So you like the convenience of cell phones but miss the gravitas of the old desk phone–its bulkiness, old-school ringer and rotary dial? And you’re willing to spend $400 to $500? If, for whatever ...

One of the useful side effects of the ubiquitous availability of cellular network data modules is that they can be used to create custom mobile phones. It’s surprising in a way that we don’t see as ...

This puzzled me. This instruction might have been necessary decades ago, when the telephonic ecosystem was shifting from dialing to touch tone, but surely it is unneeded these days because all phones ...

We suspect kids today — and some adults — are confused about phone terminology. In today’s world, “hanging up” and “dialing,” for example, are abstract words without the physical reference that older ...

WTF?! Not everyone is a lover of modern smartphones, longing instead for the days when phones came with rotary dials. A space engineer who hates today's gadgets has taken a stand against texting by ...