Even the landline phone is set to go touchscreen. Verizon Wireless has launched Hub, a new touchscreen based Voice-over-IP based home phone system.
The Verizon Hub will have a 7-inch touchscreen and visual voicemail among other things. Though a Verizon product it will work with any broadband connection.
Verizon cellphone users can expect additional features such as text message calendar alerts and
turn-by-turn directions delivered to their phones from the Hub.
Other fun things to do with the Hub include the ability to check local traffic and weather, update calendar remotely and preview movie trailers and purchase tickets using the phone.
The Hub will cost $200 after a $50 mail-in rebate and will require a
$35 per month subscription, says PhoneScoop, for unlimited national
calling and text messaging. It’s more expensive than Vonage but then it is also a better looking phone that the ugly black cordless box in your home right now.
Photo: Verizon Hub/Verizon
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