Simpatico with the hip and stylish crowd, VTech's new V Mix Cordless Phones are decidedly stylish and will even clip to your hip and isn't that clever? Each unit comes complete with a few interchangeable colour base- and face-plates, a built-in light show that emanates from both the sturdy nub antenna and the keypad, plus the requisite batch of features you'd expect in a quality 2.4 GHz cordless (call display, message waiting indicator, clock, 50 name/number speed dial and 99 number redial, etc.).

Best of all, however, are the V Mix's electronic symphonic ring tones that would do a Casio keyboard proud. We're talking the Rocky theme, the James Bond theme, "All the Small Things" from Blink 182--and more--and you can specify which ringer chirps up for what pre-defined caller. You can also compose your own ringer or convert your favourite tune (on your PC in MIDI file format) into a personal ringtone with VTech converter software. The input process for custom tones is a bit of a chore, but probably no sweat for the speed-thumbing generation.