[asterisk-users] using Wifi smartphones as SIP clients

Bart Coninckx bart.coninckx at telenet.be
Mon May 7 06:05:28 CDT 2012


The phone I pointed to is a WiFi phone, the M9 is a DECT phone. 
Different animal. The question is regarding using WiFi as the WiFi 
infrastructure is already in place.

I understand smartphones is not a good option, but what about these WiFi 
SIP phones?

thx!

B.



On 05/07/12 12:21, Mitul Limbani wrote:
> Well in that case, you might seriously want to look @ M9 they are cost 
> effective n definitely work.
>
> Most of these cell phone type looking phones have a serious battery 
> drainage problem.
>
> Smartphones really have a long way to understand how to preserve 
> battery and deliver one thing (i.e. calls) very effectively, infact a 
> Multi Function device (MFD) like smart phone has this issue.
>
> Regards,
> Mitul Limbani,
> Chief Architech & Founder,
> Enterux Solutions Pvt. Ltd.
> 110 Reena Complex, Opp. Nathani Steel,
> Vidyavihar (W), Mumbai - 400 086. India
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> email: mitul at enterux.in <mailto:mitul at enterux.in>
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>
>
>
> On Mon, May 7, 2012 at 3:33 PM, Bart Coninckx 
> <bart.coninckx at telenet.be <mailto:bart.coninckx at telenet.be>> wrote:
>
>     What about phones like the Unidata WPU-7800 (
>     http://www.udcsystems.com/product/wpu7800.php) ? Does anyone have
>     experience with those? Would these also suffer from connection
>     losses?
>
>
>     thx,
>
>     BC
>
>
>     On 05/07/12 10:57, Benny Amorsen wrote:
>>     Bart Coninckx<bart.coninckx at telenet.be>  <mailto:bart.coninckx at telenet.be>  writes:
>>
>>>     has anyone any experience in using Wifi smartphones as SIP clients?
>>     Yes...
>>
>>>     Does this work properly?
>>     It works nicely for home use for power users who can accept the odd lost
>>     call and know how to restart the app or the phone when something goes
>>     wrong. Unfortunately I haven't found anything so far which works for
>>     business use.
>>
>>     The largest problem is that smartphones can't afford (battery-wise) to
>>     check for wifi connectivity all the time. If the phone loses connection
>>     to the wifi, it often takes more than a minute before it is ready to
>>     receive calls again.
>>
>>>     What models/brands are optimal for this (in terms of ease of use,
>>>     battery life etc)?
>>     iPhone, Android, and Symbian are about equally troublesome.
>>
>>
>>     /Benny
>>
>>
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