The BluePhone Project
Sep. 8th, 2003 10:50 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
tugrikThis is something I saw in testing many years ago -- admittedly using a different wireless tech than bluetooth. It cropped up again today on one of my gadget-watching sites called Mobile Burn.
The idea is to have a module that clips to a landline (such as your home phone line) and broadcasts on bluetooth. A bluetooth cellular phone can then link to it and use the landline as needed. When used right this means that you can have one handset of your choice and travel between home, mobile and work and simply have the phone use whatever line it's near (news blurb is here).
Back when I first saw this and cel airtime was insanely priced this would have been a wonderful thing. Nowadays it's less important as there are many cel plans that are far cheaper than a landline, especially for intra-LATA calls. Still... fun infrasatructure. We're slowly getting closer and closer to seamless data and voice that follows us wherever we roam.
The idea is to have a module that clips to a landline (such as your home phone line) and broadcasts on bluetooth. A bluetooth cellular phone can then link to it and use the landline as needed. When used right this means that you can have one handset of your choice and travel between home, mobile and work and simply have the phone use whatever line it's near (news blurb is here).
Back when I first saw this and cel airtime was insanely priced this would have been a wonderful thing. Nowadays it's less important as there are many cel plans that are far cheaper than a landline, especially for intra-LATA calls. Still... fun infrasatructure. We're slowly getting closer and closer to seamless data and voice that follows us wherever we roam.
