Home phones are simply getting cooler folks. VTech Communications has announced the new ip8300 infoPhone – an Internet enabled cordless landline telephone which provides a convenient way to check e-mail, news, sports, weather, and horoscopes – all without connecting to your home PC.

The VTech ip8300 infoPhone breathes new life into the languishing world of the home phone. Let’s face it – in a world of mobile or VoIP phones – who cares about the normal home phone right? Well the VTech ip8300 infoPhone attempts to make your home phone the center of your attention again.

Features of the ip8300 include:

  • High resolution 64K Color LCD screen
  • Displays news headlines, weather reports, horoscopes, local directory searches and more
  • dedicated key for one touch access to personalized valuable information
  • Connected to the Internet via a dedicated connection on the phone systems’ base station
  • Send and receive emails and IMs
  • Uses DECT 6.0 technology which operates on the 1.9GHz frequency
  • Expandable to five handsets using the ip831 accessory handset
  • Caller ID/Call Waiting
  • Hands-free speakerphone
  • Visual message waiting handset
  • Visual Message waiting indicator
  • Individual profile and settings via password protected login
  • Built in Ethernet port

The ip8300 is due in March of 2007 for a price of $129.95

VTech also introduced a new WiFi landline phone called the wf6972. This phone uses WiFi to connect the handset to a PC for content delivery. Features of the $179.95 wf6972  include:

  • 802.11 WiFi support
  • Wirelessly access news, sports, or weather text updates on handsets
  • Wirelessly share phonebook directories between handsets
  • High resolution 65K color LCD screen
  • Expandable up to 16 handsets using the wf6909 accessory handset
  • Dual Caller ID/Call Waiting
  • Speakerphone in handset and base
  • Intercom, transfer, and conference between four handsets at one time
  • Digital Answering System
  • Picture Caller ID

The wf6972 will become available in April of 2007.

[Check it out via eHomeUpgrade]

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