[Asterisk-Users] Difference between Snom 190 & Elmeg 290?

[Remco Barende]

Hi list!

While looking for the Snom 190 I found another phone, the Elmeg IP 290 
(www.elmeg.de).

Looking at the pictures & the specs they seem to be very similar beasts 
but the firmware is supposedly not interchangeable.

Does anyone know the difference between the 2, do they work with Asterisk?

The weird thing is that Elmeg has similar phones with the Snom look but 
they are ISDN only (no voip) while Snom has several other models that are 
IP. Who's cloning who? I don't want to end up with phones for which 
firmware support or update will disappear soon while the 'orginal' will 
continue to be supported?

Thx!
Remco