@jamminjerry@TechEnthusiast and I totally boosted that question twice when I meant to reply. anyhow, you'd think you could have both, but googling's not producing anything useful.
@jamminjerry@munchkinbear under the settings area for the phone link app, it looks like you can add devices besides your iPhone to it, so I'm just going to have to try it... Ever the trail blazer... lol