


It's amazing what phones can do these days. Surf the web! Play video! Store 80 kajillion songs! Hit a major-league curveball! Make a bed with perfect hospital corners! Skin a fugu puffer fish without leaving any residual poison in the flesh! But of all the incredible feats of cellphone strength, here's the one we like best: lowering the prices of older, still-perfectly-good cordless landline phones!
The Uniden 5.8Ghz 4 Handset Digital Expandable Phone w/Answering Machine can't accomplish any of the wonders elucidated above. But get this: if you type a certain sequence of numbers on its keypad and hold the handset to your head, you can talk to someone far away.
Not to say it lacks what the paperboys call "extrees". It can also function as an intercom, or as a 2-way radio between handsets. You can choose from a healthy array of ringtones, melodies, or ring types. The 5.8GHz signal won't meddle with your home wireless network. And if four handsets aren't enough, you can add up to six more (not included). This comes in particularly handy if one of your roommates is a Hindu deity.
You know, because of all the extra arms.
Sorry. They can't all be gems.