VTech announces a DECT 6.0 walkie-talkie

al904 · 02-01-2010, 05:56 AM

Landline breakthrough: VTech announces a DECT 6.0 walkie-talkie

Engadget by Nilay Patel

Landline phones might be for squares and cops, but VTech hasn't give up trying to make 'em interesting: its new LS6325 set is the first DECT 6.0 push-to-talk cordless on the market. That means you can get your walkie-talkie on at up to 1,500 feet -- not bad. The three-handset pack will be $80 and the four-pack will be $90 when they launch in April. See, its not all tablet news around here -- we bring you scoops.

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K5MOW · 02-01-2010, 04:54 PM

Wow very interesting.

Roger

AlexKidd · 02-01-2010, 05:30 PM

My guess is, these still depend on being in range of the base station. I bet they don't work independently. Not that you'd really want to - the form factor looks really stupid for a true portale PTT right like you normally see as a walkie-talkie.

With that being said, it's still a handy extension to the home phone. With WT capability, you can page someone else without having to call the extension and expect them to answer. Just blurt out something like "get up here!"

--Kidd

ai4i · 02-02-2010, 10:58 PM

Acording to Wikipedia

enterprise premises cordless PABXs and wireless LANs, using many base stations for coverage. Calls continue as users move between different coverage cells, through a mechanism called handover. Traffic both within the system and to the public telecoms network

public access, using large numbers of base stations to provide building or urban area coverage as part of a public telecoms network.

Is anyone here old enough to remember PSID's and RSID's?

al904 · 02-03-2010, 06:14 AM

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Originally Posted by ai4i

Is anyone here old enough to remember PSID's and RSID's?

I'm sure that I am old enough, but I don't remember them. Could you elaborate?

ai4i · 02-03-2010, 03:22 PM

Private and Residential System Identifiers were programming options in many early (TDMA) cellphones. I have no idea what they really were and if, how, why, and under what circumstances they were ever implemented anywhere in North America, and little about them has survived on the web. The most obvious explanation would be that they were systems which could be set up within a corporate network or perhaps to permit the use of single or shared sites among groups of individuals within a limited geographical area (Disneyworld, a major airport, the federal government). Either they never took off or somehow morphed into something even more bazaar!

It looks like this DECT 6.0 has the potential to create miniature cellular systems except that all the base units might have to be connected to a single phone line and all handsets within the system would be extensions on the same phone number. I could be missing something.

That same Wikipedia article above mentions that a system had been used in Italy for one year and other systems might still be in use in India and South Africa. These would require that the phone numbers be set by the handsets for outgoing and incoming calls. We do not know if those systems would allow multiple handsets to be used as extension phones on the same line.

NexTel32708 · 02-23-2010, 11:31 AM

Two years ago I had some cordless handsets that had Walkie-Talkie on them (forget the make/model).

So these can't be the first...

02-01-2010, 05:56 AM	#1
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K5MOW AT&T Group Moderator Join Date: Jan 2010 Posts: 74 Current Phone(s): Samsung Rugby a837 Wireless Service Provider(s): AT&T	Re: VTech announces a DECT 6.0 walkie-talkie Wow very interesting. Roger

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AlexKidd Charter Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 395 Current Phone(s): htc Touch Pro 2 & i920 Wireless Service Provider(s): T-Mobile, Boost PDA Used: Dell Axim x51	Re: VTech announces a DECT 6.0 walkie-talkie My guess is, these still depend on being in range of the base station. I bet they don't work independently. Not that you'd really want to - the form factor looks really stupid for a true portale PTT right like you normally see as a walkie-talkie. With that being said, it's still a handy extension to the home phone. With WT capability, you can page someone else without having to call the extension and expect them to answer. Just blurt out something like "get up here!" --Kidd __________________

02-02-2010, 10:58 PM	#4
ai4i Moderator & Charter Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 90 Current Phone(s): WE 500 Next Phone Model: Ericafon Wireless Service Provider(s): T-mobile PDA Used: Sidekick Navigation Device: Rand-McNally map book with arrow pointing north	Re: VTech announces a DECT 6.0 walkie-talkie Acording to Wikipedia enterprise premises cordless PABXs and wireless LANs, using many base stations for coverage. Calls continue as users move between different coverage cells, through a mechanism called handover. Traffic both within the system and to the public telecoms network public access, using large numbers of base stations to provide building or urban area coverage as part of a public telecoms network. Is anyone here old enough to remember PSID's and RSID's? __________________ Ai4i is always on the trailing edge of technology __________________

02-03-2010, 03:22 PM	#6
ai4i Moderator & Charter Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 90 Current Phone(s): WE 500 Next Phone Model: Ericafon Wireless Service Provider(s): T-mobile PDA Used: Sidekick Navigation Device: Rand-McNally map book with arrow pointing north	Re: VTech announces a DECT 6.0 walkie-talkie Private and Residential System Identifiers were programming options in many early (TDMA) cellphones. I have no idea what they really were and if, how, why, and under what circumstances they were ever implemented anywhere in North America, and little about them has survived on the web. The most obvious explanation would be that they were systems which could be set up within a corporate network or perhaps to permit the use of single or shared sites among groups of individuals within a limited geographical area (Disneyworld, a major airport, the federal government). Either they never took off or somehow morphed into something even more bazaar! It looks like this DECT 6.0 has the potential to create miniature cellular systems except that all the base units might have to be connected to a single phone line and all handsets within the system would be extensions on the same phone number. I could be missing something. That same Wikipedia article above mentions that a system had been used in Italy for one year and other systems might still be in use in India and South Africa. These would require that the phone numbers be set by the handsets for outgoing and incoming calls. We do not know if those systems would allow multiple handsets to be used as extension phones on the same line. __________________ Ai4i is always on the trailing edge of technology __________________

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