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 [...]
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”; [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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, [...]
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 [...]
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 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 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 [...]