Amstrad E-Mailer Plus E-mail Telephone

Again I am writing a review based on products in my parents' house. This review is based on my Dads' favourite bit of technology in his house - the Amstrad E-Mailer Plus E-mail Telephone. I bought this phone for my Dad a couple of years ago for his Christmas. To be honest I didn't know how he would get on with it as he doesn't really work with technology. He doesn't use computers and his mobile phone is a basic Nokia as he wouldn't manage to work anything else. I will admit though he has worked out how to use all the functions on the phone that he requires - which is a bonus!! The Looks This phone is slightly larger than most desk ...  Read the complete review

Intriguing little device, phone and answerphone are fine, address book is good but email is limited to text messages (no attachments). Doesn't cost 20p per email as some critics would have you believe, but 20p per call to server (send/receive as many messages as you like.) Internet access is pretty limited - monochrome display and can only handle simple websites - complex sites are displayed in segments and there's no interactive facility so can't be used for flight bookings, bank accounts etc. Fax facility is outward only (not much use these days anyway). Probably best for oldies who don't have a computer but want to send whingeing letters to newspapers and correspond with equally ancient relatives in New Zealand.

This is a fantastic product. I have had one at home for 3 years and have just bid on ebay for another one for my office. I love the fact my voicemail messages remain until I delete, or a message tells me memory running low. Very useful for saving important messages for longer periods of time. I can also see, at the press of a button, (with caller display enabled), who has called (especially useful if they don't leave a message or I forget to switch answerphone on), and recent calls I have made (including the email collection). It's easy to set up caller groups and assign ringtones so you know who's calling. As far as the e-mail collection (polling) is ...  Read the complete review

What a rip off, The charges for this phone are around 20pence per day even if it is not used, it dials out at premium rate for emails. I kept mine connected for one week, the adverts and costly emails are a waste of money. The only thing going for this phone is the address book.If anybody wants mine they can have it free,DO NOT BE FOOLED its just an expensive bit of ...  Read the complete review

I hate computers! Well okay thery?e great when they work and all is fine, but when anything goes wrong and you have to ring a technical help line to be made to feel like some thicko, THEN I hate computers! Recently my pc packed up working properly, and despite my efforts of reloading WXP over the top of the pre-existing WXP it still failed to work. I saw no choice but to reformat my hard drive and reload WXP on a fresh ?new? disk. I truly hate ringing the help line, and not only due to being made to feel stupid, but also the cost. Anyhow, all went well and my pc was up and running! ...  Read the complete review