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Product summary
The good: Decent wireless range; acceptable battery life; base station includes power supply.
The bad: Wireless base station needs separate charger; tactile feel of keypad could be better.
The bottom line: If you have a small to medium-size office and want to invest in only one conference system, the Olympia OL6010 is a solid choice.
Specifications: Transmission Band: 2.4GHz See full specs
CNET editors' review
- Reviewed on: 05/28/2004
The Olympia OL6010's overall look is sleek, with two-toned coloring and a smart design. The base station is battery powered, so it can move with the phone, which creates extra flexibility for offices with far-flung conference rooms. (Its 2.4GHz range is a somewhat limited 100 feet.) The interface of the speaker pod could be better, though we appreciate the two-line monochrome screen, which displays phone-book info, remaining talk time and battery life, mute, signal strength, and more. The cluttered keypad has more features than most people need. Some of these are useful, such as the ability to conference people in by pushing a phone-book button, but occasionally we found ourselves punching the wrong key. Also, we aren't impressed with the tactile feel of the buttons. Aside from its cordless design, the OL6010 has only standard features, including an onboard phone book and a call timer. The rated battery life is typical for regular cordless phones: six hours.
In our tests, we found that calls came through clear and strong, and the phone handled duplexing decently. However, sound quality received on the opposite end was not as impressive: "You sound like you're in a tunnel," was one complaint we got, though typically people said the sound was at least passable. The microphone also picked up ambient noises and kicked them back (on the plus side, this can keep conference fidgeters in line).
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