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- From: dsmith@dcsc.dla.mil (David Smith)
- Newsgroups: misc.consumers
- Subject: Re: phone answering machines again
- Message-ID: <1556@dcsc.dla.mil>
- Date: 13 Aug 92 21:57:49 GMT
- References: <1992Aug1.202105.6083@cs.uoregon.edu> <30540014@hpspkla.spk.hp.com> <1925@msa3b.UUCP>
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- > can anyone recommend a phone machine that works well
- > and that they really *like*?
-
- A year or two ago I bought the all-digital AT&T machine (the one
- designed by FrogDesign (sp.)). Of the four or five answering
- machines I've had -- some with more features -- this is by far my
- favorite.
-
- Some things are missing and there's a bug in my version, but by now
- maybe these have been taken care of:
-
- Hangs every now and then (maybe once a month) -- perhaps
- intolerant to line current fluctuations -- and can't be reset
- remotely.
-
- Security could be better.
-
- No date/time stamp.
-
- Limited incoming message capacity -- don't remember what --
- maybe fifteen minutes.
-
- Sound quality nothing to brag about, though adequate.
-
- No record-conversation feature.
-
- Plusses:
-
- Instant-gratification remote access since there are no tapes.
-
- Totally noiseless, unless you count as noise the pin-drop click
- it makes when answering a call.
-
- Simple function-key layout. Frequent-use keys -- on/off, play,
- repeat, memo, delete -- are on a single exposed row across the
- top; less-used keys -- volume, ring select, security code set,
- reset -- on sides.
-
- Tiny footprint.
-
- Attractive.
-
- Funny thing, though -- I've never seen it mentioned in AT&T ads.
- Read about it in a "Business Week" article on design excellence.
-
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