AT&T Introduces the HomeManager
AT&T Introduces the HomeManager
AT&T Introduces the HomeManager
It's getting to be more and more common for people to forgo the home phone line in favor of wireless only. The reason is that virtually everyone needs a cell phone, and only a few people need a landline. AT&T has announced a new device that makes having a landline in the home cool again.
The device is called AT&T HomeManager and in its initial launch HomeManager is available in nine markets including Chicago, Austin, San Antonio, Dallas, San Francisco, and LA. The system revolves around a 7-inch touch screen frame built by Samsung. The frame connects to a home broadband network and can be used to place and receive phone calls.
In addition to phone calls, the device can be used as a digital photo frame and for synchronizing the address book of your mobile phone. Internet content like weather, email, stocks, sports, news, photos, movie listings, recipes and more can be sent to the screen. The HomeManager device also includes a cordless handset and retails for $299. Also required is a 2-year agreement to AT&T High Speed Internet or AT&T U-verse service.
AT&T HomeManager Press Release
AT&T Inc. (NYSE:T) announced today the introduction of AT&T HomeManager an innovative home phone that combines access to Internet content and popular wireless phone applications with traditional home phone service. As part of its initial launch, HomeManager is available in nine AT&T markets: Chicago; Atlanta; Austin, Texas; San Antonio; Houston; Dallas; San Francisco; San Diego and Los Angeles.
Using a portable, seven-inch color touch screen frame, AT&T HomeManager provides one-touch access from anywhere in the home to a robust lineup of popular features and content, including visual voice mail, weather reports, e-mail access, local news, a portable speakerphone and more. From a broadband-enabled base station, information is sent directly to the cordless touch screen, delivering quick and easy access to relevant information.
Perfect for the always-busy household, HomeManager is designed to bridge the familiarity and comfort of traditional home phone calling with the feature-rich capabilities consumers expect from today's wireless and broadband services.
"HomeManager represents the next generation of home communications," said Brian Shay, senior vice president, Converged Services for AT&T. "We're building on the reliability of our wireline platform and advancing it with touch screens, mobile phone applications, visual voicemail and more. A phone today is not just for talking it's about having the content and the information that's important to you right at your fingertips."
Home phone calls both initiated and received are completed over a traditional wireline or Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) connection using either the touch screen, which also functions as a portable speakerphone, or a cordless handset, which is also provided within the HomeManager package. Touch screen applications and capabilities include:
* Address Book Synchronizing. AT&T Mobile BackupSM a mobile phone application synchs address books across the touch screen and home handset with AT&T mobile phone contacts.
* Internet Content. Access weather, e-mail, stock profiles, sports, news, photos, movie listings, recipes and more with one-touch access on the touch screen frame.
* AT&T Yellow Pages. Free, unlimited access to White Pages and Yellow Pages online directories help locate both people and businesses. Use the touch screen to call, map addresses and send information to both mobile phones and e-mail accounts.
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