[asterisk-users] wifi sip phone real-world experiences?

[Zoa]

Gordon Henderson wrote:
> On Sun, 3 Jun 2007, Andrew Kohlsmith wrote:
>
>> On Sunday 03 June 2007 4:30 pm, Alex Crow wrote:
>>> No frills, specs look good, price seems excellent!
>>> http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/ProductInfo.asp?WebProductID=369519
>>
>> That's a terrible phone.  I've tried them.  the screen is pretty much 
>> useless,
>> the buttons are *TINY*, the battery life horrible, and the ringtones
>> gimmicky.
>
> I have to disagree on at least one point here - Battery life. I don't 
> think 3 or 4 days standby and several hours of talk time makes for a 
> horrible battery life.
>
> The F1000G has other faillings, but battery life isn't one of them!
>
If you compare this battery life to a decent DECT phone, it's still 
miserable.
I'm used to these dect phones : 
http://www.bang-olufsen.com/UserFiles/File/Products/Technical%20Specifications/BeoCom6000_en.pdf


>> I haven't tried WEP or WPA on these things, but the phones I've 
>> gotten rid of long ago due to their problems.
>
> Mine works with both WEP and WPA. It just occasionally won't re-attach 
> to an access point (iwthout rebooting) and won't roam between access 
> points at all.
>
> I think for the cost (and you can get them cheaper than from Scan!) 
> they're not bad, but still in the experimental/toy category than 
> something I'd deploy to clients.
>
> Gordon
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