I personally find the snom phones to look quite good compared to the american and chinese brands, might be a european thing though :)
Zoa Geraint Lee wrote: > I personally find the snom phones to be generally ugly and > "un-finger-friendly", in terms of reliability and quality, never had > any trouble, good phones all in all, i just can't get past the tacky > look and feel so don't buy them. > > 2009/6/3 Darrick Hartman <dhart...@djhsolutions.com > <mailto:dhart...@djhsolutions.com>> > > On 06/03/2009 11:47 AM, Jeff LaCoursiere wrote: > > > > On Thu, 4 Jun 2009, Rob Hillis wrote: > > > >> Jeff LaCoursiere wrote: > >>> We are still talking about a $175 phone. How about the > Polycom IP 320? > >>> $85 at 888voipstore. Can't go wrong with Polycom for voice > quality. > >>> > >> True, Polycom's are brilliant for voice quality, but unlike the > Snom, a > >> Polycom /will/ reboot on the drop of a hat /and/ take a damned > long time > >> to do it (~45-60 seconds) In addition, the web interface should be > >> taken away and shot - the only real way to configure them is > through (T)FTP. > >> > >> They are however, extraordinarily configurable through the XML > config > >> and they are very stable. Once they're configured they work very > >> nicely. The lack of a decent number of BLF keys (even with a very > >> expensive sidecar you only get two more keys than a standalone > Snom320) > >> puts me off a little. > >> > >> However, for a conference phone, the Polycom's can't be easily > beaten. > >> Their handsfree call quality is in a league of it's own. > >> > > > > Mainly I suggest it because the OP asked for an inexpensive > quality phone. > > I agree on the provisioning - the web interface is useless, and > unless you > > know how to setup the XML files properly you are doomed to a very > > frustrating experience. > > The Polycom 320/330's are nice little phones for the price. > > There are several resources for configuring the phones from the XML > config files. If the config files are sane, the phones don't take > that > long to reboot. > > This is probably one of the better examples: > > http://www.kfife.com/voip/ > > Karl did a good job commenting in the config files where he made > changes. > > Darrick > > _______________________________________________ > -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- > > asterisk-users mailing list > To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- > > asterisk-users mailing list > To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users > > > __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature > database 4124 (20090602) __________ > > The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. > > http://www.eset.com > > __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature database 4124 (20090602) __________ The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. http://www.eset.com _______________________________________________ -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users