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<FONT SIZE="2" POINTSIZE="11" DEFAULT="SIZE">I had a Hitachi WIP-5000 for about 6 months. It felt nice in the hand. Battery life was OK, but not great. I got about 5 hours of mixed use on a charge. Sounds quality was good.<BR>
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However, the speaker level was low even when cranked right up. Even with a headset plugged in I found its output was too low almost all the time. Also, the range was extremely limited in my office...not more than 40-50 from am AP and it would not work reliably.<BR>
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I eventually resold it and replaced it with an Aastra 480i CT desk phone with cordless handset. These are tremendously better, without resorting to the combination of an ATA and a traditional cordless phone.<BR>
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Michael<BR>
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On Tue, 20 Jun 2006 17:28:34 -0400, Karl J. Vesterling wrote:<BR>
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>I know someone who has the Hitachi Wifi phones, I have used it, and <BR>
>as the other posts point out, battery life is a problem. Especially <BR>
>when it gets lost in the couch for a week! ;-)<BR>
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>The other annoyance is that it takes a hit in the conversation when <BR>
>you switch from WAP to WAP, but as long as you're not getting handed <BR>
>back and forth between two WAP's you probably won't even notice.<BR>
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>Some others have suggested that a standard analog cordless is an <BR>
>option, however the problem becomes when the facility itself is <BR>
>larger than the range of the standard cordless since there is only <BR>
>one base. Additionally you can't take your standard cordless to a <BR>
>hotspot and place a call.<BR>
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>Personally I haven't tried the Linksys/Cisco WiFi phones yet, but I'm <BR>
>eagerly anticipating one that would come with a speakerphone. I'll <BR>
>buy the first one that offers it since that's a requirement for me.<BR>
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>I could care less about the color LCD, or browsing the web on the <BR>
>phone, but a good speakerphone built into a cordless WiFi is <BR>
>definitely a requirement that needs to be met before I purchase one.<BR>
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>On Jun 20, 2006, at 9:41 AM, Warren wrote:<BR>
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>> If anyone out there using VoIP WiFi phones? If so, which ones and <BR>
>> what<BR>
>> do you think about it?<BR>
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>> Thanks,<BR>
>> W<BR>
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