It's a cordless life for me with the Siemens CS385!

Advantages: It's got all the features I want from a phone
Disadvantages: None

...After moving into a new house and sorting out a landline, it was time to get a new phone. So a friend gave us a corded phone, but no, that wasn't good enough for Mr. Nykied, who wanted to be able to lie on the sofa and speak to people. So off we trotted to Tesco, where we were faced with a whole array of cordless phones, a lot of them with offers on them. I liked two different ones, he liked the Siemens CS385. As the area where the phones are based has fairly loud music playing in it and I was on the phone to my sister who'd just had a baby a few hours before and I wanted to make the most of the extortionate amount the NHS would be charging me for ringing my sister, I capitulated (a lot faster than I would have usually, that's for sure) and we left Tesco with two Siemens CS385 phones. There was an offer on where you could get...

nykied 23.11.2009 · Read review
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Avoid the Siemens S455 Gigaset

Advantages: Many features, "pretty" good voice quality
Disadvantages: Too numerous to mention

...I now have my second S455 Gigaset. The first one had a speaker phone, which worked intermittently. Before the phone could be sent (at my expense) to Texas for repair, customer service had to be called to get a necessary number. More than a week and four calls resulted in nothing. I filed a formal complaint with the BBB and the number was finally receiver via email. The following comments apply to both S455 cordless phones: The keypad is small and the keys are close together, neither of which is convenient for a man. To make matters worse, the keys require considerable pressure to activate. Only some of the keys are lighted, which means that they must be identified using normal room light or by key position on the pad. The instructions are vary badly written, apparently be someone with only a clausal understanding with the English...

Sputx 19.12.2007 (18.12.2007) · Read review
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Cordless Clarity

Advantages: Stylish, easy to use, outstanding battery life
Disadvantages: Don't expect the colour screen to be like your mobile phone!

...Not long ago, I wrote a review of my BT Synergy Quad phone set, stating how happy I was with it. And I was happy with it, although I did state that the battery was starting to give me problems periodically. Now I could have gone on using my Synergy set for some time, but the battery issue was starting to get me down...occasionally I would be chatting away on the phone only to have the line and phone go dead in mid conversation. I had already decided that when I replaced the BT set, it would only be for phones with colour screens and I shall unashamedly admit this choice was made on aesthetic grounds rather than through thorough research. My mind was finally made up when I received a VIP invite to the Next summer sale online and spied upon the Siemens Gigaset C475 Triple available for the bargain price of £50 - so far as I was...

rosebud2001 27.09.2009 · Read review
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Twins

Advantages: good entertaining movie
Disadvantages: none really...???

...Director and Producer: Ivan Reitman Writers: William Davies, Timothy Harris, William Osborne and Herschel Weingrod Stars: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Danny DeVito, Kelly Preston, Chloe Webb, Bonnie Bartlet and Tony Jay. Released in late 1988 this great comedy involved the very questionable twins, Julius and Vincent Benedict, who were separated at birth then reunited years later. Apparently, only there mother can tell them apart??? **BRIEF PLOT** With Julius Benedict, (played by the rather large Arnold Schwarzenegger) being brought up on a picturesque island miles from normal life, he has grown into a calm and tranquil type of person. His life soon turns upside down when he is told that he has a twin brother called Vincent, (played by Danny DeVito), who is living somewhere in L.A. so with this information Julius sets out to...

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Hands free and a chirpy ringtone

Advantages: Smart and energy efficient too
Disadvantages: Haven't found any yet

...I decided it was time to replace my home phone and I wanted something that came complete with an answering machine, a second handset, had a reasonably good range and didn't cost too much. So with that in mind I went for a browse around my local Comet store fully expecting to come home with another Binatone. The trouble is that when you get to the store and look around there is a bewildering range of phones from different manufacturers which range in price from the modest to the vastly overpriced. I did look at the Binatones (I have had them before and liked them) but this time they had nothing which really took my eye and then I spotted a large display with the Siemens Gigaset AL285 on the 'end' of the product island. Now I know from having worked in retail that the 'ends' are used for the hot promotions and the Siemens was reduced...

laramax 22.11.2009 · Read review
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Best phone ever! will Never buy another Brand!

Advantages: Great Sound, Great Range, Easy to use, Answer Machine, Battery is Great
Disadvantages: No speakerphone,

...Hello Everyone and welcome to this review:) I bought this phone just over a year ago, actually I have a twin pack not the single as listed here, I got them refurbished for the fantastic price of 10 pounds! BARGAIN. I would happily pay up to 50 pounds for these phones. So what do you get in the box?? In the box I got: Two Handsets Two adaptors A Main Charging base and a small Charger A telephone line wire Two belt Clips And full instructions Also included is a 1 year warranty, if anything goes wrong then siemens will replace it free of charge. They are really great phones, they are the most reliable cordless phones that we have ever had, in our house the phone is hardly ever not in use. Constantly from 6 in the morning until 11 at night. The joys of having teens:) But these phones have managed this type of use just...

nickbrown60 07.02.2009 · Read review
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I love thisss!!!

Advantages: Very well made, Very Clear Calls. Quality buttons
Disadvantages: None

...Hello everyone and welcome to this review! Well I am a fan of Siemens phones. A year ago I bought a two handset system which I was over the moon with. But! we had used them so much that they had seen better days and were in need for replacement. This is where this lovely handset came into my life:) We have to own a cordless phone in our home. If we had a wired one then it would quite honestly never get answered!! We are that lazy:( I bought this phone in Swansea market at a phone store Brand New for £49. An okay price I suppose but I like to support the smaller businesses around where I live so ofcourse - I had to get it from the market. When I got this home I was sure I had bought the right phone for our needs because it felt quality before I even opened the box. In the box I found: One handset A fancy looking base...

nickbrown60 15.02.2009 (16.02.2009) · Read review
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Interesting reading??

Advantages: Superb piece of kit. Well built does a job and much more!!
Disadvantages: LCD cover easily scratches

...for the phone as the list is endless. Hopefully I can go one better, if you are actually interested in purchasing this particular handset, please use the link below which will take you directly to Siemens download page where you can download the complete user manual. This maybe of some use to someone as it explains both the functionality with pictures and the phones technical specifications. http://gigaset.siemens.com/shc/0,1935,hqen023014rArNrNrNrNprodId%3A69337,00.html Alternatively if you want to see one in the flesh so to speak. Currys are are currently retailing them in store for £99.99....

damont 20.07.2007 · Read review
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Review of Siemens Gigaset S455

Very useful tool

Advantages: Easy to use, full of features
Disadvantages: LCD cover easy to mark

...This is my second Siemens purchase having previously purchased the triple version of this handset. As I have two lines I purchased the single unit specifically for its very handy range of features, particularly the answering machine range of extras GENERAL DESCRIPTION ****************************** In terms of features, this is one of the best phones you could possibly buy. It is very very easy to use, but also offers a whole host of useful gadgets for those who require them. The general layout is deigned to mimic that of a mobile phone. Although it may not have as many features as some mobiles, the basic operations and layout are the same. The phone is extremely user friendly. I found that 95% of the features and operations I could relate to strait away without reading pages of baffling text in the user manual. The display...

damont 24.07.2007 · Read review
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Twin Peaks

Advantages: The most original, mind-blowing TV series of all time
Disadvantages: None

...A decade and a half having now passed since I first saw David Lynch's masterpiece Twin Peaks, I've decided at last to put pen to paper (in a virtual sense) and write something about this truly exceptional and extraordinary series. "Exceptional" and "Extraordinary" are words that are perhaps overused these days in the English language; however, I remain, fifteen years later, utterly convinced that Twin Peaks deserved to be draped with such superlatives, and more. In a nutshell, this is in my experience the greatest TV drama series ever made. It is also so much more than a drama series, combining elements of the supernatural, of surreal and unfathomable events inextricably linked but in a way that defies explanation. Before delving into the intricacies of this one-off work of genius, let me provide an introduction to the background...

bagoproverbial 24.01.2005 · Read review
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