Telephonical advice rquired please

[simpo two]

For my business I have a phone/fax machine and a seperate cassette-based answerphone. All date from 1991. The phone part works fine but the fax is half broken so a bugger to use and the cassette-based answerphone has just thrown a spasm and won't rewind tapes.

I think it's time to move on!

I sometimes need the fax but only occasionally, so I'm thinking I can probably manage without one (I have MightyFax on the PC which seems fine for sending Word docs if I really need to order something in writing).

So I found this Siemens S645. I think it looks fantastic:

http://www.home-phones.co.uk/asp/product.asp?recorprod=1&product=226&cat=127&ph=&keywords=&recor=1&SearchFor=&PT_ID=1

Or its little brother:

http://www.home-phones.co.uk/asp/product.asp?recorprod=1&product=437&cat=127&ph=&keywords=&recor=1&SearchFor=&PT_ID=1

Not much between them I think. What I'd really like is hands-free, like bluetooth on mobiles, but landphones don't seem to do that.

So, I'd be interested to know what you think of the Siemens, and any other options you think worth considering!

Cheers all :)

[Zod]

I got the S645 duo (with extra handset) a couple of months ago and it really is good. I'm struggling to get hold of another couple of handsets at the moment though. I can't find the data cable (to download your Outlook address book) or the VoIP USB adapter anywhere.

[simpo two]

Zod said:

I'm struggling to get hold of another couple of handsets at the moment though.

Thanks Zod. Is this no good for you?
www.home-phones.co.uk/asp/product.asp?product=439&ph=related

[thebluemonkey]

This Siemens phone is very clever in the way it deals with bluetooth, doubt it's even close to being reasonably priced though.
http://communications.siemens.com/cds/cp/product/tech_compare/0,2643,hq_en_0_15735_rArNrNrNrN_pageType%253Adisplay,00.html

Bang and Olufsen also do one with a wired connector to a very nice headset, though it doesn't work with the rest of their system.

[simpo two]

thebluemonkey said:

This Siemens phone is very clever in the way it deals with bluetooth, doubt it's even close to being reasonably priced though.

£219! www.stuffand.co.uk/st_prod.html?p_prodid=452&p_catid=0

Nice though; I like the way it can sit up or lie down.