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You Can Combine Your Landline Phone With Your Cellphone

With everyone on the planet owning a cell phone it was only a matter of time before the two would combine in some sort of fashion. Cellphone sales have gone up in the last decade to unbelievable proportions so it only makes sense that it would hurt landline phones in the long run.

If you are a single guy living in New York City there really is no reason to have a phone in your apartment. Ok well you might need it for an internet connection but you can get that through cable. This saves you money as you don't have to pay local phone charges anymore.

If you have a landline phone in your house and your always on your cell phone using your minutes there are a few devices that could make your life easier and save you money on your wireless bill.

We just checked out and bought the RCA Cell Docking System at Circuit City and we were impressed with the features. Although it worked on the 2.4 gigahertz range it didn't really interfere with our wireless router but I think we just got lucky.

We docked our cell phone in the cradle and set up our RCA home phone next to it. When the cell phone rang we had the option of answering the cellphone or the home phone and pressing cell button on the receiver.

Needless to say you could save money depending on your wireless plan. You can make all your nights and weekend calls using the cell phone airtime instead of your landline phone.

Before you run out and buy one you should make sure that your cell phone will work with this system. As of this writing they work with a few Motorola, Cingular and Sony Erickson phones.

I am sure that as these devices get better and people hear about them they will quickly become available for other phones too. Having it work with my Palm would be great Until then I will just have to suffer I guess