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More info?)
Now you can have the best of both worlds - see
www.phobile.com and
www.pokia.com for old style handsets that will work with your headset.
As for the power issue, Your 600mw digital probably gets better
reception with less interference than your old 3 watt AMPS bagphone and
better battery life too.
From:Mike
mbbrutman@yahoo.com
> BruceR wrote:
>
>> It will work on the old AMPS analog system for as long as that's
>> kept in place (which may not be for long!). If you don't have it
>> activated you can use it to call 911. Remember though that just
>> because it's a high powered analog unit doesn't mean that it will
>> work better than a new low power GSM unit.
>
> It can do 911 duty ... I'd rather use it for the occasional phone,
> but I understand analog won't last forever.
>
> The phone just has such a nice feel to it - full handset & nice
> weight. And the power .. I haven't done extensive shopping, but I
> can't remember the last time I've seen anything that looked like the
> old Motorola bag phones. For occasional users who don't want the
> things in their shirt pockets, they were great units.
>
>
> Mike