New answering machines: American Telephone & Telegraph Co. introduced what it said are ”the first answering machines that respond to rotary phones and voice responses.” With the new machines, owners ...

With two line operation, this AT&T phone can conference between land and cellular lines as well as pair with up to four Bluetooth-enabled cell phones. Boasting caller ID and call waiting features, you ...

Our cordless phone tests mean that we can tell you everything – from call quality and how well they work over long distance, to nuisance call-blocking capabilities and the built-in answering machine – ...

In this day and age, you could be forgiven for not knowing that landline phones are even still being made. They are, though, and their designers are attempting to keep them just as high-tech-looking ...

There should be a special place in heaven for people who do not have telephone answering devices, one of the most annoying mechanisms to be brought forth out of modern technology. Americans will buy ...

Smartphones might be in almost everybody’s pockets, but you’ll still find people who want the simplicity of a corded phone to use at home. This might be to avoid spending too much time on devices when ...

Intel may have come up with a way to solve one of the most pressing problems with home energy management consoles, and the solution harks back to the early '80s. Hi. This is Mom. Is your refrigerator ...

Phones are such a large part of our lives that we may not think of them as having any role, one way or another, in our efforts to make ourselves safer from crime. Your telephone is a major conduit of ...

Nobody gives much attention to their home phone these days. Even consumers who still have a landline (and there are reasons to keep one) don't give the phone much thought. That was me, until a month ...

Joseph J. Zimmermann Jr., 92, who in 1948 invented one of the first telephone answering machines, died March 31 in Brookfield, Wis. The cause of death was not announced. Zimmermann was running his own ...