Mild mannered blogger by day, red phone wielding crusader by night. That’s the way we like it here at SlipperyBrick now that we’ve got word of a new red Batphone designed by AbleComm and available for sale for $112.

The red Batphone is inspired by the Batman television series from the 60s. While you don’t have Alfred the butler around to answer it for you can still feel like you are Adam West getting ready to suit up for crime fighting when the phone’s bright red light lights up and flashes to draw your attention.

Belkin introduced it’s new Desktop Internet Phone for Skype, which allows you to make free Skype Internet calls without having to turn on your computer. That’s something I would make some desk space for. It’s simple to setup and easy to use and brings the Skype experience to more people and at an affordable price.

It will be available in March 2008 in the US, Canada, Europe, and Asia. The price is $99 U.S.

The Projection Telephone is basically a house phone which will project the number and details of the call on the ceiling or wall each time there’s an incoming call. It doesn’t sound like a big deal, but can you think of a faster easier way to see that info? Even with the best phones, you won’t see a caller’s info that immediately. It comes in handy for those calls you would rather avoid. Once you see that the person who’s calling is someone you’d rather not speak with, just shrug and get back to whatever it was you were doing.

The power saving LED light will last about 100,000 hours, so you will croak long before it does. This one is all about convenience. It just happens to be very cool as well.

Magic Jack is a complete phone service on a USB key. Just plug it into your computer’s USB port, then plug a telephone line into the MagicJack and the MagicJack software will automatically load. Now you will be able to make and receive calls with any home telephone.

Comes with a phone number, magicfree local and long distance, free voicemail that receives messages whether you are offline or not, caller ID, call waiting, free directory assistance, call forwarding, free three way calling, and 911. See, I wasn’t lying. A complete phone service. The price is $39.95 for the first year and $19.95 for the each year after. I know. Sweet! MagicJack also has international prepaid packages starting at $5.

The MP3 Telephone Recorder ia capable of recording up to 50 hours of conversation on it’s internal 128MB flash memory. The recording device fits between the handset and the actual telephone, and gives you the option of manual or automatic voice-activated recording.

Playback is in a non-standard audio format to prevent the unauthorised use by someone other then yourself. Connect it to the PC via USB socket and use a password to access the memory on the device. At that point the software converts the non-standard format into MP3 as the password decrypts the audio stream.

The once mighty pay phone is now going the way of the dodo as mobile phones are the way of today. AT&T sees the writing on the wall and is getting off the sinking ship, announcing today it plans to exit the pay phone business by the end of 2008.

AT&T said pay phones in the United States have declined over the last 10 years from around 2.6 million phones to a measly 1 million today. The company sees no reason to remain in this business any longer and “plans to phase out both public pay phones and phones provided under contracts at government correctional facilities through the end of next year.”

Long distance, the final VOIP frontier. If your home lacks that “Star Trek” phone that you know it should have then this is the device that you need to beam aboard. Priced at $98.00, the Star Trek USS Enterprise Signature Series Telephone is one of those things you’re either going to love or hate depending upon your tolerance for this kind of nerdy nostalgia. It’s limited in production and so each phone comes with its own numbered certificate as well as the signature of none other than William Shatner, a.k.a. the one and only Captain James T. Kirk.

VTech today unveiled a hip-looking landline phone system which can also take and receive cellular calls via Bluetooth. The new LS5145 is priced at around $150.

The VTech LS5145 has a self-described “ultra-modern” design. This cordless phone system, expandable up to 12 handsets, functions in the 5.8GHz wireless spectrum and sports a full color display and blue backlit keypad. In addition to landline calls, this system can be paired with up to eight Bluetooth devices, letting one take calls from their cell phone on the LS5145 handset when within range. The Bluetooth pairing also lets you take landline calls on a Bluetooth headset.