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Looks and Sounds Great but horrible UI

Wed, 29 Aug 2007 00:00:01 GMT

Looks and Sounds Great but horrible UI

shadowbox from New York

Unfortunately, I think I am going to return my iD phone. I am really disappointed because I love the way this phone looks, feels, and sounds. But the user interface is awful. Try putting a call on hold and transferring to another handset. It doesn't work the way every phone has worked for the last 20 years. Put handset on hold, pick up other handset and select "talk." Instead you have to hold down the "conference" button for about 3 seconds, then select one or all phones to send ring, then pick up other phone hit "talk" and then someone must manually hit exit on initial phone. How about Caller ID??? Ok, a call comes in, you want to answer it--instead of simply hitting the "Talk/flash" button to put 1st call on hold and answer incoming call, you have to hit "Flash + 2" to do that. And "Flash + 1" to end your first call and pick up 2nd call. And "Flash + 0" to ignore the incoming call. This is just silly. The great thing about Caller ID and the "Flash" button is that it b … Read more

Design + no wireless netwrk interference

Wed, 27 Jun 2007 00:00:01 GMT

Design + no wireless netwrk interference

Keizers from Minneapolis

Great design AND this new frequency range eliminates interference from your home wireless network. I had Vonage and thought Vonage was this issue - it wasn Read more

Big Disappointment

Sat, 05 Jan 2008 00:00:01 GMT

Big Disappointment

RG from Fairfax, VA

This phone is sleek in design and has good sound quality. What is driving us crazy is the red blinking light whenever there is a "new episode" (which is any call coming in to your line). If ANY call is made to your line, whether you answer it or not or whether they hang up or not, the red light blinks and any subsequent call goes straight to voicemail. In order to get the red light off, you must physically look at every caller ID and/or every message. Also, we have two additional handsets that are registered to the base and even if you clear the base handset, you must clear each extension handset also in order for any call coming in not to go straight to voicemail after one ring so you don't have a chance to answer it. Also, if you want to delete a message after listening you must try to find the menu to delete or save VERY quickly. I would not recommend this at all. Read more

Looks great AND works well

Thu, 13 Sep 2007 00:00:01 GMT

Looks great AND works well

Diana from Long Island, NY

I've had this phone for about 2 weeks and I'm very impressed with the quality. The sound on it is great. Even the speaker phone doesn't have that cheap "tinny" sound that most portable phones have. I love that fact that it holds up to 250 telephone numbers. My old phone only held 50 and that got used up quite fast. I was a bit concerned before I purchased it that it would be uncomfortable holding it in between your neck and shoulder but it's fine. All in all I would highly recommend this phone. I'm quite pleased I bought it as well as an additional handset. Read more

Nice phone but a bit pricey

Thu, 12 Jul 2007 00:00:01 GMT

Nice phone but a bit pricey

Dano the mano from NJ

Had some issues getting the add on phones set up because I thought I had changed the security code, but really had not. The directions for setting the code were not clear so I did not realize I had to enter the factory code (0000) first. One very annoying feature is that the call /answer Machine light blinks for any call. I wish I could set it only to blink when I have a message. The only way to stop it is to review every call in the call log. Madding. Other than those few issues the phone looks and works great. Very good battery life and I can walk a block from the house. Read more