[asterisk-users] Snom vs Polycom

[C F]

On Sun, Jan 24, 2010 at 1:23 PM, C F <shmaltz at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Fri, Jan 22, 2010 at 2:11 PM, Philipp von Klitzing
> <klitzing at pool.informatik.rwth-aachen.de> wrote:
>> Hey hey!
>>
>>> Anyone got any subjective (!) views on the merits of these two ranges
>>> , using asterisk 1.4 ? I need to supply approx 30 handsets to a new
>>> client, with the senior managers (6) having some slightly more
>>> "managerial" phones
>>
>> * Let the customer test and decide himself
>> * Polycom: great speaker phone, but no built-in BLF
>
> Which planet do you live on? Yes there is built-in BLF. You can
> program any available line button as a BLF.
>
>> * Snom: poor speaker phone, many BLF buttons & more
>
> But poor sound quality not to mention stability.
>
>> * Configuration and flexibility is great with the SNOMs, if you like you
>> can even stream video to a snom 370 or 820
>
> Configuration with the Polycoms is very flexible just not as easy as
> peeling a banana. So if your skills spread beyond that of a chimpanzee
> you should be able to manage.

I realized now (after receiving an email off list) that the above
could be interpreted as being directed at a person. I am apologizing
if thats how anyone understood it. My wording were meant to be
directed at the skills required and not at anyone person.

>
>> * The snom 8xx firmware still has its quirks (not fully mature yet), so
>> I'd say better stick with the 3xx series for the moment
>>
>> Yours, Philipp
>>
>>
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