Editorial Review:

Product Description:
Stay connected, wherever you work, with the Plantronics Calisto Pro Series hands-free phone system. Its integrated multi-function Bluetooth headset offers professional sound for your home office as you remotely answer landline, VoIP and even mobile calls. Combined with a compact handset offering a built-in speakerphone, interference-free DECT 6.0 technology, and ability to download Outlook contact numbers, you've got powerful communication options like never before.

Amazon.com Product Description:
With the Plantronics Calisto Pro Series DECT 6.0 Cordless Landline/VoIP Phone with Bluetooth Headset, you can stay connected in your home office and beyond. This unique, hands-free phone system features an integrated, multi-function Bluetooth headset that allows you to remotely answer your landline, VoIP and even mobile phone calls. And with its built-in speakerphone, noise-canceling microphone, and extended mouthpiece, you'll sound professional no matter where you are.

The Plantronics® CalistoTM Pro Series DECT 6.0TM Cordless Landline/VoIP Phone with Bluetooth® Headset offers: Hands-free operation with your landline, VoIP and mobile phone calls in one device. Noise-canceling Bluetooth headset for outstanding voice quality. DECT 6.0 technology for superior range and quality.

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No Wires. No Hands. All Business.
The Plantronics Calisto Pro is a fully integrated, hands-free phone system that will redefine the way you work at home or in your home office. Offering unprecedented levels of versatility and freedom, this innovative, compact system is ideal for anyone who multi-tasks while talking on the phone. The Calisto Pro lets you communicate hands-free as you email, roam around your home office or home, or even cook dinner. And for the ultimate in convenience and efficiency, it lets you seamlessly switch between your landline, your VoIP service, and your Bluetooth-enabled mobile phone calls.

And thanks to the system's superior noise-canceling Bluetooth headset with extended mouthpiece, you'll always sound professional. The Calisto Pro phone operates on DECT 6.0 frequency, which means that call clarity is not affected by Wi-Fi networks or home appliances, such as the microwave, and you can roam up to 300 feet from the base without suffering any degradation in sound quality.

Streamlined, Ergonomic Design
The Plantronics Calisto Pro features a streamlined and elegant look that's designed to reduce desktop clutter. The base doubles as a one-stop docking and charging station, and holds both the Bluetooth headset and the compact handset. It includes a USB port that lets you connect to your PC to sync your Outlook contacts in a matter of minutes (the handset has the capacity to hold up to 200 Outlook contact with three phone numbers each) and connect to either your Yahoo! Voice or Skype VoIP service.

The compact handset docks neatly into the base and includes all the calling features you'd expect in a phone, including caller ID, call waiting, 3-way conferencing, redial, speed dial, and more. It features a large, high-resolution LCD for easy viewing and offers up to eight hours of talk time, or 120 hours of standby time, away from the base. A flip-up waist clip lets you carry the handset with you hands-free as you roam.

The Bluetooth headset also offers up to eight hours of talk time, or 240 hours of standby time, per charge, and can be used with your Bluetooth-enabled mobile phone wherever your travels take you. And because the headset's features a superior noise-canceling microphone with an extended mouthpiece, you'll never have to worry about sound quality.

Landline, VoIP or Cell--It's Your Choice
With the Calisto Pro, the days of acting like a circus juggler with your phone services are over. With the Calisto Pro, you can consolidate your voice communications into a single, convenient and easy-to-use system. By simply connecting the base to your PC with a USB cable, you can make and receive VoIP calls with Skype or Yahoo! Voice. The Calisto Pro also lets you easily switch over to a call on your landline or answer your Bluetooth enabled cell phone through your headset.

The Calisto Pro brings a touch of elegance and a whole lot of convenience into your home office. It's compatible with Windows 2000, XP and Vista and is backed by a 1-year warranty.

What's in the Box
Calisto handset, headset and base; telephone and USB cables; AC adapter, software CD, battery pack, and user instructions.

Stay connected in your home office and beyond.

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Rating: - Nice phone, light on features
I have always heard good things about Plantronics. I have had their product in the past. I got the Calisto because of some minor problems with the GE cordless head set setup I had. It is 5 year old technology even if a current product.
I like the head set, the base and the reception is Ok. Good to be able to move around and be able to dial.
A couple of things are lacking.
When you push the talk button to dial, it takes some time for the phone to wake up. Often the initial 1 gets missed.

More annoying, the Outlook down load and automatic phone book function is not smart enough to insert a 1 at the beginning. This is really simple programing and really annoying.

The buttons are small, but admittedly that is a function of the size of the unit.

I hope that Plantronics will fix the 1 issue.

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Rating: - great for home office and cell phone calls
We purchased this phone/headset in August for a home office and it works great. There are 4-6 hours of conference calls a day and other folks on the line can hear whomever is using this, just fine. Clear sound, easy mute, can walk around the house with just the headset and leave the handset in the base if needed. Also, we take the earpiece on the road with our bluetooth cell phones and it works equally fine in that situation. Only quibble is that the number keys are a bit small and some care is needed to press only the one desired.

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Rating: - Excellent Wireless Headset
I work from home and am on the phone often. I needed to replace a wired headset that no longer worked well and I was tired of being tethered to the desk. I read many reviews here on Amazon before settling on the Calisto Pro.

I have been using it for about a month now and am very pleased. People can hear me clearly and loudly. I can hear them the same. In fact, I often have to turn the volume down so callers are not too loud in my ear.

The earpiece stays in my ear well and is pretty comfortable. It's not soft and you can't fit a Jabra gel on it, unfortunately -- that would make it a bit more comfortable. However, I have worn it for hours and there is no pain or anything like that. I just get tired of having it stuck in my ear.

The reception is clear and I don't notice static except if I get pretty far from the unit. Since the handset is cordless, too, it's easy enough to take it with me and then I don't have any issues at all with Bluetooth getting out of range. I have yet to reach the limits of the cordless handset in my traipsing around my house inside and out. Admittedly, I have a cottage, not a mansion :-)

I'd highly recommend this product. I'm buying one for a friend, in fact. Oh, and as a bonus you can use the earpiece with Skype on your computer or with your cellphone, too. Wish there was a way to charge the earpiece away from the base and then I could take it on the road with me.

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Rating: - Good office phone, great headset.
The headset is comfortable to wear and works well in my office. One thing I don't like is that if you're wearing the headset, you still have to turn it on each time a call comes in or when dialing out. By default, all calls go to the handset first.

In a world with iPhones and Blackberries, the handset's tiny screen is very basic and can be hard to read. Would prefer a more modern and larger display. Despite the keys on the handset being small, I have had no problems mis-dialing numbers.

Probably my biggest complaint is that although numbers are logged and there's a callback feature, it's worthless because you have to dial a 1 before the number. I plan to dig into the manual to see if there's some way around this but I haven't found it on any of the phone's menu. When adding a number manually to memory, you can add the 1 but not for numbers taken from the caller log.

Still, very satisfied with the phone. No noise and good battery life.

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Rating: - No more tangled cords!
Ordered the Plantronics because I sometimes work at home, but am still attached to corporate phone system via a VPN. I was using a normal wireless internal house phone and an earphone/microphone that plugs into the wireless phone via the 3/32nds inch plug on the side. When walking around the home office, I would constantly catch the cord on something, pulling the phone off the beltclip or the earplug from my ear.

This Plantronics device eliminates the cord and replace the wireless phone. Instead, it uses BlueTooth from its clip pack (about the size of a pack of cigarettes) to the BlueTooth headset (which also works with any BlueTooth enabled cell phone) - no cords to tangle. Sound quality is excellent, the earpiece is lightweight but still stays on the ear, and the range is greater than just the wireless house phone itself, which it can replace.

An added benefit is that if you attach the base unit to a PC via a USB cable, and that PC is connected to the Internet, you can use this system as an Internet/VoIP phone system.

Battery life is very good - a 6 hour support call reduced it to about 50% (something the house wireless phones couldn't do - had to grab another phone and transfer the call) The base is also the charger, and works well - place the beltpack in the base and it starts charging. Snap the headset into the base, and it starts charging.

Worth the money spent - having purchased about 8 different headsets before this, I have problably spent close to the price just in destroyed headsets!