Bluetooth Cordless Phone

For many years, DECT technology in cordless phone systems for home use has widely been available. However, it has only been in recent years that DECT technology has combined with the increasingly prevalent Bluetooth technology into today’s Bluetooth cordless phone system. These types of cordless phone systems are getting traction and soon, all DECT cordless phones will support Bluetooth technology.

VTech was an early pace setter in the cordless phone system space, but many other manufacturers are quickly coming out with their own offerings of Bluetooth cordless phones that use traditional DECT 6.0 wireless technology with the convenience of Bluetooth headsets.

The current list of Bluetooth cordless phone systems from a few big name manufacturers are as follows:

• Gigaset SL785: combination DECT Bluetooth phone by Siemens
• KX-TH1212B Link-to-Cell: Bluetooth DECT 6.0 phone by Panasonic
• KX-TG9381T Bluetooth: a two line cordless phone also by Panasonic
• EP5632 5.8 GHz: digital Bluetooth phone system by AT&T
• CellLink ELBT595: a cordless flip phone with Bluetooth connectivity by Uniden
• 28128EE2 DECT 6.0 Series: Bluetooth cordless phone to work with your cell phone by GE

For many years Hong Kong company VTech has manufactured high quality cordless phone systems at prices that undercut their competitors. In their approach to an integrated Bluetooth phone system, they used their technological advantage in DECT technologies and brought in Bluetooth compatibility expertise.

They were also wise enough to license their phones for production under different labels including AT&T which is a wireless phone carrier and not a cordless phone system manufacturer. This partnership has been ongoing since 2000 and started with the AT&T EP5642 phone which was the first of its kind. The EP5642 was able to function exactly as cordless phone systems of the day yet also reliably connect to a cell phone to establish a second line.

The original wave of Bluetooth cordless phones were designed to be paired with just one or two cell phones with Bluetooth enabled. Much like a Bluetooth headset worked, a Bluetooth cordless phone allowed calls to be made through the cell phone line but on the cordless handset. This also allowed users to hear and answer incoming calls on their home phone systems as well, instead of running to their cell phone.

The common use case is an automatic pairing of your cell phone with your home Bluetooth cordless phone system as soon as you walk within range. You can then recharge your cell phone and not have to carry it by your side to take or make calls.

DECT 6.0 is a widely established industry standard for cordless phone technology that is recognized by manufacturers globally. This digital technology makes phones easier and cheaper to manufacture and that’s why fewer and fewer manufacturers use 5.8 GHz radio frequency signal phones to launch Bluetooth integrated offerings. Just about all Bluetooth cordless phone systems available today make use of digital DECT 6.0 technology as it becomes the standard for cordless phone communication. Together with Bluetooth, the convenience of owning a cell phone will dramatically change the way people use their phones at home.

The latest technology that is all the rage has finally arrived for everyday home and office use in the form of the Bluetooth cordless phone. Piggy-backing on the widely adopted Bluetooth wireless spectrum, you can get a cordless phone system to use in your home or office that is Bluetooth enabled–that’s right, it comes with all the conveniences of Bluetooth technology that you’ve come to expect. These sophisticated telephone systems easily hook up with your cell phone so you can both receive and make calls with your regular cordless phone. You can also pair up a Bluetooth cordless phone system with your existing Bluetooth headset so you can use it as an extra receiver. Thanks to this up-and-coming new wireless technology, the lines between your cell phone and landline are not blurrier than ever.

With more and more households dropping their landlines, dependence on the cell phone has increased heavily. Unfortunately, there is only one cell phone that can be answered at one time in the whole house. If you’re downstairs doing chores and you hear your cell phone ring upstairs, you need to run up a flight of stairs in less than the time it takes for your phone to jump to voicemail. This can be tricky if you have a big house, hazards in your way, or just plain forgot where you put it. Even worse is when you’ve left your cell phone on silent mode and you miss the call completely.

With a Bluetooth enabled cordless phone, all those problems go away. You basically use it as you would any normal landline phone. Place a couple handsets throughout your house at the most convenient locations so you won’t have to run far to answer the phone. The magic happens when you pair it up via a Bluetooth sync with your cell phone. This lets you answer your cell phone calls with your cordless phone. What you’ve effectively done is turn your cell phone signal into a landline!

The bonus features don’t stop there. Thanks to digital technology, today’s cordless Bluetooth phones can easily integrate with your cell phone’s address book and caller ID features. Phone companies usually charge extra for caller ID on landlines, but cellular provides usually include this feature in all basic plans. Through the magic of Bluetooth, you can enjoy caller ID on your cordless phone handsets because that information gets shared from the cell phone. Dialing a friend is easy too as the high-end systems will automatically download your address book so you can have full access to it at home. This is the exact same technology that you can find in high-tech cars with Bluetooth dialing and synchronization. Bluetooth enabled cordless phones bring that same convenience to your home or office. After all, why should we stop making use of such great technology after we get out of our cars?

The best cordless phones will allow you to simultaneously dial out of either your cell phone line or your landline, should you choose to continue using it. This is especially useful in the office if you have an established number that you want to keep but take a lot of client calls on your cell phone. Now you will easily be able to answer both calls on the same phone system.

The digital age has brought about a huge change in the way we live our lives. Wireless technology has increasing allowed us to stay connected freely and Bluetooth technology is the wireless communication protocol that connects us from cell phone to Bluetooth cordless phone. No other wireless technology has been so quickly adopted as Bluetooth, a standard that originated from Ericsson. With so many added conveniences and advanced dialing features, it’s no wonder more families are using cell phone-only lines. Bluetooth enabled cordless phones make it easy.

Bluetooth technology has permeated modern day life from cell phones to wireless keyboards to even the Bluetooth cordless phone. If you are unfamiliar with new technology, Bluetooth is simply another protocol for wireless communication. The difference between Bluetooth and a cellular signal or radio frequency, as examples, is that it only works in a short distance. A Bluetooth device will repeatedly broadcast signals, that’s why your cell phone battery drains more quickly when Bluetooth is enabled. The power of Bluetooth becomes enhanced when there are multiple Bluetooth devices all broadcasting at the same time. This is because a Bluetooth device will also rebroadcast signals it receives from other Bluetooth devices, effectively increasing the range of all your Bluetooth devices.

Thanks to this technology, the Bluetooth cordless phone is now a widely available new telephone system at the consumer level. The convenience of traditional cordless phones is obvious–they require no telephone wire and you are free to walk about the house as you use your phone. While early cordless phones picked up interference from other wireless devices at lower spectrums, the FCC has enabled home consumer devices to broadcast in the 2.4GHz to 5.8GHz range, largely alleviated congestion problems of old. Today’s cordless phones have essentially no issues with interference.

By adding Bluetooth technology to cordless phones, users can now enjoy the added convenience of Bluetooth headsets in their homes and offices. A Bluetooth headset is always paired with a cell phone and allows you to talk without holding your phone to your ear. Simply answer calls from your cell phone and talk through your Bluetooth headset. With Bluetooth cordless phone systems, that same technology is used to pair your entire home or office telephone system to your cell phone. This means when you get a call to your cell phone, a cordless phone system with Bluetooth technology will ring just like a smaller Bluetooth earpiece or headset would. This saves you from dealing with the battery charging issues that plague headsets due to their smaller size.

Since your home cordless phone system is always plugged into power, you have all the added convenience of a Bluetooth headset without worrying about running out of battery. Even better, you can now answer your cell phone calls from any of your cordless phones that you have undoubtedly placed in multiple convenient locations around your house. No more running to your cell phone to pick up calls. They will be routed through your entire cordless phone system and every handset station will ring and allow you to answer the same call.

For your cell phone, no new technology or features are needed to take advantage of cordless phones with Bluetooth. That is the beauty of Bluetooth technology. To your cell phone, it is just a matter of pairing your phone up with your home cordless phone system as you would a headset device. Add on the fact that Bluetooth range is magnified by the presence of other Bluetooth devices broadcasting within the same area and you won’t have any reception troubles either, provided you have two or more handsets or are within a 25ft range. As long as they are within broadcasting distance of each other and your cell phone, there will be a strong signal. If you have other Bluetooth devices like a wireless keyboard, remote control, or mouse, you will have more broadcasters reproducing your Bluetooth signals around your house further increasing signal strength.

The advent of Bluetooth technology has added unprecedented convenience to the humble Bluetooth cordless phone. Now consumers can pair their home or office cordless phone systems with their cell phones to take advantage of the many handset locations available. You can receive both traditional landline and cellular calls from the Bluetooth cordless phone, seamlessly acting like a double phone line. Isn’t technology great?