Pingtel used to make expressa phones that could display web content and apps. I am sure there are others. You could use the manager interface and an app to create that kind of content and then display it on the phone.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Bill Wesson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "'Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion'" <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, July 19, 2005 8:20 AM Subject: RE: [Asterisk-Users] Hard Phone Screens - newbie question > Would anyone care to boast about how they use their hard phone screens? > > For instance, could a person place a variable on the screen that indicates > how many waiting calls there are in a certain queue? Could you program the > screen to display any data? Current wait time in a certain queue? > > Or am I missing the point -- you just use the screen as prompts for speed > dial keys? > > And yes, I'll go look at some of these phone's admin manuals now. > > Thanks, > Bill Wesson > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of jj > Sent: Monday, July 18, 2005 6:03 PM > To: Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion > Subject: Re: [Asterisk-Users] Hard Phone Screens - newbie question > > > On Jul 18, 2005, at 7:25 PM, Bill Wesson wrote: > > > Hello all, > > > > Is there an advantage to purchasing a VOIP hard phone with a display > > for use with Asterisk versus a hard phone without a display? Are there > > some creative uses of the screen or is it pretty generic? > > > > Would anyone have a URL reference for the basics of how the screen > > works? Is it a web page and the buttons are independently programmed > > to match the screen presentation, or what? I know the question is > > incredibly basic, but in my reading of VOIP-INFO.com and other sites, > > I have not seen much info about this topic. > > > > Thanks, > > --Bill > > Depends on your definitions and goals. > > Yes screens offer flexible soft keys. Yes you may program creative > applications to use them. > Obviously each manufacturers screens are configured differently and have > different capabilities. Checkout each vendors support pages for admin > guides. As a guidline screens add expense to phones so they are generally on > the better models with additional capabilities. All screens are not equal. > As an example the Polycom IP600 has a great display. The Polycom IP300 > running the same software is almost unreadable - in my opinion. > > > _______________________________________________ > Asterisk-Users mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users > To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users > > > > _______________________________________________ > Asterisk-Users mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users > To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users > _______________________________________________ Asterisk-Users mailing list [email protected] http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
