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HDVoice Capable Sennheiser DECT Headset

July 2, 2010
Michael Graves
VoIP

Sennheiser is a name that I’ve known my entire career. They are a well respected name in pro audio circles, specialists in high-quality microphones and headsets. They are not as well known for headsets targeting computer and telephony applications, but it happens that they do have some offerings in that area.

In fact, this past week they were named in a press release from Telstra in Australia. In this release Telstra announced the launch of the Polycom VVX-1500 video phone, a device that I’ve written about previously. However, along side the VVX-1500 they were also launching the Sennheiser DV Office, a DECT wireless headset.

Random Facts: Bria iPhone Edition

June 17, 2010
Michael Graves
VoIP

The team over at Junction Networks have just posed a nice review of Bria iPhone Edition. Todd Carothers, VP of Product Management at Counterpath will be on part 2 of Friday's VUC call to discuss this new product offering. Since…

CounterPath Launches Linux Softphone

June 2, 2010
Michael Graves
VoIP

There can be no question that Counterpath is the leader in SIP soft phones. From the free offering in X-Lite to my favorite Eyebeam, and finally Bria they’ve long had a diverse offering and occupied a leadership position in the market.

In a move to strengthen the diversity of their range today Counterpath announced the launch of Bria 3.0 for Linux. This gives them a native release on Windows, Mac & Linux, which is a considerable achievement.

Video How-To: Calling the VUC Using PhonerLite on Windows

March 15, 2010
Michael Graves
VoIP

thomasat1 post a nice YouTube screencast how-to on using PhonerLite for Windows to call the VoIP Users Conference. This video clip highlights a couple of interesting things. First, PhonerLite is a nice, reliable, freeware soft phone that's wideband (G.722) capable.…

Zoiper Softphone Goes HD In A Big Way!

December 7, 2009
Michael Graves
VoIP

zoiper Here’s the headline:

Zoiper is the First 3rd Party Softphone to Support Skype’s SILK, Polycom’s SIREN and the Broadvoice Codecs

How does that sound? Pretty major, right? Wanna know more? Here are the details.

Given that ZoIPer Communicator is available in web, Windows, Mac & Linux flavors this could jump them to the head of the class for HDVoice support in a soft phone. And of course, ZoIPer Communicator has long supported both SIP and IAX protocols. Yes, you have options. Very nice.

Making Use of Wideband Voice Right Now!: Gizmo5

June 22, 2009
Michael Graves
VoIP

This article was originally posted in June 2009, before Gizmo5 was purchased by Google.

gizmo5logo Last week I suggested Skype as an easy way to get started with wideband VoIP. Michael Robertson’s Gizmo5 is a great alternative to Skype.

Whereas Skype is a relatively closed network using proprietary protocols and codecs, Gizmo5 is based on SIP, a global open standard. A Gizmo5 account can be used from the Gizmo5 soft phone client or any SIP compliant device. That means that the myriad of SIP phones (hardware & software varieties) can be used with Gizmo5.