Product Description

The XLink BT connects up to three cell phones to regular corded or cordless telephones.Do you no longer have a landline? Have you decided that paying for a landline every month is no longer necessary? Then you need the XLink BT.The XLink BT allows you to use your cell phone through your regular home telephones. Your cell phone can be left charging is a convenient location. If your cell phone rings - all the phones connected to the XLink ring. Make outgoing calls using the telephones connected to the XLink even though you no longer have a landline!Using Bluetooth wireless technology, the XLink BT communicates wirelessly with your cell phones. There are no extra cables to buy. Whenever your cell phones are placed within range, the XLink BT will automatically connect to them.The telephone connector output of the XLink works the same as a telephone line from the phone company. You can connect any standard telephone equipment to it. This includes telephones and answering machines. You can even connect it to office phones systems.

Product Details

• Brand: Intellitouch
• Model: ITC-BT
• Dimensions: 2.00" h x 4.80" w x 8.10" l, 1.05 pounds

Features

• Send and receive cell phones calls using regular telephone
• Whenever any of the connected cell phones ring, all the standard telephones ring also
• Built in Bluetooth
• Connect up to 3 Cell Phones
• Caller ID

Customer Reviews

XLink Bluetooth Gateway
This is a very cool device! We did away with our home phone system last year because we so seldom used it, and started using cell phones exclusively. The problem with this is that signal strength on the first floor of our house is weak, and of course that you need to have your cell phone with you or go chasing after it when it rings. Enter the XLink. I installed it upstairs where line-of-sight to the closest cell tower is much improved adding a couple of bars on the signal strength meter. It links to my phone, my wife's and/or my daughter's quickly and reliably at the touch of a button (and unlinks just as easily when leaving the house and taking the cell phone along). I disconnected the line coming in from the street and connected the XLink to my phone distribution system. We now have six phones throughout the house, all connnected to whatever cell phone(s) we link.

It's a little slower responding when dialing calls, but just a few seconds. The only issue I have with it, although it might actually be the cell phone's bluetooth implementation, is that if a call comes in that I miss (or if a voicemail or message arrives), the phone won't allow dialing out until the cell phone's display is cleared or acknowledged. So if you step outside and miss a call, and then try to make a call later, it won't work. I soon figured out that when this happens, I just need to pick up my cell phone and clear the screen. Once done, all is back to normal. A little annoying, but it's also a way of knowing you have a message or missed a call, which isn't a bad thing. One option that solves the missed call issue is to use a normal answering machine anywhere on the line that picks up before the cell phone voicemail kicks in (contrary to an earlier review, this works great).

It worked great right out of the box, no issues, no software uploads necessary. It connects to my cell phone from 25 or 30 feet away, even through the floor. Of course, I set my phone right next to it when I come home, press the connect button and three seconds later I'm connected, so there's no issue with range anyway. The sound quality is every bit as good as the cell phone -- maybe even a little better with the bigger speaker/earpiece in our GE wireless home phones, and I've noticed no delay or latency when having a conversation. I tested a few spots upstairs and found the place where cell calls are most reliable and cleanest sounding, and that's where I located the XLink. It's about as close to a land line as you can get.

This little box is exactly what I was looking for, is completely reliable, gives me any quantity of phones thoughout the house that I care to connect, and saves $35 a month on a land line. I work with electronics every day having been an engineer for more years than I'd care to admit, and I've been very happy with this little device for the six months I've owned it. Highly recommended!

Cellphone Freedom
The Intellitouch Xlink is a great product. After being one of the thousands of people who had suddenly lost my Sunrocket VOIP service, we decided to pursue making our cellphone as our home phone. The problem was you pretty much needed to have the cellphone near by when someone calls or you'll miss it. The other problem is that a cell phone is not that comfortable when talking for very long.
Enter the Xlink. This device works off of bluetooth, so you simply set your cellphone near the xlink unit, no need to plug in. At this point any calls coming in or out will connect to your regular cordless phones. In our case the caller id from the cellphone carries over to the cordless phone including names that are in my cellphones address book.

Bottom line benefits:
1. Cellphone does not need to be with you at all times
2. Xlink transmits all cellphone calls to your home phones
3. Since cellphone stays in one place, you can get constant best reception
4. Can support up to 3 cellphones via bluetooth (haven't tried this yet)
5. Can make or receive calls. Use your home phone just like normal.

Bottom line Cons:
1. Can have potential interference with 2.4GHz devices.
NOTE: We have 2.4GHz cordless phones and a Wireless PreN router and have not experienced interference. However, a DECT cordless phone is probably the best way to go.
2. Does not sound perfect like a landline, but it does sound about as good as a cellphone can get.

Xlink - It works easy to use
The Xlink works! Easy to setup, no issues. Using it with two phones, one blackberry and one Razer. Cut our land line saving lots of $$$. Got our Xlink at Sam's Club on-line. Was $20 less than amazon. Have never seen Xlink in the Sam's Club store, must only be a on-line item. This unit is much smaller then it looks. Easy to hid away, power supply looks to be of high quality. Same manufacturer as my blackberry power supply charger. Sound quality is good. If other person on the line is using a blackberry 8830 you may have some echo issues. But you have these even on the land line. Blackberry 8830 has echo sound issues.