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The Portable Bluetooth Rotary Phone is an ideal accessory for any retro geeks desk, and you can use it with your mobile phone to make and receive calls via Bluetooth.
SparkFun Electronics, described to me as a “couple guys out in Colorado,” are offering these hand-made rotary GSM cellular phones. They’re not cheap, at $400 a pop, but they’re not easy to ...
At $400, the Portable Rotary Phone isn’t cheap, but since it’s in the hands of MAKE, hopefully that portends a cheaper DIY version in the future (although in fairness to Spark Fun, a lot of ...
Jonathan Spalter: Mobile phones aren't rotary phonesWe have that today not because of the regulatory regime imposed on voice calls. We have a mobile ecosystem that is the envy of the world because ...
We suspect that was the motivation behind [Dirk-Jan]’s project to make portable versions of classic rotary telephones. On style points alone, [Dirk-Jan] scores big.
A new contemplative space for grief has opened in Ballard’s Crown Hill Cemetery: Seattle’s first Sanctuary Wind Phone. The ...
A space engineer has created her own mobile using a rotary dial. Justine Haupt invented the phone to stop herself being “hyper-connected” with people. The 34-year-old wanted a mobile with one ...
What's fascinating is that someone out there thinks people will pay $500 for a portable rotary phone, and they're probably right. If you want something that's too expensive and doesn't do much ...
I had to laugh at word of the new "Port-a-Rotary," an old-time dial telephone that's been rigged to work wirelessly. Take it anywhere! Only $400! It's funny, but it also gets at a serious point ...
The Portable Rotary Cellular Phone is a fully functional, rotary dial, home telephone from the sixties except when you’ve put your sim card inside, it becomes a mobile phone.
It’s safe to say that few people still use rotary phones on a daily basis. Hell, most of us don’t even use landline telephones anymore. But just because these classic phones are no longer ...
Sennheiser is renowned for its high-quality headphones and speakers; these Sennheiser earbuds are no different. It uses aptX ...