Panasonic announces Android ICS-powered KX-PRX120 cordless home phone

Although we haven’t heard much at all from Panasonic in the past year, the Japan-based company is still well and truly alive. As a matter of fact, they just finished working on a new addition to its line of DECTs or digital cordless phones. Landlines, to the layperson. And what are we doing, talking about a landline on this news report? Well, it just so happens that Panasonic’s newest home phone, called the KX-PRX120, comes with Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich. Basically, the Panasonic KX-PRX120 is a regular phone in a smartphone’s clothing. Its main distinction from other landline phones — apart from the fact that it comes with a rather old but still useful version of the Android OS — is that it has a built-in 3.5-inch HVGA (320×480 pixels) display, as well as a front-facing camera for video calls. And how exactly will it work as a video phone? Easy: just get Skype on it through the Google Play Store. The KX-PRX120 from Panasonic proves two things. That companies still have the audacity to use cryptic and boring names with its latest products in 2013, and that modern-day landlines don’t have to be the “one trick pony” type devices that they’ve always been. The price for one Panasonic KX-PRX120 should fall at around $259 or £169 Android Authority