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Strengths: Bluetooth to connect to 2 cell phones at a time, different ring tones for the landline and each cell phone, DECT 6.0 (1.9GHz), central phone book in the base, talking caller ID
Weaknesses: Dropped calls on the landline (on my second set of phones hoping this set does not drop calls), only one line or cell phone can be used at a time, dialing tones are way to loud
Summary: 2008-08-18 09:47:34 I have been waiting for a decent home phone system with Bluetooth for a long time. The other phone companies could never get it right, according to reviews, and the first generation Panasonic was 2.4GHz. With Bluetooth using 2.4GHz and streaming video over my Wifi network, I didn't need to crowd the 2.4GHz spectrum any more.
I purchased this phone, took it out of the box and let the phones charge for 7 hours. While the handsets were charging, I linked my and my wife's cell phones. Piece of cake. After the phones were charged, I put in phone numbers into the phone book (too bad you can't transfer them from your cell phone) and all of the numbers were saved in the base so every handset accesses (one at a time) the same phone book with the same numbers.
Using it over the past 30 days, phone calls are very clear even over a cell phone. The handsets are light and use normal NiMH AAA rechargeable batteries that can be easily replaced. The handsets look nice and have a piano black finish on some of the face. Looks nice, but is easily smudged with face grease or make up. The talking caller ID is great and will even say the "Nicknames" of people that you put in your phone book. The handsets will also show the caller ID of the cell phones too, if your cell phone supports it.
The Bluetooth works great with my Nokia E50, and fairly well with my wife's LG Shine, but LG does not implement very good Bluetooth so sometimes the phone will disconnect and reconnect (the cell phone lets you know with an annoying sound). Most Nokia, Samsung, and probably Motorola phones will work well.
The biggest problem I had with my first set of handsets was that they would randomly drop a call and all I would get is silence. I use my home phone for work conference calls because of the speaker phone and the dependable landline, and I would get my call dropped during the conference call and have to call back. This is not good when I am the leading the conference call. The drops only happened randomly and then twice a day before I called Panasonic. Support said they had heard of the issue, gave me a reference number, and told me they would call back the next week. I got impatient and called them back that next week and the support rep. said that they had not heard of an issue like mine before. They asked me to send it in to have it repaired or replaced. I took it back to the store instead (30-day return policy still in effect) and exchanged it for another, telling them mine was defective. I hope to have better luck with my new one and, fingers crossed, so far no dropped calls.
I want this phone to work, because it is a great idea and I think that Panasonic might have pulled it off, if they can fix the dropped calls.
UPDATE: I have had the second set of this phone for over 30 days now and no dropped calls! The bluetooth is working wonderfully and the calls are still coming in clearly! Hopefully this issue is touch-and-go and the solution would be to replace the phone before the 30-day return is over and it would not be likely for every phone to have this issue.
One nit-pick, the face of the phones scratches a little too easily. My wife puts the phones face down on on the coffee table, I am trying to get her to stop, but I have noticed some scratches on the face of the phones due to this. The scratches are not that bad, and I know I am nit-picking, but the previous Panasonic phones had no problems with my wife's positioning of them.
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