Some companies are still trying to reinvent the basic home telephone. The latest attempt comes from Verizon Wireless, which recently began offering the Hub. Although the Hub won’t go so far as to replace your computer, the Hub can make your home phone into a bulletin board, entertainment center — even a child tracker. But all this will cost you — the device itself is $200 after a $50 rebate, and it requires a two-year, $35 monthly contract that includes unlimited calling in the U.S. and Canada and unlimited texts.

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