OK, maybe more than just phones voip-related devices….inspired by Randy’s question about our collective experience with hardware:
* denotes things that I continue to use
- Polycom IP500*, 501*, 600*, 430*
- Polycom CS100* (speakerphone gadget for use with soft phone)
- Aastra 480i CT*, with 1 cordless handset
- Pingtel Expressa (the single most worthless device I’ve ever bought…but pretty)
- Zultys 4×5
- Snom 200
- Hitachi Cable WIP5000 Wifi cordless SIP handset
- X-Lite* soft phone
- X-Pro soft phone (sadly, there’s no migration path from X-Pro to EyeBeam)
- Firefly IAX soft phone
- Grandstream BT100
- Phoenix Audio Duet USB speakerphone device
- Mvox MV900 USB speakerphone gadget with bluetooth
- Mvox MV100* USB speakerphone gadget
- Sipura SPA-2000, SPA-2002*, SPA-3000
- Digium X100p FXO (3)
- Digium TDM400p with 2 FXOs
- GN Netcom GN9350 DECT Cordless Headset
- T-100* generic headset (a Plantronics clone I think, only $16 on E-bay!)
My operative principle is very simple…if something looks interesting I buy one. Then use it for 30-60 days and decide if it has merit. If it’s a good device put it into heavier service. If it’s not a good device then list it on Ebay and accept a small loss as the cost of aquiring the knowledge about the device.