Source: www.voip-news.com

There’s a new VoIP phone from Hulger that is brass and solid American walnut. At $300, it’s pretty pricey too.

And dude, this thing is a total throwback from the 80s. I swear I had a plastic on just like it. ‘Cept this one is real wood and all. And that makes Wired feel like it’s more like a wood box from shop class.

A snippet:

Hulger’s new VoIP phone reminds me of nothing more than the wooden pencil cases we were forced to make in shop class — chunky, square boxes which would stab you in the hip every time you hoisted your satchel, and so badly put together that my pencils would invariably affect a complete escape in the short trip between classes.

Yea, could be that too.

Source: www.voip-news.com

There’s a novel idea: combine voice, data, video and mobile in one single touchscreen device that can serve as the home communications center for customers. That’s what OpenFrame IP media phone does. OpenFrame, from OpenPeak Inc., uses the low-power Intel Atom processor and connects via a Wi Fi link.

Users can access everything from a family calendar to email and sports scores with the device. Plus, it’s a phone (sorry, it won’t be making you eggs or doing your laundry though.

“The Intel Atom processor gives us a rapid development environment, critical performance headroom for adding or customizing services, an architecture we can easily transfer to other product models and markets such as enterprise, and — most important from the consumer’s point of view — the best performance we have seen for a processor in its class,” said OpenPeak CTO Paul Krzyzanowski. “It is a core building block of our product family for the foreseeable future.”

Source: www.voip-news.com

Folks in Ventura County, California, will now receive automatic Reverse 911 calls in case of emergency. The new system works with landlines, mobile phones, VoIP and TTY. Potential uses for the system include alerting people to evacuations, hazards or water problems.

Landline numbers — both listed and unlisted — were already added to the calling list. VoIP users and cell phone users who want their numbers included need to sign them up.

For directions and more information, click here.

Source: www.voip-news.com

Juphoon, a Chinese company, is going to use Global IP Solutions (GIPS) Voice Engine IP Phone for its new VoIP Phone Reference Design.

“Implementing GIPS VoiceEngine technology has enabled us to successfully deal with challenges such as quality, network jitter, latency and echo, as well as multiple audio codec support,” said Vik Qian, General Manager at Juphoon. “Integration of GIPS’ technologies means our customers will enjoy an enhanced user experience with quality superior to PSTN and many other VoIP Phones currently on the market.”

VoiceEngine IP Phone meets the highest voice processing requirements of hardware today.

“VoiceEngine IP Phone takes advantage of our patented technology and expertise in providing the highest voice and video quality on the market,” said Steve Rust, Vice President Business Development at GIPS. “Juphoon now has a solution that solves the complex voice processing functions with one integral piece of software that offers wide-band voice quality.”

Source: www.voip-news.com

Did you know you can turn your iPod Touch into a VoIP phone? Lifehacker has step by step instructions.

Gigaom talks about Skype’s first quarter earnings here.

Meanwhile, Skype is getting some bad press thanks to its new CEO. Read about it on VoIP Watch.

Source: andyabramson.blogs.com

Ken Rutkowski turned me on to this story in Lifehacker.

The story provides step by step instructions for turning an iPod Touch into an iPhone of sorts that works with FreeVoIP and likely other SIP providers.

Source: www.voip-news.com

British VoIP fans have a new and affordable option.

Sipgate has released a mobile VoIP phone at a bargain price of GBP59 (that’s British pounds). The Pirelli DP-L10, a dual mode mobile phone, runs on GSM and WiFi. It can also be used on any network due to a free SIM-lock.

The Pirelli DP L10 can run on either cellular service or as a VoIP telephone via a WLAN. Ithas a color display, a built-in VGA camera and a 500-entry phone book.

It can be ordered through Sipgate’s website.

Source: www.voip-news.com

PC Magazine is having a free VoIP webcast on April 24 at 11 a.m., PT called VoIP Phone Systems for Today’s Small and Medium Businesses. It will be hosted by Dell and Fonality. To register, click here.

Here’s the highlights:

During this free, interactive event, technology experts from Dell Inc. and Fonality will address the following:

• Critical business challenges and how a phone system can address them;
• VoIP technology – what it is and what it offers
  • Manage voice and data on one network
  • Reduce intra and inter office toll charges
  • Eliminate technician expenses with moves, add, and changes
  • Tool to better manage customer interactions and experience
• Phone systems vs. phone service
• Fonality phone system features and functionality

For other great resources for choosing a VoIP provider for small businesses, click here.

Source: www.voip-news.com

Artemis is going to be using Thomson’s softswitches for its deployment of IP telephony, reports VoIP News of the UK. Artemis has two subsidiaries with more than 250,000 subscribers.

The VoIP Weblog shares the problem with IP phones. What is it? They are simply too big! Read about it here.

SipVIcious is blogging about the Blackhat Europe Conference.

Source: www.theregister.co.uk

You’ve got to feel a bit sorry for German VoIP phone outfit snom, which has asked customers not to call it following an evidently troublesome office relocation.

The firm’s contact page explains: "We moved to our new offices on March 6, 2008, and unfortunately our phone lines have still not been connected (as of March 12, 2008). We ask for your understanding."

The landing page concludes: "Please note that you will not be able to reach us by phone."

Sadly, it appears the might of the cutting-edge technology that is VoIP has been rendered impotent by a good, old-fashioned telecoms cock-up. Bless. ®

Source: www.voip-news.com

Recent research from the team at In-Stat is reflecting huge things for IP phone sales over the next few years. While users have been able to use their traditional equipment while enjoying VoIP benefits, the times, they are a-changin’. Spurned on by the growing adoption and popularity of VoIP, more and more business and consumer customers are upgrading their equipment to IP phones to take advantage of better service options and pricing. Additional research found:

In 2011, 93 million IP phones will ship to businesses and consumers, up from 24.3 million in 2007.
Businesses will predominantly deploy desktop IP phones through the forecast period. IP DECT and Wi-Fi VoIP phones will be deployed primarily by specific vertical industries.
The consumer market for handsets will be driven by combo WLAN/cellular phones offered by operators who begin offering FMC services.

Source: voipcentral.org

Talkswitch has launched three new VoIP phones. They are TS-480i, TS-9133i and TS-9112i. The common features of all these IP phones are simple installation, flawless integration, rich VoIP functionalities and obviously inexpensive.

Common features:

1.Distinctive ring support

2.Multilingual support

3.Call Pickup

4.Call waiting

5.Call Park/Unpark

6.Message waiting lamp and counter

7.Voicemail access key

8.Auto configuration

TS-480i: The TS-480i is business IP phone. It comes with a large LCD display and 14 programmable soft key features. It can work like the IP extensions in the office. The device may be useful for teleworkers. The price of TS-480i is something around $239.

TS-9133i: It is cheaper than the TS-480i. The price of TS-9133i is around $179.It comes with seven customizable keys and 10 feature keys for easy call handling.

TS-9112i: It is the cheapest IP phone of Talkswitch. The price is just $119. It has 13 features keys and allows plug and play with auto detection of the TalkSwitch system.

Via: Smith on VoIP