As we told you in May, Motorola have been working on a dual phone for compatibility with VOIP using Windows Live Messenger and your traditional phone line.

Following on from similar phones by Uniden and Philips, the Motorola T31 series will offer the ability to make free voice calls to your Windows Live Messenger contacts, which it downloads to the phone, and to be used as a normal phone allowing you to dial numbers using your landline.

The phone will use DECT 6.0 technology to offer better clarity and an extended battery life (up to 10 hours of talk time) and will support up to 6 handsets (whilst only needing one phone point from the wall). It will also have the ability to use speakerphone (hands-free) and to change between 4 different wallpapers and 16 different ring tones.

Motorola will be offering two different models, the T3151 and the T3101. The difference between the two is that the T3151 comes with a base unit which can be placed separately from the cordless handset and charger (which is basically just the T3101). This allows you to have the base unit by your computer plugged into your USB and phone line whilst the handset and its charger can be in another room. If you already have a phone that isn't in the same room as your computer then this will allow your to replace that whilst keeping it in the same place but gaining more features which, as far as I'm aware, the Philips and Uniden don't offer. Also, as you only need one phone jack for up to 6 of the handsets (sold separately) this will make it very easy to replace or integrate into an existing phone setup without needing extension cables or similar.

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