Huawei forgets to mention HD voice with new phones, tablets at Mobile World Congress

Huawei’s (www.huaweidevice.com) new phones and tablets boast quad-core processors, Dolby sound and hot video, but do they support AMR-WB and HD voice? It’s not in the press releases.

The Huawei Ascend D quad “Pegasus” clames to be the fastest quad-core smartphone in the world and it certainly has the hardware to support HD [...]

Audience rolls out low-cost single mic speech processing chip for feature phones

For Mobile World Congress, Audience announced the earSmart eS110, an advanced voice processor designed to work with a single microphone on feature (i.e., low-end phones).  The custom DSP core enables “HiFi” voice, what the company describes as “a wideband HD voice listening experience for mobile users connected to 2G and 3G mobile Narrowband networks”; [...]

Swissvoice gets CAT-iq 2.0 certified handset, uses DSP Group chipset

Cordless handset manufacturer Swissvoice (www.swissvoice.net) got its IH 250 phone CAT-iq 2.0 certified by the DECT forum in January and DSP Group took credit for the chipset in it about two weeks ago.

The IH250 is expected to be launched in the first quarter of 2012 and supports the full range of CAT-iq 2.0 [...]

Editorial–The HD voice “stamp”/logo on IP desktop phones: Just do it.

One of the most interesting/subtle marketing moves Digium did on its phones is to put the phrase “HD voice” on the handset.  There aren’t a lot of people who do that right now.

As I’m flipping through pictures and leftovers from IT EXPO East 2012, I see Denwa has its phone handset stamped [...]

IT EXPO East 2012 – Panasonic “open source” Android desk phone debuts

Miami, FL – Panasonic (www.panasonic.com/sip) has rolled out a $499 7 inch color touch screen Android-based desk phone. But they say they can’t call it Android due to legal headaches with Google.

The KX-UT670 is certified as compatible with a bunch of different SIP-based platforms, including Asterisk, BroadSoft, and Metaswitch. Codecs supported include G.722, [...]

IT EXPO East 2012 – Quick details on the new Digium IP phones

Miami, FL – A brief stop at the Digium (www.digium.com) booth at IT EXPO East revealed the following tidbits on the new family of IP phones–

1) The phone was designed and contracted solely by Digium — it is *not* a OEM/white label product.

2) Manufacture of the phone is done in China by [...]

Editorial from IT EXPO East- Aren’t IP phones done yet?

Miami, FL – There are at least three vendors touting new IP phones or software/firmware upgrades to their phones here at IT Expo. I thought we were done with handsets already?

Digium is getting a lot spin along with a good measure of WTF by rolling out its own IP phones; three to be [...]

Digium rolls out Asterisk IP phone with G.722 support

IT EXPO East 2012, Miami – Digium (www.digium.com) has rolled out the “World’s First Phones Designed for Asterisk.” There’s a trio of new IP handsets. All of them support G.722 out of the box.

In the company’s press release, Digium says the new family of phones are the first engineered to “fully leverage the [...]

Revolabs intros HD voice wireless conference phone

Revolabs has announced the Revolabs FLX(TM) VoIP, the first wireless conference phone designed for VoIP. The SIP phone includes wireless operation and integrated Bluetooth.

The phone uses distinct components, including a speaker, dial pad, and a variety of microphones. It can support a lapel microphone for a single person; an omnidirectional tabletop microphone that [...]

Telstra launches HTC LTE HD voice capable smartphone

Telstra is bragging it has introduced Australia’s first 4G smartphone.  The HTC Velocity is an LTE smartphone with HD voice support onboard.

The Velocity currently runs Android 2.3, has a 4.5 inch touch screen, and a dual-core 1.5 GHz processor.  It also has an 8 MP camera, and boasts of built-in HD voice [...]