Gear Diary Go Retro with Novophone photo

My wife recently began a new job which allows her to work out of our home part of the time.  She’s created an office in our finished basement (away from our kids.)  In order to separate her work related calls from our personal ones she’s decide to use her iPhone as her home office phone instead of paying for the addition of a second line.

If you’ve ever used an iPhone, or any cell phone for that matter, you probably know that it’s not the most comfortable device to talk on for very long periods of time.  Mostly because you have to actually hold the phone with your hand.  If you really skilled you might be able to nestle it between your ear and shoulder but if not you’ve lost one hand and this makes multi-tasking (things like typing and talking) difficult.

Enter Novophone.  The Novophone is a retro inspired handset which plugs in to the headset jack of your wireless phone.  It comes in two models, one of which features a multi-function button which allows you to answer and initiate calls right from the device and one that does not.

The Novophone is available in a stylish red or a more conservative black and the company also provides adapters to work with a wide variety of mobile devices.

The model with the multi function button sells for $26.95 and without $29.95

Check out the full line here.

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I have always had a passion for gear and gadgets. It all started for me with the release of the very first Palm Pilot. I've always had an interest in handheld electronics. From handheld PDAs, to cell phones, Mp3 players, watches and other products, I'm the first person my friends, family and colleagues call when they need advice on tech. I have roots in the online tech. forum community. I served as the Administrator to Howard Forums.com and as a Moderator at both Treo Central.com and Blackberry Forums.net. Under the screen name “lgreenberg” I've amassed 50,000+ postings. I also manage my own YouTube channel under the user name larrygreenberg. I'm always eager to help.
  • Dave P

    You can also get a similar handset with Bluetooth from ThinkGeek:

    http://www.thinkgeek.com/electronics/cell-phone/8928/

    The only problem is that all these handsets use the end user phone model. A clip on the top like the telephone repairman model would make them much easier to carry.

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