Snom 870 Touchscreen VoIP Phone USB & WLAN Ready VoIP Desk Telephone

If you're looking for a VoIP desk phone that's big on features Snom's
latest offering, the Snom 870 Touchscreen VoIP Phone, which comes with a
touchscreen display with drag and drop functionality as well as USB and
WLAN connectivity options will doubtless prove especially tempting.
Billed as 'an advanced touch screen desktop phone for the North American
enterprise as well as small and mid-sized business markets' the Snom 870
Touchscreen VoIP Phone comes with a 4 x2 24-bit color touchscreen
display which, thanks to its drag and drop capabilities, makes handling
multiple calls a breeze (the phone can handle up to five simultaneous
conference calls) whilst also offering One Touch Calling, integrated
address/contacts organiser and Snom klarVOICE technology offering
'wideband audio with silence suppression and voice activity detection'

The snom 870 marks the next step in communications design and
technology for snom, said Michael Knieling, snom's Executive Vice
President of Marketing. It is not just a phone, but a highly
intelligent endpoint that blends advanced technology with superior
design at a compelling price point. The snom's 870's color touch screen
display serves as a dashboard to launch a variety of business
communications that are critical for today's enterprise workforce - such
as telephony, unified communications and customer relationship
management applications.

Snom 870 Highlights (as detailed by Snom's press release):

High Resolution Color Touch Screen Display

The snom 870 features a large high resolution 4×3 inch touch screen
display with 24-bit color depth. The touch screen enables the user to
easily handle even complex applications like swapping calls or
establishment of conference calls for up to 5 participants via a simple
drag and drop menu.

Intutive Interface with One Touch Calling

The touch screen display features an intuitive interface for easy
one-touch calling. A well- arranged address book makes sure that each
caller can be quickly identified. It offers space for additional
information such as company affiliation, email address and much more.
The control elements on the display are designed for active call
handling, so that the right contact is selected even in multiple call
scenarios.

Platform for Business Communications

The snom 870's fourth generation SIP technology enables it to serve as
an intelligent endpoint for a number of business communications
applications from IP telephony systems and solutions (IP PBX and hosted
VoIP) platforms to unified communications (integration with Microsoft
Office Communications Server 2007 via its special firmware - snom OCS
edition) to CRM solutions. An integrated XML browser also provides a
wide range of additional applications. Whether it is controlling an
external monitoring camera or accessing business-critical information
and data from the web, the snom 870 offers a wide array of extras.

snom klarVOICE for Crystal Clear Voice Quality: The audio quality on
snom 870 matches the high standard that snom customers have come to
expect: Wideband audio with silence suppression and voice activity
detection to ensure phone conversations are crystal clear.

The snom 870 is the second model of the new 800 series product line of
advanced business VoIP phones from snom and complements its existing
line of VoIP phones: the snom 820, snom MeetingPoint and snom 300 VoIP
telephone series. snom handsets are SIP- based and feature snom's mature
fourth generation VoIP technology designed for rugged business-class
performance, reliability and ease of interoperability, which has made
snom the VoIP handset partner of choice for the industry's leading VoIP
service providers, hosted VoIP, IP PBX and unified communications
solution vendors.

The Snom 870 Touchscreen VoIP Phone has just been made available and
will set you back around $350.

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