[asterisk-users] wifi sip phone real-world experiences?

[Alex Crow]

Alban,

Thanks! Where on earth did you source this? I can't seen to find hide
nor hair of it here in the UK :(

Alex

On Mon, 2007-06-04 at 16:01 +0200, Alban wrote:
> Hi,
> I've tested several wifi phone (UtStarcom, Hitachi 3000 and 5000, and one 
> Siemens). The Siemens is the best one, for a really cheaper price than 
> hitachi. And was the only one which roams well between AP (same SSID, same 
> channel) with WPA. Battery is still a problem, especially if the coverture is 
> not very good everywhere. But that was the best one I could test... The 
> reference is : Gigaset SL75 WLAN.
> Hope it helps
> Alban
> 
> 
> Le Lundi 4 Juin 2007 14:53, Bryan Laird a écrit :
> > On Jun 4, 2007, at 8:31 AM, Andrew Kohlsmith wrote:
> > > On Monday 04 June 2007 8:24 am, Bryan Laird wrote:
> > >>   - Physically the phone feels very light and cheap, that if you were
> > >> to drop it that it might not survive very many of them.  The buttons
> > >> feel more
> > >> like a toy than anything else but once you get beyond that it works.
> > >
> > > How are they for big hands?  I'll have to do some checking around
> > > to see if I
> > > can find a rubber case for it or something, it's all concrete
> > > floors here.
> >
> > Considering I too have the sausage finger problem... the buttons are
> > incredibly similar
> > to what you find on the Nokia candy bar style phones.
> >
> > >> - Address book storage is ok the interface from the phone is fairly
> > >> standard for what you would see in a cell phone and adding entries
> > >> isn't really
> > >> all that horrid of a task.  You can also add entries via the web
> > >> interface which does make for an easier way to add several entries
> > >> but the lack of
> > >> anything resembling a 'sync' function could be considered bothersome.
> > >
> > > Bugger.
> > >
> > >> Last thing, one neat thing about the wip300 if you are adventurous is
> > >> the fact that the firmware is under GPL... so if you really felt like
> > >> it you could probably change the behavior of
> > >> the phone.
> > >
> > > This I was not aware of.  I will certainly evaluate this phone and
> > > it's bigger
> > > brother.
> > >
> > >> Anyway sorry for the long message but I felt like chiming in on
> > >> this.  All in all I don't think it's a horrible phone I do however
> > >> think it's over priced for what it is but not enough demand on
> > >> this type of device is always going to keep the price up in the air.
> > >
> > > Your message is *exactly* the kind of reply I was hoping to get.
> > > Thank you so
> > > much for taking the time to write such a long response.  I truly
> > > appreciate
> > > it.
> > >
> > > -A.
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