panasonic phone cell

1. Posted: Aug 3 2008

   I was somewhat happy for about a day. Hooked up my wife's razor and my blackberry. No more running around the house looking for the ringing cell phone. The connection stayed clear where my old 2.4GHz was unusable from the interference. Talking caller id is pretty cool when you are in the habit of screening calls from annoying acquaintances and relatives. It mispronounces some words but that just ads to the cuteness. Another good feature is the use of standard AAA rechargeable batteries. Batteries are the first thing to go in a cordless and proprietary ones are pretty expensive to replace. Now, I said I was `somewhat happy' because the phone looks cheesy with shiny silver plastic buttons which are too small and poorly placed to be comfortable. Menu navigation is terrible too. But all these ergonomic shortcomings could be overlooked in the name of the Bluetooth link. Then, I started getting the 'No link to base' problem (it has nothing to do with loose power cord as some reviewer states). Connection dropped three times in the span of 5 mins constitutes 'does not work' to me. I used somewhat different expletives at the time. Also, my blackberry would not connect from the next day on. Tried re-registering but no luck. My wife's razor stayed sort of connected but sometimes the Panasonic would not ring on the incoming call. The cell, however, still thought that it was connected so you could not even answer the call there. Never happens with the Bluetooth headset so doubt it's the razor's problem.

2. Posted: Aug 2 2008

   The Blue tooth component is functionless. The phone disconnects during a call for no apparent reason, even when it is a land base call. 5 thumbs down. No good

3. Posted: Jul 31 2008

   I really wanted this to work. I checked to make sure the IPhone was supported and it was. The phone had no issued pairing. When a call came in and I answered it the person on the other end just heard a tone and after 3 seconds the line hung up. I an now going to try the "Dect 6.0 Cell Fusion Caller Id 2HS" I hope it works better.

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1. Posted: Jun 4 2007

   Expensive, but if you need the 21x optical zoom, this is the camera to get. I am very pleased with the camera. I installed it on the ceiling. Just make sure, in the router that you use, that the "Router connection type" is set to "Continuous".

2. ( 7 of 7 found this review helpful ) Posted: Sep 18 2006

   I have purchased and installed 4 of these cameras in 2 offices in 2 different cities. I can login to each camera seperately from anywhere there is an Internet connection and see/hear what is going on. This camera has a fairly intuitive web interface. Also, if you have programming skills, Panasonic has released a kind of sdk that allows one to write code that controls the cameras as well as integrate camera output to your own web pages. The picture quality is outstanding and the zoom is phenomenal. I can zoom in and read 12pt. text on something that is 10ft away! Installing the cameras on your network is wizard-based and fairly simple. My network uses Linksys routers which are uPnP capable so the port forwarding is done automagically with this camera. I have had to use the free Viewnetcam service that comes with the camera because I have dynamic IP addressing, but have found it to work fine and is pretty reliable. A word of caution though; Panasonic support for this camera seems to be out of Japan and is done through email. Other than that, the camera is wonderful, but may be way overkill for simple webcam use...

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