From BT we have the Freestyle 650, a single digital and cordless home phone in stunning silver with a bright blue backlit display. The freestyle 650 comes with some handy key features which include, remote access, choice of 3 handset and base ringer melodies, large buttons for easy dialling, caller display, is hearing aid compatible so is superb for the hard of hearing, and Digital answering machine with 12 minutes recording time.

·         Inductive coupler (for hearing aid users)

·         5 Last number redial

·         Earpiece volume control

·         Secrecy

·         Call timer

·         Base and handset ringer volume

·         Display language options

·         control (3 levels and off)

·         Handset naming feature

·         Keypad lock

·         Handset power on/off

·         Paging

·         Range of up to 300m outdoors/50m indoors3

·         Up to 10 hours talktime and 100 hours standby time2

·         Autotalk/standby

·         Out of range and battery low warnings

Answer Machine:

·         Answer delay settings

·         Up to 12 minutes digital recording time

·         Remote access (PIN protected)

·         2 Pre-recorded outgoing messages – answer & record and answer only

·         Memo facility

·         Call screening/call intercept

·         Base unit loudspeaker volume

This home phone is part of “energy efficient phones” and is available at the BT Online Store.