Motorola's C51 and SBV5400 Connected Cordless Phone Systems
By Thomas Ricker 
posted January 3rd 2006 4:31PM
posted January 3rd 2006 4:31PM
Motorola also announced today a new
family of connected cordless phone systems consisting of the C51 and SBV5400. These are expandable systems providing
access to landline, Voice-over-IP calling, cellular service, home intercom, live streaming video, shared family phone
books, high-speed internet, and "push-to-talk-over-instant messaging" which takes advantage of the voice
capabilities of a "supported Instant Messaging program." Moto is making a big deal over the handsets'
"Connect To" button which sounds a whole lot like a regular ol' "menu" key which gives access to
all the ways your system can communicate. The C51 handset operates in WiFi friendly the 5.8GHz frequency and seems to
ship with your choice of a base stations for either landline or digital (presumably VoiP) phone service -- not both,
but we're not 100 percent on that, mkay? The SBV5400 is a voice-enabled cable modem which also doubles as a base
station for the C51. We'll slap up the pics as soon as we get 'em to hopefully clear things up a bit.
