[asterisk-users] IP phone recommendation

[Christian Victor]

Right! Whatever somebody likes more! I just say that the Snoms look 
better at the side of my Mac. Wich is of course by far the superiour 
system. ;-)

Chris

John Novack schrieb:
> Hasn't this religious argument/discussion gone on long enough??
>
>
> zoachien at securax.org wrote:
>   
>> I personally find the snom phones to look quite good compared to the 
>> american and chinese brands, might be a european thing though :)
>>
>> Zoa
>>
>>
>> Geraint Lee wrote:
>>   
>>     
>>> I personally find the snom phones to be generally ugly and 
>>> "un-finger-friendly", in terms of reliability and quality, never had 
>>> any trouble, good phones all in all, i just can't get past the tacky 
>>> look and feel so don't buy them.
>>>
>>> 2009/6/3 Darrick Hartman <dhartman at djhsolutions.com 
>>> <mailto:dhartman at djhsolutions.com>>
>>>
>>>     On 06/03/2009 11:47 AM, Jeff LaCoursiere wrote:
>>>     >
>>>     > On Thu, 4 Jun 2009, Rob Hillis wrote:
>>>     >
>>>     >> Jeff LaCoursiere wrote:
>>>     >>> We are still talking about a $175 phone.  How about the
>>>     Polycom IP 320?
>>>     >>> $85 at 888voipstore.  Can't go wrong with Polycom for voice
>>>     quality.
>>>     >>>
>>>     >> True, Polycom's are brilliant for voice quality, but unlike the
>>>     Snom, a
>>>     >> Polycom /will/ reboot on the drop of a hat /and/ take a damned
>>>     long time
>>>     >> to do it (~45-60 seconds)  In addition, the web interface should be
>>>     >> taken away and shot - the only real way to configure them is
>>>     through (T)FTP.
>>>     >>
>>>     >> They are however, extraordinarily configurable through the XML
>>>     config
>>>     >> and they are very stable.  Once they're configured they work very
>>>     >> nicely.  The lack of a decent number of BLF keys (even with a very
>>>     >> expensive sidecar you only get two more keys than a standalone
>>>     Snom320)
>>>     >> puts me off a little.
>>>     >>
>>>     >> However, for a conference phone, the Polycom's can't be easily
>>>     beaten.
>>>     >> Their handsfree call quality is in a league of it's own.
>>>     >>
>>>     >
>>>     > Mainly I suggest it because the OP asked for an inexpensive
>>>     quality phone.
>>>     > I agree on the provisioning - the web interface is useless, and
>>>     unless you
>>>     > know how to setup the XML files properly you are doomed to a very
>>>     > frustrating experience.
>>>
>>>     The Polycom 320/330's are nice little phones for the price.
>>>
>>>     There are several resources for configuring the phones from the XML
>>>     config files.  If the config files are sane, the phones don't take
>>>     that
>>>     long to reboot.
>>>
>>>     This is probably one of the better examples:
>>>
>>>     http://www.kfife.com/voip/
>>>
>>>     Karl did a good job commenting in the config files where he made
>>>     changes.
>>>
>>>     Darrick
>>>
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