The ThinkGeek Bluetooth Retro Handset

Wednesday October 25, 2006

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Remember black-and-white television, no air conditioning, and a boy band called the Beatles? I don't, and frankly, it all sounds kind of lame to me. But unlike me, the ThinkGeek geeks want to bring back those days with the Bluetooth Retro Handset.

It's a replica of the Western Electric 500-series model phone, modified to work with your favorite Bluetooth-enabled phone. The curly cord that added that classy look to the handset has been chopped off for wireless functionality. And the unit runs on battery power. (Whatever happened to cranking it?) The handset works with Bluetooth versions 1.0, 1.1, and 1.2 and has a blue LED that tells you when the phone is transmitting and receiving from up to 30 feet away.

Nostalgia buffs can surf on over to ThinkGeek's Web site and buy one for $39.99 (the price isn't retro!).

Thanks to reader Brent West for the tip!

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