Back to the 20th Century: Mobile Retro Phone Hands

Saturday, November 25, 2006

For all those enthusiast of vintage memorabilia, here is the latest Gadget for your top-notch mobile device of the present day. Resembling a Western Electric 500-series model, the Retro Phone Handset is a new nostalgic production designed to work with modern cell phones, including LG, Motorola, Samsung, Siemens and Sony Ericsson just to name a few.

The Retro Phone Handset is provided with a 2.5 mm hack and is compatible with for Pop-Port, 3-band, and SIS adapters for many smartphone models. In its basic nature, this replica was designed for plug-in connectivity through the headset jack that most cell phones have.

Any "hands free" adapter kit can be also used to connect the Retro Phone Handset, which does not require batteries and will make you friends get pale with this vintage but cool gadget, that also includes the classic phone cord and connector of the traditional phones of the past.

Among its limitations, the Retro Phone Handset does not work with any of the Nokia phones, despite there are 3 different adapters for models such as Nokia 3100, 5100, 6020, 7200, 9300, 9500, N70, and many more.

Another cell phone that is not compatible with this handset is RAZR, any model, but it works well with Blackberry. If you want to try with an adapter, they are as cheap as $4.99, either for Nokia, Ericsson, or Siemens.