Mobile phones have come a long way from the Dom Joly style bricks of the early eighties These days youre considered a Luddite if your mobile isnt virtually invisible to the naked eye But while WAP cameras & the like are all very flash we have to admit there was a certain charm & gravitas to the traditional chunky landline phone Thats why this Retro Mobile Handset raised a smile with everyone at Stuff HQnbsp This telephonic relic is perfectly reproduced from the days of the telephone exchange inspiring memories of plumy-voiced operators lsquotrying to connect you in bad British films Remember the days when dialling a number literally meant dialling instead of button-pushing This will take you back Simply plug the Retro Handset into your mobile some models require an adapter ndash see below & talk as normally Well as normally as you can with a Western Electric 500-series handset attached to your mobilenbsp While the Retro Mobile Handset has no actual practical use we reckon thats its main charm Its guaranteed to create fits of laughter amongst your friends & makes an ideal gift too whether as a mickey-take of a technology fashion victim or for a technophobe who resents lsquohaving to own a mobile Best of all it gives you back the option of slamming the receiver down when youve had a barney with the other half after all pressing the cancel button doesnt have the same drama does itnbsp The following phones can be used with the Retro Mobile Handset without an adapter Audiovox Blackberry Danger Kyocera LGMotorola Except RAZR V3NECPanasonic G50 G60 GD55 GD67 GD87 X300 X500 X60 Sanyo Sendo The following adapters are included Siemens Siemens A55 A57 A60 A65 C55 C60 C62 C65 CF62 CFX65 CV65 CX65 CX70 CX70 Emoty M55 M65 MC60 MCT 62 S55 S65 SF65 SL55 SL65 SX1 Xelibri 1 2 4 5 6 7 Nokia 25mm phones Nokia 1100 2100 2300 2600 2650 3210 lt-- 3310 --gt 3330 lt-- 3410 --gt 3510 3510i 3650 3660 lt-- 5210 --gt 6510 6600lt-- see note below--gt 7280 8210 8310 8850 8890 8910 8910i Nokia 6210 etc Nokia 5110 6110 6150 6210 6310lt--i see note below--gt 7110 Nokia Pop-Port phones Nokia 3100 3120 3200 3220 3230 3300 5100 5140 6020 6100 6170 6230 6230i 6260 6610 6610i 6630 6650 6670 6680 6681 6800 6810 6820 6822 7200 7210 7250 7250i 7260 7600 7610 7700 7710 9300 9500lt--Note The Nokia 6600 requires Adapter 1
- Nokia 25mm phones & Nokia 6310 requires Adapter 2
- Nokia 6210 6310i etc models will work with their adapters but will require the following boot-up procedure to work Turn on mobile phone Plug in only the adapter The mobile displays Accessory Not Supported Unplug the adapter Plug in the adapter The mobile displays a little car icon Plug the Phobile handset into the adapter It will work--gt Adapter 5
- Sony Ericsson phones Sony Ericsson F500i K500i K700i lt-- P800 see note below P900 see note below P910 --gt S700i T100 T20 T200 T230 T300 T39 T600 T610 T630 T65 T68 T68i V800 Z1010 Z200 Z500 Z600 Note Sony Ericsson P800 & P900 do not work with this adaptornbspnbsp