P*Phone: the Holy Grail of Handsets
Picture this. You’re on a packed train filled with commuters. A cell phone rings – and someone in a suit pulls out a retro, bakelite-style telephone handset (as above), with the elastic cord disappearing into their jacket, and starts chatting away.
To a child of the Monty Python era like myself, this image has a certain appeal. And it’s exactly how you use Hulger’s P*Phone (part of Greener Grass Design’s range). Connecting to your mobile phone, it’s an essential piece of quirky retro-cool – and I want mine yesterday.
But it’s not just about zany aesthetics. The jury is still out about the long-term damage from mobile phone radiation – with even less consensus on "hands-free" models – and while we’re waiting for a verdict, I’d prefer to keep my brain at a safe distance. The P*Phone seems an ideal way to do it without resorting to a speakerphone.
Other benefits? It’s easier than a cell phone to hold in the crook of your neck….semi-hands-free, if you like. Plus, everyone will know you’re on the phone (I’ve never got used to hands-free users talking into thin air).
It’s classy, green, practical and slightly eccentric. What’s not to love?
Images: givepeasachance / Greener Grass Design
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June 10th, 2008 at 3:44 am
Let’s put the mobile phone safety fears into perspective.
Even if the surveys about mobile phone safety are true – your risk of a certain type of rare cancer being raised by 50% – that’s still only 15 in every 1,000,000 people, rather than 10 in every 1,000,000 people.
You’re more likely to win the lottery than get cancer from your mobile phone. Seriously.
June 10th, 2008 at 10:32 am
Thanks for your comment, Rachel .
It’s not an elevanted risk of radiation-triggered disease that I find worrying. It’s our lack of knowledge (”our” meaning the scientific community rather than me) about the effect of human-generated electromagnetic radiation.
There’s evidence suggesting that EM radiation (phones, WiFi, etc.) is starting to affect the migration patterns and general behaviour of birds, for example. And since humans are part of the ecosystem and also have electrical activity going through their bodies…..how is it affecting us?
The most important electrical activity in our bodies is in our brain. So holding an EM-generating device next to our brains *could* be detrimental to our health. That’s the worry.
But the jury’s out right now.
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