[asterisk-users] conference and wifi phones

Gordon Henderson gordon+asterisk at drogon.net
Mon Mar 23 14:45:32 CDT 2009


On Mon, 23 Mar 2009, Kelvin Chan wrote:

> Hi guys,
>
> I'm looking for a affordable conference phone and a wifi phone that has 
> a cradle.
>
> Polycom seems to make pretty nice conf phones but the price is a bit 
> crazy for us. I saw the recommendation with ATA plus an analog Polycom 
> phone but I do prefer a SIP phone. All because it's just too difficult 
> to pull a phone cable into the current conference room. Is there any 
> cheaper SIP solutions out there?

One of our local companies here in the UK are trialling a new conference 
phone - the "Konftel 300IP SIP" however it's still as expensive as a 
Polycom, but that might be the $/£ exchange - might be cheaper where you 
are?

> For wifi phone, I tried Linksys iPhone. It works well but lacks a 
> cradle. My users often forget to charge it when they leave for the day 
> and come back to a dead wifi phone for the next morning.
>
> Any good recommendations?

DECT not Wi-Fi?

Can you get the Siemens range over there?

Gordon


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