Philips freshens up your landline with the ID9371 handset

We know, it's hard to really brag about the aging landline you keep around for no good reason, but if you're looking for the hippest thing to hit PSTN since DSL, Philips' ID9371 just might be it. This sleek, sexy handset rocks all the dashing design cues of the avant-garde mobiles carried by the affluent set, but manages to operate on a lowly landline all the while. Aside from the obviously glossy paint job, adoration for fingerprints, and backlit display, the device also features a "soft-touch" enclosure, SIM-card copy support, built-in answering machine, alarm clock, caller ID, signal strength indicator, and XHD sound technology that purportedly delivers every tonal frequency imaginable. Sure, we're used to cramming cutting-edge gizmos into a retro casing, but kudos to Philips for doing things vice-versa.

[Via ShinyShiny]

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 14th 2007 7:09PM]

gmx.de and sipgate.de. Both are German however. And they both are pretty crappy when using a softphone... the AVM Fritz!Box DSL modem router firewall etc. however sounds good. I don't know why, the softphones should use the same codecs etc., but maybe the Fritz!Box can shape the traffic better. You will have to use a normal phone with it though... like really beautiful Philips in this article. I want it!

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 14th 2007 4:10PM]

"Keep around for no good reason"??? Have you compared the sound quality of VOIP or cellular to a POTS line recently?

Try it; if you still see no good reason to keep your POTS, I suggest you turn down your MP3 player, it's damaging your hearing.

There is still a long way to go before POTS becomes redundant.

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 15th 2007 5:21PM]

This phone looks really cool. I looked in the Philips store and it isn't even listed there yet. Anyone know where I can find it?

[(Unverified) Posted May 10th 2007 9:14PM]

It is avbl at www.frontgate.com

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 14th 2007 6:36PM]

For me VoIP sounds pretty decent, with a Fritz!Box. Using software on the same connection results in a by far worse sound quality.

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 14th 2007 9:52PM]

When and where will this be available? My wife and I need to replace out old land line and this is excellent.

[draftdubya Posted Apr 15th 2007 1:39AM]

It looks like a sony universal remote

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 15th 2007 7:32AM]

I'd like to know when this is going to be available, too. Me likey!