[ILUG] [OT] DECT + bluetooth landline phone

[Brian Foster]

  | From: Niall O Broin <niall at linux.ie>
  | Date: Wed, 12 Sep 2007 14:15:24 +0100
  | 
  | On 12 Sep 2007, at 14:02, Josh Glover wrote:
  | > On 12/09/2007, Brian Foster <blf at utvinternet.ie> wrote:
  | >>   - the DECT handheld unit must use a rechargeable
  | >>     battery (I _refuse_ to buy disposable batteries!):
  | >
  | > Can't one buy rechargable AA batteries in France?
  | > Or am I missing something?

 as far as I know rechargeable batteries are available
 (I've never had to buy any).
 my (vague!) memory is some first generation DECT handsets
 were not necessarily rechargeable.
 when I was eyeballing a few units the other day it wasn't
 always clear.
 to be more accurate, the requirement is the handset must
 _recharge_ when docked in the basestation.

  | I don't believe I've ever seen a DECT phone that DIDN'T
  | use rechargeable batteries. That would be insane.

 as per above, I have _vague_ recollections of some early
 units being “insane”, and also am not too sure about some
 of the units I eyeballed in-shop the other day (so is why
 I mentioned the point).

cheers!
	-blf-
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