Re: a "clever" phone?
fatherd, my own phone is a [broken link removed], retails for about £60 in the UK, although I managed to pick it up a bit cheaper on eBay — in fact I've just looked, and the guy I bought it from is doing a twin set for [broken link removed], which is excellent value if you think you might be adding an extra handset at some stage down the line... (and despite what's said on the auction page, he actually will post to Ireland if you clear it with him first and cover the difference).
Tbh I'd imagine that any half-decent DECT set will let you do what I've done, which is to go into the settings/security menu and bar outgoing calls to specified prefixes — 00*, 08* and 15* respectively will block direct-dialled calls to international, mobile and premium-rate lines — so that you have to go via the Telestunt prefixes I mentioned in my . Just check before you buy...
To the others — yes, that UTV offering does look pretty good. In my case, though, the problem was the cost of all the daytime calls, and I still can't see anything better than Euphony's €10 "dial-all-you-like" deal for those...(?)
Cheers,
Dr. M.