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, G.726.

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New Acrobits VoIP SIP iPhone application boasts G.722 support.

From the Czech Republic, Acrobits has released the latest versions of its iPhone client.  Both versions support G.722 in addition to a “SmoothFlow” video technology for video calling.  An Android client is expected to launch in the the second quarter of this year.

Consumers will get SIP Phone while business users can buy Groundwire.  The SIP Phone [...]

DSP Group brags about silicon in Deutsche Telekom HD voice phone

DSP Group has its XpandR® multimedia chipset in a newly released multimedia cordless phone being offered by Deutsche Telekom (DT).  It’s an Android fixed-line “hybrid” smart phone, with both DECT/CAT-iq and Wi-Fi.

The Speedphone 700 has a 3.2 inch touch screen with an “icon-grid” user interface.  The XpandR chip set supports DECT and CAT-iq 2.0 , [...]

D2 adds iPhone, multi-party video to its mCUE IP communications stack; VoLTE support coming

D2 Technologies (www.d2tech.com) has rolled in support for multi-party video conferencing into the mCUE communications client and ported it over to the Apple iOS family (iPhone, iPad). In addition, mCUE will be fully VoLTE compliant by Q4 2011.

COO Doug Makishima said operators are looking for a “good enough” applications solution to put on Android and iOS [...]

Cloud Telecomputers cranks up board, Glass Android desktop phones

Silent for a while, Cloud Telecomputers (www.cloudtc.com) has started cranking up the volume, announcing certification with Metaswitch, a new CEO and a new board member who was the former President and CEO at Polycom.

Anthony Gioeli has been named President and CEO.  Before joining Cloud, he was EVP of sales and marketing at PanTerra Networks, a [...]

Movial ports Communicator to Android and iPhone; aims at tablet

Movial (www.movial.com) has announced it has put its Communicator application onto Android and iPhone.  Further, it is working with “several operators” to launch Android and iPhone VoIP apps and enabling video calling on Android tablets.

The SIP/IMS application for operators provides HD voice, HD video calling, enhanced address book and messaging across a variety of platforms – [...]

D2 acquires Android set top box shop Webia

D2 Technologies (www.d2tech.com) has done an all-stock deal to acquire Taipei, Taiwan-based Webia Technologies.

Webia was one of the first software vendors to roll out Google Android set top box media players and first rolled out the first Android TV solution in 2010.  The acquisition gives D2 more depth in embedded multimedia communication apps, so expect [...]

CES2011-D2 Technologies does HD video/voice on Freescale/Android reference design

D2 Technologies (www.d2tech.com) continues to proliferate its mCUE communications client across Android-based devices.   It’s latest announced deal puts mCUE onboard the Freescale i.MX53 multimedia applications processor.

The Freescale i.MX535 processor is yet-another-one-of-those ARM-based processors floating around today.  The i.MX535 supports 1080p video playback and can show up in a variety of Android-based devices including tablets, IP media [...]

CES 2011–Ooma adds mobile HD voice client for Android, iPhone

Las Vegas – Ooma (www.ooma.com) is now offering a mobile HD voice soft client to its Android and iPhone/iPad/iPod customers.

The Ooma Mobile HD app leverages a while-label version of the MailVision (AudioCodes) software client to use the Ooma service to make domestic and international calls from Android or Apple iOS devices over any WiFi or [...]

D2 adds full IP video calling to Android mCUE software stack

Last week in Japan, D2 Technologies (www.d2tech.com) announced that its mCUE converged communications software for the Android got a whole bunch of features, including the addition of IP video to its already robust HD voice and VoIP support.

Now available for new Android devices such as “tablets, HD media players, IP media phones, connected TVs and STBs,” [...]