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[vinaymanro]

[teaser]

iDect have just released a new DECT home phone with a bit of a twist. It is running Android 1.6!

It has all the expected features of a home phone with added advantages such as:-

• Auto-screen rotation between portrait and landscape orientation.
  
• Can access Micro SD card.
  
• Internet browser, contact manager and email client.
  
• MP3 music player, Picture viewer, calendar and internet radio.
  
• Widgets for RSS, news, weather and stock.
  
• Running at Android OS 1.6 with 256MB built-in memory.

[/teaser]

Telephone features:

    300 name and number memories.
    Ringer volume control.
    Speaker volume control.
    Hands-free speakerphone.
    20 ringtones.
    Up to 8 hours talktime.
    Up to 60 hours standby time.
    Up to 50m indoor range and up to 300m outdoor range.
    Up to 30m WiFi connectivity.
    100 call log.
    Caller ID.
    Call transfer.
    Call waiting (dependent on service provider specifications).
    Call timer.
    Caller display.
    Last number redial.
    Mute function.
    Large 2.8in digital TFT touch screen display.
    Keypad lock on handset.
    Alarm.
    Clock.
    DECT (Digital Enhanced Cordless Telecommunications) radio technology.

Answer machine features:

    1 pre-recorded message.
    15 mins recording time.
    Message playback from base and handset.
    Personalised recording facility.

General information:

    Batteries required 1 x rechargeable (included)

Buy it now in Argos for only £99.99

Now the big question is what more can be done with this device! I am tempted to obtain one and have a play with it to see what it is capable of.

[nicksoph]

The question is when is somebody going to add a dec radio to an android phone!

[stevec611]

From the photo, it looks like it also comes with a built-in ash-tray. Great space-saving idea!

[JimJam707]

I'll buy this if somone roots it and makes a custom rom

[byakkotai]

Good idea if Skype can somehow work with this?

[El Boyo]

wasn't this in last season Argos catalogue? I'd have one

[Carbonize]

The Argos link is in the first post and yes it's in the Autumn/Winter 2010 catalogue and buy all accounts was released in September.

Edited by Carbonize, 27 November 2010 - 05:20 PM.

[El Nino9]

JimJam707, on Nov 26 2010, 13:58, said:

I'll buy this if somone roots it and makes a custom rom

universal Androot as it's 1.6 will give you SU (root) can build your own clockwork recovery. then the hard part is building a custom rom by that i don't mean a stock rom added with SU. i mean porting eclair or froyo either from AOSP or cyanogenmod's source.

[Eljo_M]

Is there a Dutch reseller I want it NOW to play with

+ contacts the same as my mobile android
+ can make 1 special email account for home address (no need starting a computer)
+ whole family can use 1 diary (remote checking family planning)

Edited by Eljo_M, 12 December 2010 - 04:18 PM.

[Carbonize]

Eljo_M, on Dec 12 2010, 16:10, said:

Is there a Dutch reseller I want it NOW to play with

It's available on Amazon.co.uk and a Dutch friend of mine says he buys a lot from there so possibly they will deliver to you. temporarily out of stock right now though.

[vinokirk]

This is also known as the Motorola HS1001 in north america...
http://www.youtube.c...feature=related

[tom_8]

hey
  i just returned one of these new *binatone idect ihome phones to argos.
being fairly low on spec compared with the latest mobile android handsets
it wasnt a surprise it was abit quirky and slow , i accepted this would likely
be the case,however it looked amazing sitting on the side at home my main
grief with it was that for some reason it wouldnt stay connected to my wifi.
it would sometimes connect and never dropped once while using it, however
if you put it down for a while and picked it up to re use, the wifi connection
always needed reconnecting and would usually take atleast half an hour and
sometimes asmuch as 2or3 hrs of frustration to get it to connect with no
real reason for why it hadnt to begin with.. with a few little updates etc this
would be a hot seller in my opinion, i was abit gutted that it let me down it
looked fantastic and id really fallen for it, just a shame it gave me all that
grief, would be interested to hear how anyonelse has gotten on with it, or
even more interested in a newer version or this model with newer android
o/s on it, like a current version i.e 2.1/2.2.

big up for Argos tho in Luton Arndale, they gave me no grief whatsoever
on returning it, so i bought my new orange san francisco from them
with the money. well happy with that ..
happy new year to all.

tom_ 8

[Wenler]

Not too bad, though the specs. looks a little blue. Anyway........lol............

[vinokirk]

tom_8, on Dec 31 2010, 20:18, said:

hey
  i just returned one of these new *binatone idect ihome phones to argos.
being fairly low on spec compared with the latest mobile android handsets
it wasnt a surprise it was abit quirky and slow , i accepted this would likely
be the case,however it looked amazing sitting on the side at home my main
grief with it was that for some reason it wouldnt stay connected to my wifi.
it would sometimes connect and never dropped once while using it, however
if you put it down for a while and picked it up to re use, the wifi connection
always needed reconnecting and would usually take atleast half an hour and
sometimes asmuch as 2or3 hrs of frustration to get it to connect with no
real reason for why it hadnt to begin with.. with a few little updates etc this
would be a hot seller in my opinion, i was abit gutted that it let me down it
looked fantastic and id really fallen for it, just a shame it gave me all that
grief, would be interested to hear how anyonelse has gotten on with it, or
even more interested in a newer version or this model with newer android
o/s on it, like a current version i.e 2.1/2.2.

big up for Argos tho in Luton Arndale, they gave me no grief whatsoever
on returning it, so i bought my new orange san francisco from them
with the money. well happy with that ..
happy new year to all.

tom_ 8

Thanks for taking the time to write bud. I've been wanting one since I fist saw it back in November, but I'm not paying 100 sheets for it, so I'll be waiting a little longer till I can get my hands on it!

Obviously there arent many people with this device so when I get it, I'll be the only dev. Well.... I'll try and develop it! I'll be totally starting from scratch, but everyones gotta start somewhere right!