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class=647343513-22022006>The PCB has PoE "prepared" - if you open it you will
see that there is a lot of space where you can solder all kinds of resistors and
capacitors. Thats for PoE. However we decided that we don't place the necessary
components because it would increase the price to the end customer by 25 USD -
which would take us into a different pricing region. But apart from that we put
everything else from the snom 320/360 there. And IMHO the audio quality is
nothing less than the "high end" models, the handsfree mode probably even better
(we avoided some mistakes we made in the other models). Even the 3-way
conference is supported. </SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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color=#0000ff size=2>Low use?! I would say at least 80 % of phone users today
are "low use". A phone with great audio and mandatory (but not sexy)
features like security for a mainstream price was missing for those users.
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=647343513-22022006><FONT face=Verdana
color=#0000ff size=2>And yes, I am from snom... (see my address!). Please excuse
my excitement. </FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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color=#0000ff size=2>Christian</FONT></SPAN></DIV><BR>
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<FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>From:</B> asterisk-users-bounces@lists.digium.com
[mailto:asterisk-users-bounces@lists.digium.com] <B>On Behalf Of </B>Joe
Pukepail<BR><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, February 22, 2006 8:31 AM<BR><B>To:</B>
Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re:
[Asterisk-Users] What business IP phone to use<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>I like the specs on this, the only thing that it seems to be
missing is POE. Anyone know if POE is going to be supported on the
300? Looks nice and I could see it for low use areas, but would suck for
wall mounting if it can't do POE. <BR><BR>
<DIV><SPAN class=gmail_quote>On 2/22/06, <B class=gmail_sendername>Cory
Andrews</B> <<A
href="mailto:Cory@voipsupply.com">Cory@voipsupply.com</A>> wrote:</SPAN>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Clint - Looks like your wish has been granted,
and your love affair with Snom can continue. They are soon releasing
the new Snom 300, which has most of the features your are fond of in the 360
and 320 models, and should be quite near, if not at, your $100 price point.
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Read up on it here -> <A
onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)"
href="http://www.snom.com/pressinformation_details.html?&tx_ttnews[tt_news]=354&tx_ttnews[backPid]=33&cHash=1bb97caf5c&L=1"
target=_blank>http://www.snom.com/pressinformation_details.html?&tx_ttnews[tt_news]=354&tx_ttnews[backPid]=33&cHash=1bb97caf5c&L=1</A></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Detailed specs here -> <A
onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)"
href="http://www.snom.com/snom300_voip_phone.html?&L=1"
target=_blank>http://www.snom.com/snom300_voip_phone.html?&L=1
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<DIV>Cory J Andrews<BR>++++++++++++<BR>VOIPSupply.com<BR>454 Sonwil
Drive<BR>Buffalo, NY 14225<BR>++++++++++++++<BR>voice - 716.630.1555
X22<BR>email - <A onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)"
href="mailto:Cory@VOIPSupply.com"
target=_blank>Cory@VOIPSupply.com</A><BR>AIM - B2CORY</DIV>
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<DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial"><B>From:</B> <A
title=clint@kirkhamsystems.com
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href="mailto:clint@kirkhamsystems.com" target=_blank>Clint Sharp
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, February 22, 2006
1:03 AM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [Asterisk-Users] What
business IP phone to use</DIV>
<DIV><BR> </DIV>It's funny this thread has been coming up, because
I've been testing out phones at my office, and I just did a fairly
intensive quality test on them.<BR><BR>1) Budgetones: Don't bother for a
business setting. The speaker phone is basically useless (echo
problems) and the handset is horrible. If you follow the suggestion
on the Wiki to drill out the handset, it improves things marginally, but
not much. Users talking to you will constantly complain about you
sound muffled. It's think it's a frequency response thing and not a
volume thing, I think it's just getting lower than a standard 8 khz sample
out of the microphone, because it's so cheap. <BR><BR>2) GXP-2000: Not
much better than the Budgetones, but at least the firmware is still in
active development. Feature-wise it's pretty cool, but poor firmware
and poor handset hardware again make this a real problem for us. We
lost one handset to static electricity yesterday (which was fixed by
adding in a microphone from an old business set, which actually improved
that phone's quality). The speakerphone is useless due to echo
issues. However, 4 line appearances is pretty cool for that price of
phone, and passthrough Ethernet at 100 mbs is pretty cool too.
Overall, I can't recommend them, because while they sound slightly better
than the budgetones, I still get many complaints about muffled calls.
<BR><BR>3) Polycom: Of the 4 phone brands we're actively using (not
including the Wifi phone which rarely gets used), this was the best until
I got the Snom in today. The handset is of good quality. I
have an IP 301, but if the cheapest phone is this good, I'd definitely get
a 501 or 601 (and am considering ordering some, although I may order Snom
320s instead). Their support policies do get on my nerves, I'd like
to not have to worry about what reseller I'm using, but it's a solid phone
with solid features, although the menus are cumbersome and I haven't
gotten MWI to work on it yet. <BR><BR>4) Snom 320: This is an excellent
phone based off one days testing. Minimal configuration,
professional looking web interface, and the best sound quality of any of
the phones I tested. THe speakerphone works great, and the handset
quality is outstanding, and tested the best with my callers that were
listening to me through the PSTN. I haven't upgraded firmware or
anything on this yet, so can't tell you there, but I can't see a
compelling reason to upgrade from whatever it shipped with that this point
(i'm not feature crazy, I only upgrade the firmware if basic features
don't seem to be working right). <BR><BR>Overall, stay away from the
Grandstream's IMHO. The audio quality issues will drive you
insane. I'm hoping someone will come out with a sub-$100 phone that
drops some features but fixes what should be the cheapest part of the
phone to manufacture, since they've been the same for nearly 50 years, the
handset. <BR><BR>Clint<BR></SPAN></DIV>
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