Disclaimer... Before anyone tries to snitch me out to Polycom or gets mad at me for letting the IP 670 out of the bag I thought that I might first give you a quick overview of how I first found out about the Polycom IP 670...
The answer are simple. Someone Posted the phone here... http://www.voip-info.org/wiki/index.php?page=Polycom+Phones So I did some googling and found it on the Polycom site here... http://www.polycom.com/usa/en/support/voice/soundpoint_ip/soundpoint_ip670.html
I have been mumbling for quite some time that it would be the cats meow if Polycom would offer nerds like myself a replacement device for some of the less Asterisk friendly COLOR Display SIP Phones in the market... Low and Behold the Polycom SoundPoint IP 670! Finally, a SIP phone from Polycom with a full color back-lit display! I bring to you the Polycom SoundPoint IP 670 - This new voip phone appears to be based on the extremely popular IP 650 platform. The format is simple- Take one of the most popular Polycom SoundPoint IP phones in the line up and give it a Technicolor makeover.
Polycom SoundPoint IP 670 Features:
----Support for the Polycom SoundPoint IP COLOR Expansion Module
----320X160 pixels (4” by 2”) Full Color Display
----6 Line Appearances
----HD Voice
----Support for the Polycom Productivity Suite
----Back Lit Display
----Quality of Service – IEEE 802.1 p/Q, Layer 3 TOS, and DSCP3
----Local Call Recording on demand to a USB stick plugged directly in to the 670
The IP 670 Color Display:
The phone used in the Polycom example looks as if it was configured by a minimalist- The tech that installed this device hasn't enabled the presence feature or bothered to configure anything other that a single registration on a six line phone :) A better photo example of the Color display on the Polycom SoundPoint IP 670 would have at least had a BLF or possibly had the new park button that will soon be available with the Polycom Enhanced Feature Keys license...
I am also forced to assume that you can change the background images to something a bit more desirable - The user guides that I have found make no mention of the ability to do so via FTP, TFTP, or HTTP.
In summary... I have already begun letting my Linksys SPA962 and Plantronics CS55 know that their time spent on my desk is short lived- I have been using the combo for about a year and I can say that they have performed well... Unfortunely, for them, they will soon be replaced with a phone that truly offers best of breed Asterisk integration, a far superior speaker phone, and lifter-less headset functionality with my GN Netcom Jabra 9350 that I was lucky enough to get for FREE under GN's recent B.O.G.O reseller promo! Can you say electronic hookswitch? Hello Jabra Mode!
The answer are simple. Someone Posted the phone here... http://www.voip-info.org/wiki/index.php?page=Polycom+Phones So I did some googling and found it on the Polycom site here... http://www.polycom.com/usa/en/support/voice/soundpoint_ip/soundpoint_ip670.html
I have been mumbling for quite some time that it would be the cats meow if Polycom would offer nerds like myself a replacement device for some of the less Asterisk friendly COLOR Display SIP Phones in the market... Low and Behold the Polycom SoundPoint IP 670! Finally, a SIP phone from Polycom with a full color back-lit display! I bring to you the Polycom SoundPoint IP 670 - This new voip phone appears to be based on the extremely popular IP 650 platform. The format is simple- Take one of the most popular Polycom SoundPoint IP phones in the line up and give it a Technicolor makeover.
Polycom SoundPoint IP 670 Features:
----Support for the Polycom SoundPoint IP COLOR Expansion Module
----320X160 pixels (4” by 2”) Full Color Display
----6 Line Appearances
----HD Voice
----Support for the Polycom Productivity Suite
----Back Lit Display
----Quality of Service – IEEE 802.1 p/Q, Layer 3 TOS, and DSCP3
----Local Call Recording on demand to a USB stick plugged directly in to the 670
The IP 670 Color Display:
The phone used in the Polycom example looks as if it was configured by a minimalist- The tech that installed this device hasn't enabled the presence feature or bothered to configure anything other that a single registration on a six line phone :) A better photo example of the Color display on the Polycom SoundPoint IP 670 would have at least had a BLF or possibly had the new park button that will soon be available with the Polycom Enhanced Feature Keys license...
I am also forced to assume that you can change the background images to something a bit more desirable - The user guides that I have found make no mention of the ability to do so via FTP, TFTP, or HTTP.
In summary... I have already begun letting my Linksys SPA962 and Plantronics CS55 know that their time spent on my desk is short lived- I have been using the combo for about a year and I can say that they have performed well... Unfortunely, for them, they will soon be replaced with a phone that truly offers best of breed Asterisk integration, a far superior speaker phone, and lifter-less headset functionality with my GN Netcom Jabra 9350 that I was lucky enough to get for FREE under GN's recent B.O.G.O reseller promo! Can you say electronic hookswitch? Hello Jabra Mode!
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