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- No land line needed
- One time, one touch activation
- Connect up to three bluetooth mobile phones
- Displays caller id using directory name matching
- Distinctive ring for each paired mobile phone
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Product Description
Make your mobile phone into a home phone and your home phone into a mobile phone with Gigaset One
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29 of 30 people found the following review helpful
I was a bit concern about this product due to the low score reviews about it, even then I decided to go ahead and give the Gigaset a chance.
The included quick Start Guide is very limited but in this case is a plus, there is more info on the web site for advance features in case you want to go deeper. I did the setup with two Iphone's, this device works with the Iphone with no problems. The only thing that may make your calls drop is the working distance from the Gigaset and the Iphone, you need to separate the two devices from each other by at least two feet to avoid interference and dropped calls. The quality of the calls is great, one feature I love is the ability to see the caller ID from the person calling in the handset, also, the ability to check your voice mail.
Overall the device works better than I expected, I had some dropped calls in the past but it was due to the cellphone reception on the other side.
The other reviews seem to be about people not knowing how to setup the device properly, the setup takes less than five minutes.
The included quick Start Guide is very limited but in this case is a plus, there is more info on the web site for advance features in case you want to go deeper. I did the setup with two Iphone's, this device works with the Iphone with no problems. The only thing that may make your calls drop is the working distance from the Gigaset and the Iphone, you need to separate the two devices from each other by at least two feet to avoid interference and dropped calls. The quality of the calls is great, one feature I love is the ability to see the caller ID from the person calling in the handset, also, the ability to check your voice mail.
Overall the device works better than I expected, I had some dropped calls in the past but it was due to the cellphone reception on the other side.
The other reviews seem to be about people not knowing how to setup the device properly, the setup takes less than five minutes.
18 of 18 people found the following review helpful
The Gigabite One seems to have had a fireware upgrade that increases the distance limitation for the bluetooth connection. My unit locks to the bluetooth signal as far away as 30ft.
Anyone who uses just a cellfone for their primary household service in a home or apartment any bigger than a studio knows the Prime Rule -- when the cell rings, unless you have had it Crazy-Glued to your body, it will be in a room where you are NOT, and usually the one farthest away from you...in a two story house, definately on the OTHER floor. This unit lets me interface my cell service to my entire home system -- we have standard telephone extensions parallel wired to every room. And the HUGE plus, with the Gigaset One, I get to talk on a real telephone phone that I can hold firmly in one hand against my ear and mouth as it was designed, unlike cell phones which are designed for small size but not for comfortable telephone conversation. Now I am able to use the cell phone provider but still get that service extended to those standard telephones with their comfortably designed handsets. In fact as far as clarity, I was very surprised that the sound quality is BETTER than with my cell -- how is that possible? I attribute it to the fact that I am using a REAL telephone handset where they are able to use much more robust speakers in the ear piece instead of the miniscule things in the cell phone so the sound is better reproduced. The cell never sounded this good.
I think the product will be the answer for all those young people just starting out for whom paying two phone service providers is just too expensive. Not to mention in this economy, many people will be thinking long and hard about getting rid of one of those two services and of the two, the more likely one to go will be their land-line service as the cell is the more versatile of the two. The Gigaset One certainly gives you the best of both worlds -- cell service versatility but standard land-line comfort in many rooms of their homes.
Minor negatives that they could easily fix: 1) allowing the user to assign the distinctive rings to each of the incoming services and making them more distinctive. 2) Also to be able to assign which service is the default when you pick up an extension would be nice. Other than that, I totally love it and already don't see how I could ever have done without it.
BTW, installation was basically a matter of just pluging it in -- very very user-friendly.
Anyone who uses just a cellfone for their primary household service in a home or apartment any bigger than a studio knows the Prime Rule -- when the cell rings, unless you have had it Crazy-Glued to your body, it will be in a room where you are NOT, and usually the one farthest away from you...in a two story house, definately on the OTHER floor. This unit lets me interface my cell service to my entire home system -- we have standard telephone extensions parallel wired to every room. And the HUGE plus, with the Gigaset One, I get to talk on a real telephone phone that I can hold firmly in one hand against my ear and mouth as it was designed, unlike cell phones which are designed for small size but not for comfortable telephone conversation. Now I am able to use the cell phone provider but still get that service extended to those standard telephones with their comfortably designed handsets. In fact as far as clarity, I was very surprised that the sound quality is BETTER than with my cell -- how is that possible? I attribute it to the fact that I am using a REAL telephone handset where they are able to use much more robust speakers in the ear piece instead of the miniscule things in the cell phone so the sound is better reproduced. The cell never sounded this good.
I think the product will be the answer for all those young people just starting out for whom paying two phone service providers is just too expensive. Not to mention in this economy, many people will be thinking long and hard about getting rid of one of those two services and of the two, the more likely one to go will be their land-line service as the cell is the more versatile of the two. The Gigaset One certainly gives you the best of both worlds -- cell service versatility but standard land-line comfort in many rooms of their homes.
Minor negatives that they could easily fix: 1) allowing the user to assign the distinctive rings to each of the incoming services and making them more distinctive. 2) Also to be able to assign which service is the default when you pick up an extension would be nice. Other than that, I totally love it and already don't see how I could ever have done without it.
BTW, installation was basically a matter of just pluging it in -- very very user-friendly.
12 of 14 people found the following review helpful
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When I first installed the Gigaset One it worked fine (although the ring tone was a bit obnoxious). I changed computers; and my new computer runs Windows 7. Guess what!!!!!! The Gigaset One Wizard is not compatible with 64 bit operating systems. I cannot update the software, and my phone will not bluetooth to the Gigaset One. If you are running an old 32 bit OS, it works OK......just don't change to Windows 7.
Most Recent Customer Reviews
WORST INVESTMENT EVER ! !
JUST DOESN'T WORK AS ADVERTIZED ? ! ? ! PLUGGED IN AS INSTRUCTED , USE IS HIT OR MISS AT BEST ! THOUGHT THIS WAS THE SOLUTION ? IT IS JUST ANOTHER PROBLEM !
Published 2 months ago by DISHMAN
Love it!
I collect old rotary telephones, but no longer see the need to pay for a land line. This allows me to use my phones from the 30s and 40s on my modern day Iphone. I LOVE it!!! Read more
Published 3 months ago by M. Lavey
No land-line needed!
We have been using just our cell phones through the Gigaset for communicating at home for the last month; we don't miss the land-line one bit. Read more
Published 3 months ago by bradcfi
Does what its says - But not all that it says
For starters, I've owned the Gigaset One for 6 months. I bought it at Amazon. No complaints about the purchasing and shipping of the item, as one would expect from Amazon. Read more
Published 4 months ago by Sparky
Perfect Solution with iPhone4S
The Gigaset Bluetooth Gateway is the perfect solution for me. I ditched the phone company, but have a set of house phones I wanted to be able to pair with my cell phone. Read more
Published 5 months ago by K. Parham
Gigaset Garbage
This seimens gigaset one (aka x-link) is pure garbage. When I first got it it worked, somewhat, but after a short time it would not let the answering machine part of your home... Read more
Published 5 months ago by j.727
The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly truth about the Gigaset One!
THE GOOD:
The Gigaset one is manfactured by XLink and is actually the XLink BTTN. Unfortunately, the Gigaset One was commissoned by Siemens but now Siemens has liquidated the... Read more
The Gigaset one is manfactured by XLink and is actually the XLink BTTN. Unfortunately, the Gigaset One was commissoned by Siemens but now Siemens has liquidated the... Read more
Published 6 months ago by Eric Stamey
Ultimate in versatility - great way to control telephone costs
Wow, what a great way to balance costs with convenience and control. We just keep the family cell phones charging together (3 at a time connect with the gigaset) and the... Read more
Published 11 months ago by Eric J. Jensen
ringer type
Does anyone know if the unit will cause the ringer to work on an oldstyle phone that has an actual bell inside, causing it to ring. Read more
Published 12 months ago by GaterLater
So much potential - works on iphone except nothing rings
This is the device I've been waiting for. I was a bit leery of all of the negative reviews but decided to go for it since one guy with an iphone said it worked great. Read more
Published 12 months ago by John Brooks
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