence-knocking dept.

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. psh, rotary beats that anyday by biryokumaru · · Score: 5, Interesting
    stolen from hack-a-day:

    a rotary cellphone

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    When you're afraid to download music illegally in your own home, then the terrorists have won!
  2. Important Note for users with dialup internet by Veovis · · Score: 4, Interesting

    For those of you who live in an area without high speed internet access, devices like these will not allow you to use your cellphone to make calls to analog (traditional) internet service providers. (Same applys to mobile/flea market merchants with credit card terminals that dial into their processing center) 99.9% of cellphones are on a digital network (CDMA/TDMA/iDEN/GSM/GPRS/etc) and can not provide the channel clarity needed for analog signals

  3. Simpler solution: by man_ls · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Call-Forward your cell phone to your landline. It won't cost anything as long as you're forwarding to another local number (same area code)

    for Verizon Wireless customers, this is

    *72 + 10-Digit Number to Forward + SEND, wait for the tone, END. (to deactivate, *720 + SEND, wait, END)