By Doug Mohney, on February 2nd, 2012
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.
Panasonic Product [...]
By Doug Mohney, on February 1st, 2012
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 one of those usual [...]
By Doug Mohney, on February 1st, 2012
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 power of [...]
By Doug Mohney, on January 31st, 2012
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 can [...]
By Doug Mohney, on January 12th, 2012
Las Vegas – Ooma (www.ooma.com) has officially announced the HD2 handset while sources familiar with the company say it it is working on a home automation/monitoring service to layer on top of its base station.
The HD2 Handset boasts a two-inch color LCD screen and the ability to support picture caller ID and integration with Facebook [...]
By Doug Mohney, on November 22nd, 2011
Earlier this week,the Global mobile Supplier Association (www.gsacom.com) released its latest and greatest stats on HD voice penetration in the GSM world. There are 60 compatible AMR-WB devices available on the market, 31 countries with commercial mobile HD voice service, and 36 commercial mobile HD voice networks turned up.
Dated November 22, 2011, the latest report adds [...]
By Doug Mohney, on November 17th, 2011
Over in the UK, Orange has announced the release date for the San Francisco II smart phone. The budget smart phone boasts HD voice, Wi-Fi signal boost, the latest version of Android (Gingerbread 2.3), and Orange Mobile Mail. It’ll be available for 99 pounds on a pre-pay plan or free if you sign up for 24 [...]
By Doug Mohney, on October 21st, 2011
At IP Convergence in Paris, Technnicolor (www.technicolor.com) announced a new entry-level SIP phone. Now if they’d only use the term “HD voice” instead of “HD sound.” However, the phone supports not one, but two common HD voice codec.
The announcement came as a part of a larger one showcasing Technicolor’s MediaAccess communications products.
Designed for the SME, [...]
By Doug Mohney, on September 6th, 2011
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 , [...]
By Doug Mohney, on March 9th, 2011
The final write-up and editing for the 2011 HD Voice News report (currently at around 65-70 pages) is in process.
With a bit of luck, it should go on sale within the next two weeks over [...]
|
|