[asterisk-users] Snom vs Polycom

[Karl Fife]

>> On Mon, Jan 25, 2010 at 12:07:55PM -0600, Karl Fife wrote:
>> > From: "cb" <cb at mythtech.net> Sent: Sunday, January 24, 2010 12:42
>> > I use the Snom 370 all day long at work. I have never had a problem
>> > adjusting the volume. I change it multiple times a day as I keep my
>> > handset on one volume and my headset on another, so I'm always going
>> > up and down and I've never accidentally pressed any other key.
>> > I will however agree with you on the Mute button, any time I want to
>> > mute a call, I have to stop and look at the buttons and figure out
>> > which one of the tiny ones is mute.
>>
>> You are right, especially with practice.
>> I still think it's a little easier if the buttons are distinct from one
>> another by appearance, size and/or placement..  I think Polycom made a 
>> good
>> design decision by not making you 'reach over' any buttons to press these
>> common buttons.  I also like the fact that the mute button turns bright 
>> red
>> when activated.  Come to think of it, I wish the DND button turned red 
>> when
>> activated :-).
>
> ...
> I have a giga-bit and wifi phone...
>               Tzafrir Cohen

LOL.
My phone?  It's a large white box with seven PCIx/e slots running RAID 1 
sporting a 3-screen monitor tree :-)
-Karl