Best Business Phone

`Communication is the real work of leadership` and today, it is the single most important element that leads a business to the route of success. Whether your business has been around for many years or if you are just starting up, an excellent communication network within your business and your potential customers is a requisite. The advent of business phones into the market scenario has heralded the new age of digital communication for businesses. To most people, the term `Business Phone` conjures up the image of a high-tech PDA mobile phone with a whole bunch of interesting features like an organizer, editor, browser, etc. In actuality, a Business phone needn`t necessarily be a mobile phone!! It can be a VOIP phone on the desk of the employee, it can be mediocre telephone connected to the PBX (Private Branch eXchange) of the company, or it can be a PDA mobile gadget provided by the business to its employees. The latter is often the preferred choice, as it is often as equipped as a laptop or notebook.

However, for a small business or a home-based business, the best business phone would be a 2-line or a 4-line corded phone system.

These phones generally come with features like CallerID, Call Waiting, backlit LCD display, headset jack, speaker phone on base, data port, hold and redial options, 2 way paging or intercom, and simple call transfer with innovative conferencing equipment technology. Major manufacturers for 2-line home or business phones are Panasonic, Vtech, Phillips, Motorola, Uniden, and AT&T.

Selecting the best 2-line phone can be quite overwhelming as there are a wide variety of models, prices and features. Panasonic and Uniden are generally considered to provide the best 2-line phones, especially the cordless variety.Top rated models are General Electric 29484 series, AT&T 982, and Panasonic KXTS/KXTG series. AT&T 982, designed mainly for home office, has 24 memory locations, one or two-touch dialing and has good speaker volume although its sound

quality, clarity and programming is not up to the mark.Its price is affordable and features are quite basic, unlike other 2-line business phones.

General Electric 29484 series has a huge LCD display that the AT&T model lacked and other additional features are 3-way conference capability, speed dialing up to 16 numbers, and a data port to connect an answering machine or modem or fax. In spite of these features, this phone is severely lacking when it comes to its speaker sound, ring tones and has very high volume even at its lowest setting. Panasonic KXTG/KXTS is a safe and reliable option as it is consistently rated as the best 2 line phone system in reviews. It is more expensive compared to its AT&T and Panasonic counterparts and is loaded with all the features they have, along with some more like optional headset, call timer, etc. and doesn`t interfere with Wi-Fi networks.

An affordable business phone service is also quite essential to a business in order to be connected to its customer, prospects and suppliers. This includes local, long distance, VOIP, and toll-free capabilities along with features like call-waiting, voicemail, call blocking, CallerID, etc. All the providers, like AT&T, Verizon, Cingular, Sprint, Nextel, etc use almost the same technology and charge almost the same prices and hence there is no specific way to decide which one would be the best, unless their discounts and call rates are considered.

Countless numbers of surveys are available nowadays to decide on which business mobile phone to choose from. According to the survey conducted in 2008, some of the best business phones in 2008 were Nokia E71, Palm Treo, HTC Touch Pro, and BlackBerry Bold. Their common features included QWERTY keypad or touchscreen with stylus, push email capabilities of PDAs, Wi-Fi, and High Speed Downlink Packet Access (HSDPA). Year 2012 saw the continuing dominance of BlackBerry Bold, with the new entrants-iPhone 3G, T-Mobile G1, Palm Pre, and HTC Fuze. However the Public, in general, consider BlackBerry to be the best Business Cell Phone Company and has earned nicknames like `CrackBerry` and `BoostBerry`.