[Asterisk-Users] WiFi Phones

[Cory Andrews]

The F3000 is not anticipated to be available for distribution until late 
December/January, FYI.

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Denis Galvão - iSolve wrote:

> Wait for the next UTStarCom version... Called F3000, Im not sure, but  
> something like that.
>
> It will have better battery performance and will have 802.11g  
> support, and many other improvements. It will be available soon.
>
> Denis.
>
>
>
> On 07 de out de 2005, at 00:54, Andy Hamilton wrote:
>
>>> Anyone have good words to say about any of the WiFi handsets  currently
>>> available?
>>>
>>
>> The UTStarCom F1000 (an 802.11b device) works pretty well. It's about
>> half the $$$ of a Cisco 7920 (which are also pretty nice), but it
>> seems like most of the config is done from the keypad. There is a TFTP
>> option, but it seems that isn't quite perfect. You could check the
>> manual (I programmed the unit without that, except to find that the
>> default password is 888888).
>>
>> The unit, I'm guessing, was designed somewhere in Asia, and the
>> language translation shows it a little bit. Sound quality seems pretty
>> good for the few calls I've passed through it. I only have one AP in
>> my house, so I can't comment on roaming. The headset for my cell phone
>> is stereo, and I think the phone would be most happy with a standard 3
>> conductor plug, but I imagine a headset on a phone is a headset on a
>> phone.
>>
>> The keypad is a touch small, and sometimes I hit the wrong key (and my
>> fingers aren't terribly fat). I also seemed to have a problem
>> transferring calls (using the built in transfer function -- # should
>> still work). Despite many vendors' pages saying that it does 802.1x
>> authentication, it sure looks like WEP is the only available
>> "security" option.
>>
>> Overall: I would recommend purchasing one, for testing at the very  
>> least.
>>  They are well priced and of good quality.
>>
>> Battery life seems to be pretty good, too.
>>
>> -A
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