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    Image of Purple Dave Purple Dave
    04/23/09

    In reply to Verizon Hub Phone Review
    Can't speak to the benefits of this phone, but landlines, be they regular or VOIP, corded or cordless, are still nice to have. You don't have to worry about where you left your cel phone when you've got a phone in every major room. You don't have to cluster around a cel phone running in speakerphone mode when several people on one end want to be on the line at the same time. And if you're not running VOIP and your broadband modem goes out, you still have the option of resorting to dial-up so you can check your e-mail and stuff.
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    Image of baltwade baltwade
    04/23/09

    In reply to Verizon Hub Phone Review

    The Hub is a landline slayer launched in a wireless world, where the landline is almost dead.
    I hate being the one to point this out, but by no means is the landline almost dead. Maybe if you're in your mid 20's, sharing a one bedroom apartment with a couple of people you met on Craig's List, maybe then the landline is almost dead. However, to the rest of the country the landline is as strong as ever.


    Where I see the Hub having a real appeal is as a computer replacement to all the people out there that only use the computer they have now a couple time a week for email and some light web surfing.

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    Image of matt buchanan matt buchanan
    04/23/09

    @baltwade: Except you can't do either of those things on the Hub yet.
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    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    04/23/09

    In reply to Verizon Hub Phone Review
    About time that stuff like this is becoming more available. Saw very similar tech in the IBM building over 10 years ago.


    That said, it needs Skype. I no longer have any use for the videoconferencing, but I do use the phone portion of it a great deal.

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    Image of gman2093 gman2093
    04/23/09

    In reply to Verizon Hub Phone Review
    Could I put in an order for a big touchscreen computer (waterproof) for my kitchen? I already have a cellphone, so it doesn't need to call anyone. kthx.
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    Image of Sora57 Sora57
    04/24/09

    @gman2093: I agree. And have it connect via WiFi which many of us already have and save $35/month to boot.
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    Image of IHateYourKids IHateYourKids
    04/23/09

    In reply to Verizon Hub Phone Review
    They should have an option to tie it to your cellular account. Throw in Skype on top of it and I'd consider it.
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    Image of matt buchanan matt buchanan
    04/23/09

    @IHateYourKids: Well, it is tied to your cell account. It's a Hub.
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    Image of Nick Nick
    04/23/09

    In reply to Verizon Hub Phone Review
    is it me or does matt seem angry with this hub-a-ma-jig?
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    Image of OMG! Ponies! OMG! Ponies!
    04/23/09

    In reply to Verizon Hub Phone Review
    And it doesn't do Skype videoconferencing WHY?!


    Seems to me that that would be the killer app.

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    Image of GitEmSteveDave_ My Brute Dojo Code CDIAFIFE GitEmSteveDave_ My Brute Dojo Code CDIAFIFE
    04/23/09

    In reply to Verizon Hub Phone Review
    Is there a calibration screen/menu for the touchscreen? I know one of my GPS's was wonky till I recalibrated the touchscreen.


    I might just have to wander down to the Verizon Store to try this out..

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    Image of madog madog
    04/23/09

    @When'sUranusDay?_GitEmSteveDave: Even if you could calibrate it, would your sausage fingers be any more accurate?


    :D

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    Image of madog madog
    04/23/09

    @madog: I kid because I love!
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    Image of GitEmSteveDave_ My Brute Dojo Code CDIAFIFE GitEmSteveDave_ My Brute Dojo Code CDIAFIFE
    04/23/09

    @madog: I mashed the keypad to obtain my dialing wand, thank you very much!
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    Image of Sora57 Sora57
    04/15/09

    In reply to The OpenFrame Home Phone iPhone Clone
    Looks like verizon is rolling it out.
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    Image of ZLevee ZLevee
    01/22/09

    In reply to Why Obama Doesn't Use a Cordless Phone (And Neither Should You)
    If you plug a cordless phone (or fancy corded one) into a Uninterruptable Power Supply you can still use it in a blackout until the UPS runs out of juice. Also, if you get your phone through VOIP via a cable modem, that can be plugged in to the UPS too (and, a lot of cable modems already have their own backup battery).
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    Image of soggy_cheerio soggy_cheerio
    01/22/09

    In reply to Why Obama Doesn't Use a Cordless Phone (And Neither Should You)
    I've known of several university radio stations who have made entire shows of re-broadcasting wireless phone calls.
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    Image of Jim Topoleski Jim Topoleski
    01/21/09

    In reply to Why Obama Doesn't Use a Cordless Phone (And Neither Should You)
    The WH NEVER loses power. EVER. It has like 5 backup generators or some silly number like that which is good BECAUSE while your right corded phones will work with a power loss, corded phones hooked into a office system like the one on his desk will NOT work, as it needs more power than is transmitted by a simple phoneline, and likely his doesnt even use standard phone cable but CAT-5 or CAT-6
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    Image of Con Seannery Con Seannery
    01/21/09

    @Jim Topoleski: What happens when the power lines are cut and the generators run out of fuel?
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    Image of Purple Dave Purple Dave
    01/22/09

    @Con Seannery hates Facebook and Trebek:
    He's got the nuclear launch codes now. Such things are not allowed to happen.
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    Image of circa86 circa86
    01/21/09

    In reply to Why Obama Doesn't Use a Cordless Phone (And Neither Should You)
    What a bad article, just answer the mans question, you don't need to make a post out of everything.


    Sorry. . .

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    Image of 92BuickLeSabre 92BuickLeSabre
    01/21/09

    @circa86: No. You're not sorry.


    If you were sorry when you typed the word sorry, then you wouldn't have hit submit. Which necessarily happened after you wrote sorry.


    Sorry. . .

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    Image of bysty bysty
    01/21/09

    In reply to Why Obama Doesn't Use a Cordless Phone (And Neither Should You)
    I love corded phones. Everyone should have one in their house so you always know where at least ONE phone is.
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    Image of KhaiJB KhaiJB
    01/21/09

    @bysty: agreed. our main phones are the cordless ones... but I have one corded phone hooked into the landline incase of flat batteries, power outs etc.
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    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    01/21/09

    In reply to Why Obama Doesn't Use a Cordless Phone (And Neither Should You)
    He should get a Napoleon Dynamite phone, with a cord that can just stretch throughout the White House.
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    Image of GitEmSteveDave_ My Brute Dojo Code CDIAFIFE GitEmSteveDave_ My Brute Dojo Code CDIAFIFE
    01/21/09

    @Kaiser-Machead: For when someone calls Joe when he's on the computer talking to hot babes?
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