Telstra launched mobile phone style home phone

In today’s advanced age many people that use mobile phones do far more than just make calls, using their phones for everything from texting and gaming to getting online and more.

Mobile phone users these days are able to benefit from a vast array of features that allow them to do far more than just make calls on their handsets. With the mobile broadband and internet market on the rise many people now have smart phones with many different applications that enable them to do all sorts on their mobile phones, from gaming and surfing to using social networking sites and researching.

The Australian communications giant Telstra announced recently that it was releasing a new home phone that included mobile phone type applications and features, enabling users to do far more with the device than just make and receive calls. The phone is called the Telstra T-Hub, and the device combines a range of features including telephony, information, and entertainment.

An official from Telstra said: “T-Hub will suit Australians’ appetite for quick access to information, while enabling customers to perform many mobile phone-type applications on their home phone. Making a phone call on the T-Hub is simple with an easy to search address book and click-to-call. The handsfree phone on the touch panel makes it easy to multi-task in the kitchen. The cordless handset also enables a seamless transition to a more private conversation. Voice messages are displayed on the touch panel and can easily be selected to hear the message.”

She added: “T-Hub also has mobile phone-like applications and features such as one-touch access to BigPond® and Sensis services as well as popular internet sites such as Facebook® and YouTube®. Customers can send a friend a message on Facebook® before heading out the door or enjoy unmetered access to BigPond news, weather and sport over breakfast without having to boot-up a computer. T-Hub will become the new family organiser with a calendar, notes, calculator and alarm clock, all of which can sit on the kitchen counter or be carried to another room. T-Hub works exclusively on Telstra’s fixed line and broadband networks giving customers a high quality, reliable service.

Customers can also back up their contacts on Telstra’s secure network making sure they don’t lose important telephone numbers.”

Source – Telstra