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We have two Android phones (Vibrants) and a regular land-line at home. We bought a cordless system that has Bluetooth built-in (Panasonic KX-TGA651) so that we can use the cordless phones to answer our cell phones.

Everything works well. However, we want to place the cordless base in the kitchen, but don't want to have to park our cell phones there. Do Bluetooth repeaters exist that we could use for this purpose?

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You probably got a class 2 bluetooth adapter in the Panasonic. I tried searching for class 1 (100 meters) cordless phones but I couldn't find any on the internet. They just don't list bluetooth classes. I did find that the VTech cordless bluetooth phones are pretty well rated however. – Nick Feb 19 '11 at 18:23
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The only repeaters I could find are commercial grade and expensive, I am not sure they are compatible with consumer bluetooth or not, doubtful.

examples:

http://www.solutron.de/Bluetooth/Bluetooth-Repeaters

http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/22/aircable-offers-up-28-mile-bluetooth-range-extender/

http://www.gener8green.com/g8g-shop-solar-pv-accessories-sma-sma-bluetooth-repeater-with-power-supply---btrep-in-1434

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If you had two Bluetooth network adapters on a PC you could bridge the connections and that might function as a repeater.

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