[ILUG] [OT] DECT + bluetooth landline phone

[Brian Foster]

 some months ago I accidently washed my bluetooth
 headset and destroyed it.  ;-(   around the same
 time my DECT landline phone (a first generation
 model) also croaked.

 I'm now sortof looking to replace both.  today I
 had an idea (hey, it happens! ;-) ) and wondered
 if there was such a thing as a DECT phone which
 also(?) works with a bluetooth headset.  and YES,
 there are.  as a _random_ example:

    http://www.pixmania.co.uk/uk/uk/597020/art/siemens/dect-sl-565-telephone-ans.html#fichetechnique

 ( that's an _example_!  I'm neither recommending
  nor dis-recommending either that Siemens unit or
  the Pixmania retailer. )

 does anyone have any experience or recommendations
 (good or bad) about DECT-with-bluetooth phones?

 my requirements are still very much in flux, albeit
 two things are clear:

  - the DECT handheld unit must use a rechargeable
    battery (I _refuse_ to buy disposable batteries!):

 and

  - I need at most one DECT handheld unit.  (arguably,
    with an appropriate basestation and/or voice-dial,
    I don't need any (in which case DECT is silly?)?)

 there's also the issue it has to work in (and ideally,
 be legal to use in) France, albeit it does not need a
 French-style massive 19th century T-plug (normal RJ-11
 is fine (probably better, in fact!)).  (and an English
 language manual would also be useful.)

 cheers!
	-blf-

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