No more tangled cords! | Plantronics Calisto Pro Series DECT 6.0 Cordless Landline/VoIP Phone with...

great for home office and cell phone calls | Plantronics Calisto Pro Series DECT 6.0 Cordless Landline/VoIP Phone with Bluetooth Headset

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	• Plantronics Calisto Pro Series DECT 6.0 Cordless Landline/VoIP Phone with Bluetooth Headset Plantronics Plantronics average customer review:based on 43 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

Nice phone, light on features

I have always heard good things about Plantronics. I have had their product in the past. I got the Calisto because of some minor problems with the GE cordless head set setup I had. It is 5 year old technology even if a current product.
I like the head set, the base and the reception is Ok. Good to be able to move around and be able to dial.
A couple of things are lacking.
When you push the talk button to dial, it takes some time for the phone to wake up. Often the initial 1 gets missed.

More annoying, the Outlook down load and automatic phone book function is not smart enough to insert a 1 at the beginning. This is really simple programing and really annoying.

The buttons are small, but admittedly that is a function of the size of the unit.

I hope that Plantronics will fix the 1 issue.

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No more tangled cords!

Ordered the Plantronics because I sometimes work at home, but am still attached to corporate phone system via a VPN. I was using a normal wireless internal house phone and an earphone/microphone that plugs into the wireless phone via the 3/32nds inch plug on the side. When walking around the home office, I would constantly catch the cord on something, pulling the phone off the beltclip or the earplug from my ear.

This Plantronics device eliminates the cord and replace the wireless phone. Instead, it uses BlueTooth from its clip pack (about the size of a pack of cigarettes) to the BlueTooth headset (which also works with any BlueTooth enabled cell phone) - no cords to tangle. Sound quality is excellent, the earpiece is lightweight but still stays on the ear, and the range is greater than just the wireless house phone itself, which it can replace.

An added benefit is that if you attach the base unit to a PC via a USB cable, and that PC is connected to the Internet, you can use this system as an Internet/VoIP phone system.

Battery life is very good - a 6 hour support call reduced it to about 50% (something the house wireless phones couldn't do - had to grab another phone and transfer the call) The base is also the charger, and works well - place the beltpack in the base and it starts charging. Snap the headset into the base, and it starts charging.

Worth the money spent - having purchased about 8 different headsets before this, I have problably spent close to the price just in destroyed headsets!

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great for home office and cell phone calls

We purchased this phone/headset in August for a home office and it works great. There are 4-6 hours of conference calls a day and other folks on the line can hear whomever is using this, just fine. Clear sound, easy mute, can walk around the house with just the headset and leave the handset in the base if needed. Also, we take the earpiece on the road with our bluetooth cell phones and it works equally fine in that situation. Only quibble is that the number keys are a bit small and some care is needed to press only the one desired.

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Excellent Wireless Headset

I work from home and am on the phone often. I needed to replace a wired headset that no longer worked well and I was tired of being tethered to the desk. I read many reviews here on Amazon before settling on the Calisto Pro.

I have been using it for about a month now and am very pleased. People can hear me clearly and loudly. I can hear them the same. In fact, I often have to turn the volume down so callers are not too loud in my ear.

The earpiece stays in my ear well and is pretty comfortable. It's not soft and you can't fit a Jabra gel on it, unfortunately -- that would make it a bit more comfortable. However, I have worn it for hours and there is no pain or anything like that. I just get tired of having it stuck in my ear.

The reception is clear and I don't notice static except if I get pretty far from the unit. Since the handset is cordless, too, it's easy enough to take it with me and then I don't have any issues at all with Bluetooth getting out of range. I have yet to reach the limits of the cordless handset in my traipsing around my house inside and out. Admittedly, I have a cottage, not a mansion :-)

I'd highly recommend this product. I'm buying one for a friend, in fact. Oh, and as a bonus you can use the earpiece with Skype on your computer or with your cellphone, too. Wish there was a way to charge the earpiece away from the base and then I could take it on the road with me.

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Good office phone, great headset.

The headset is comfortable to wear and works well in my office. One thing I don't like is that if you're wearing the headset, you still have to turn it on each time a call comes in or when dialing out. By default, all calls go to the handset first.

In a world with iPhones and Blackberries, the handset's tiny screen is very basic and can be hard to read. Would prefer a more modern and larger display. Despite the keys on the handset being small, I have had no problems mis-dialing numbers.

Probably my biggest complaint is that although numbers are logged and there's a callback feature, it's worthless because you have to dial a 1 before the number. I plan to dig into the manual to see if there's some way around this but I haven't found it on any of the phone's menu. When adding a number manually to memory, you can add the 1 but not for numbers taken from the caller log.

Still, very satisfied with the phone. No noise and good battery life.

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Stay connected, wherever you work, with the Plantronics Calisto Pro Series hands-free phone system. Its integrated multi-function Bluetooth headset offers professional sound for your home office as you remotely answer landline, VoIP and even mobile calls. Combined with a compact handset offering a built-in speakerphone, interference-free DECT 6.0 technology, and ability to download Outlook contact numbers, you've got powerful communication options like never before.