Uniden WIN1200 Dual Mode 5.8 GHz Cordless Land Line Phone with USB Connection for Windows Live Messenger Voice Chat

by Uniden

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 3 x 6.7 x 5 inches ; 2.9 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 3 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• ASIN: B000E65YA6
• Item model number: WIN1200
• Average Customer Review: 2.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: May 5, 2006

Product Description

Dual mode 5.8GHZ cordless land line phone with USB connection for Windows Live Messenger Voice Chat. USB connection for use with Windows Live Messenger Voice Chat service plus PSTN connection for standard landline service, 3-way conferencing with landline and Messenger calls, Messenger contact list browsing and downloading, contact status notification, full-color graphic LCD handest, 100-name phonebook with 4 numbers per name, 100-number Caller ID memory, personal ringer tones and picture display, handset speakerphone, headset compatible, calendar with programmable reminders, trilingual menus, 20 ring tone options, mute/hold feature, voicemail waiting indicator.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

16 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Win1200...., July 21, 2006

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J. Temple "JT" (Collegeville, PA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Uniden WIN1200 Dual Mode 5.8 GHz Cordless Land Line Phone with USB Connection for Windows Live Messenger Voice Chat (Office Product)

Looked nice. 15 hours to charge!! I couldn't hear the phone ring! Volume does not go very high. Nice idea.....but recommend waiting until better versions arrive.

JT

7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great phone, December 15, 2007

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Fang Liu "a person" (NYC, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Uniden WIN1200 Dual Mode 5.8 GHz Cordless Land Line Phone with USB Connection for Windows Live Messenger Voice Chat (Office Product)

This is a great phone. I have used it for a week for the usages:

1) Regular conference call in speaker phone functionality from Home with co-workers from office. Great.

2) Log on PC to check on-line MSN friends and # of emails.

3) Use Windows Live call to people on line ( quality is just as good as regular phone call )

4) 5.8 G will not mess your 2.4 G home Network

Overall, best phone I had.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Electronic Paperweight - Worthless for anything else., November 8, 2009

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Dwayne C. Delung (Christiansburg, Virginia United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Uniden WIN1200 Dual Mode 5.8 GHz Cordless Land Line Phone with USB Connection for Windows Live Messenger Voice Chat (Office Product)

Bought this little gem thinking it would function with Yahoo, Windows, Skype, etc... - ok, that was my mistake: It's ONLY intended for Windows Messenger. It will not work with any other VOIP system or messenger service - period.

The only problem with that scenario is that, for me at least, it will not function with Windows Messenger either. No voice out... no sound in... just a pretty display that lights up when you push buttons.

From what I gather, I'm not the only one to have this issue although some people do have luck getting these to work. Uniden was at one time exchanging old versions of this phone for another one that was compatible with Vista but since I'm running XP that should not have been an issue. XP did recognize the phone when plugged into the USB port and 'apparently' no drivers 'should' be required. (I couldn't find any online in any case... just a myriad of sites that accurately described this phone as worthless.)

Bottom line: If you ONLY use Windows Messenger and have money to throw away... you're still better off throwing it away buying something else.