Unified Communications Devices .... coming to PC near you!

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Ian Hunter — Mon, 14 May 2007 14:26:23 GMT

Hi Mark, interesting stuff. By becoming 'agnostic' on the type of IP phone you will be putting pressure on traditional PBX vendors who make a tidy sum on their own IP endpoints. They don't like non own brand phones on their systems and kick up a fuss about service continuity.

UC Devices

Exchange and UC — Mon, 14 May 2007 18:37:01 GMT

A whole bunch of UC devices has been unveiled today - check out Mark's blog to see the devices. There

re: Unified Communications Devices .... coming to PC near you!

markdea — Mon, 14 May 2007 19:02:26 GMT

Hi,

First of all, I added in a picture of the Samsung monitor to the post above, take a look at https://www.microsoft.com/presspass/presskits/uc/gallery.mspx for the image downloads.

To reply to Ians comments, its worth noting that these devices connect to our system than can then connect to the existing PBX. I believe there is more money to be made by partners selling solutions based on UC than just expensive endpoints.

Mark Deakin

re: Unified Communications Devices .... coming to PC near you!

Tim Bunton — Mon, 14 May 2007 22:03:48 GMT

Interesting phones- looks like its going to really create a wow in the market place! What sort of traditional features do they support and how do you ensure quality of service on an IP network?

re: Unified Communications Devices .... coming to PC near you!

markdea — Tue, 15 May 2007 14:10:06 GMT

The features depend on the type of phone the organisation goes for.

For the fully featured 'tanjay' phones, features will include

a) see presence of people on your buddy list before you phone them

b) view contacts 'out of office' or 'notes'

c) view voicemails and listen to them in any order

d) Plug the phone into any network port with an internet connection and it 'just works'

Expect to hear more about these devices towards the end of the year as they become available to purchase.

Mark Deakin

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外部部落格 — Fri, 10 Aug 2007 17:47:30 GMT

If you are a regular OfficeRocker reader you might think I've developed a bit of an obsession with

"Stick that in your ADSL pipe and phone it"

Unified Communications @ Microsoft — Wed, 12 Sep 2007 00:21:47 GMT

Being the UC product manager I am lucky enough to be firnished with a few more devices than others in

'Review of the Samsung 225UW' and 'give video chat a chance

Unified Communications @ Microsoft — Thu, 04 Oct 2007 00:51:41 GMT

You might be asking yourself right now,  why on earth is Mark talking about a monitor when he should

re: Unified Communications Devices .... coming to PC near you!

Jason H. — Sun, 02 Dec 2007 22:42:14 GMT

Our product called ZoomSwitch ZMS10 allows you to add USB voice functionality to your existing wired or wireless office headset. You can switch back and forth between the phone and PC on the fly with a simple button. This was created for users of unified messaging where they might have a desk phone and a softphone, or who listen to their voicemail via their computer.

There is more info on our product at ZoomSwitch.com.

Thanks.

Official 'Optimised for Microsoft Office Communicator' device list

Unified Communications @ Microsoft — Thu, 03 Jan 2008 15:55:29 GMT

Back in May 2007,  I did a blog post about all the new devices that were coming out.  That