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Theo wrote:
"Dave Plowman (News)" wrote:
In article , Max
Demian wrote:
A sensible cordless base station would have a corded handset that
works with no power.

You jest, I assume? Clutter the thing up with something you may never
need?

It wouldn't take a lot to add a couple of contacts to the handset so it
works without using RF when resting on the base station. Although the
question then is what you can power from the line voltage and how you
arrange that, as there might not be enough for all the fancy displays
etc.

Be easier to simply add re-chargeable battery backup to the base station?
You wouldn't then have to find the instructions on how to use it in event
of a mains failure. It would be seamless. But a lot of extra cost for a
'just in case'

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