Home phones never looked so good

John Chan | Mar 14, 2008

Most people tend to fall asleep when they hear about products with words in their specifications like DECT, VoIP and telephony. Even though that was what we were faced with when looking at the Thompson Symbio's datasheet, its design alone kept us interested.

While it is obviously shaped like a landline phone, the "hollowness" of its chassis makes it more akin to a clickable icon in a graphical user interface. In fact, we think the perfect complement to the Symbio is a giant plastic mouse pointer which you can use to prod it when it rings. Aside from allowing you to make calls, it is also a set of stereo speakers which allows you to stream music or listen to FM radio.

This product was announced for Europe during CeBIT. We have contacted Thompson about an Asian release and will update this blogpost when that information becomes available.

Via Notcot

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