Sadly they’re unavailable, but I want one of these so badly. I promise to only be minimally obnoxious with it.

Edit: Here’s the product page if anyone’s interested.

If anyone knows of a similar functional Bluetooth option like this, pleas share.

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    8 hours ago

    Reminds me of the port-o-rotary… the guys at Spark Fun were rolling around Makefair with a million years ago. Like $500 to convert an old rotary phone into a cellphone you could carry around.

    Shit audio quality, but now that I’ve got a few bucks 😅

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      8 hours ago

      I have an old rotary phone / bluetooth “headset”! Though it’s only technically portable.

      It’s a 50’s wall-mount model that the phone company would have hardwired (no RJ-11). I’ve got it hooked to a Bluetooth -> POTS adapter that will decode the pulse coding. It rings when my cell rings, you can answer/place calls from it, and you can dial 0 to engage the voice assistant. Technically speaking, I can absolutely text people from a rotary phone.

      Is it practical? No. Do I use it? Rarely. It’s mostly decorative, but if I’m going to have retro tech as decorations, I like to make it work. Next “wish list” is an old payphone.

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        7 hours ago

        That’s awesome 😎

        I’m old enough that I basically just fart dust. remember when…

        The telco forced you to rent the phones from them, went defunct, got bought by AT&T, who then proceeded to send my folks an $700 bill for the “princess phone” they never wanted back. And now my folks wonder why I’m a socialist 😌