[asterisk-users] using Wifi smartphones as SIP clients

[Bart Coninckx]

What about phones like the Unidata WPU-7800 ( 
http://www.udcsystems.com/product/wpu7800.php) ? Does anyone have 
experience with those? Would these also suffer from connection losses?

thx,

BC


On 05/07/12 10:57, Benny Amorsen wrote:
> Bart Coninckx<bart.coninckx at telenet.be>  writes:
>
>> has anyone any experience in using Wifi smartphones as SIP clients?
> Yes...
>
>> Does this work properly?
> It works nicely for home use for power users who can accept the odd lost
> call and know how to restart the app or the phone when something goes
> wrong. Unfortunately I haven't found anything so far which works for
> business use.
>
> The largest problem is that smartphones can't afford (battery-wise) to
> check for wifi connectivity all the time. If the phone loses connection
> to the wifi, it often takes more than a minute before it is ready to
> receive calls again.
>
>> What models/brands are optimal for this (in terms of ease of use,
>> battery life etc)?
> iPhone, Android, and Symbian are about equally troublesome.
>
>
> /Benny
>
>
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