This week we take a look at some of the many wireless options that are available for trixbox Pro. With WiFi and DECT options to choose from and both desktop phones and cordless handsets, there are quite a number of available options. In today’s video we take a look at some of the different devices that are available and discuss some of the different situations that they can be used in. We also cover the pros and cons of WiFi versus DECT.

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Aastra is pleased to announce the addition of the Aastra 312w Wi-Fi phone to its wireless solutions portfolio for the US market.

Small and large companies can now leverage their existing wireless networks and easily create a highly scalable mobility solution with the new Aastra 312w, a feature-rich WLAN handset using SIP.

Aastra’s new 312w Wi-Fi phone combines the openness of SIP with the many benefits of Voice over WLAN to deliver a powerful feature rich wireless SIP handset. Compatible with most open-standard IP call control platforms, the Aastra 312w will appeal to a wide range of SMB and Enterprise customers, enterprises with multiple locations, or large campus environments with existing WLAN infrastructures. With the Aastra 312w, staff can stay in touch no matter where they go anywhere across the WLAN network with full roaming and hand-over between access points.

The 312w comes with a high resolution large color display and a host of productivity enhancing features including:

• Speakerphone, Headset Jack and Vibrating Alerter
• Call transfer, Call forward, Call waiting, Call logs and Caller ID with name
• Do not disturb and Brokering
• Security Encryption: WEP, WPA1-PSK, WPA2-PSK
• 5 Profiles for WLAN / SIP account configuration

The 312w Wi-Fi phone from Aastra offers a very cost effective and scalable mobility solution that can be easily deployed on existing WLAN networks.

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Even though deskphones are far more popular than wireless handsets, there is still a need for some people to be able to walk around the office and still be able to take calls whereever they are.  Having a wireless phone usually means taking a regular cordless analog phone and connecting it to the phone system with an ATA and early WiFi phones suffered from poor reception and horrible battery life. The Cisco WIP310 (originally released as the Linksys WIP310) aims to solve these problems by providing a business class WiFi handset.(...)
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For those who do not know, the Cisco 525G is the First integrated WiFi and Blue-tooth Business Desktop IP Phone. What does this mean? Well, for starters, no more cluttered cables on your desk! With a Single cable for power, this phone can connect to your office wireless network! This option will give users a lot of flexibility within the office.

Imagine that your company is moving their office to a new location, and they arrive in their new building only to find that there are no existing Ethernet cable drops! Normally, this would force your IT Staff (Or if you don’t have a full time IT, you yourself!) to have to setup an entire office network from scratch. But with the Cisco 525G, just set up a desk and let your phone scan for a wireless network! No cables, no mess! The 525 has dual Ethernet ports to provide LAN connectivity to your PC, so you can just pop your PC into the phone, and with a proper Wi-Fi access point, your office will be ready to go. I managed to set up a new workstation and phone with a single, three foot Ethernet cable, using our in house Critical Links Edgebox Wi-Fi and PBX capabilities. For offices lacking a Wi-Fi set up, the 525G still supports a standard Ethernet connection, as well as power over Ethernet!

The 525G is also the first IP phone with native Blue-tooth integration, which makes pairing your blue-tooth headset to this phone quick, and easy. With a Sennheiser VMX Office Blue-tooth headset, I was able to pair with both my cell phone and desk phone, allowing me the ability to talk hands free from the minute I left the house in the morning, until the minute I got home that night! This unit also comes standard with a 2.5mm headset jack for older headsets and budge conscious customers.

There will be no compatibility issues here, as the Cisco 525G is fully SIP compliant, as well as Cisco’s SPCP protocol. The 525G is fully compliant with SIP based IP-PBX’s, like the previously mentioned Edgebox, as well as 3CX and Trixbox!

The 525G allows for XML web applications to display local news, weather and other personal content, and the display makes viewing these a real treat! This phone’s high-resolution 3.2 inch QVGA Color Display is a beauty! The 525G comes with many other bonus goodies, like a USB access point to allow for the connection of personal data drives, as well as a built in MP3 Player to play songs from a USB device! These functions make the 525G an all around media outlet! It is such a relief to have a phone on my desk that allows me to listen to some music, check my stocks and see the weather while work on paperwork at my desk. The 525G is a MUST for Tech Junkies and office workers alike!

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