On Sun, 1 Mar 2009 18:14:18 +0100, Christian Stredicke wrote: >I have influential contacts inside snom... > >CS
So you do! What do you think? Would snom be interested in selling hardware into a group of users who would be loading community developed application firmware? It makes me wonder how many little routers Cisco sells that actually get loaded with WRT-DD and the like? Michael >-----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- >Von: [email protected] >[mailto:[email protected]] Im Auftrag von Paul Chambers >Gesendet: Sonntag, 1. März 2009 01:30 >An: Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion >Betreff: Re: [asterisk-users] building a phone > >Michael Graves wrote: >> On Sat, 28 Feb 2009 14:59:23 -0800, Paul Chambers wrote: >> >>> Michael Graves wrote: >>> >>>> Witness the fact that the old Pingtel phones ran Java, and they were >>>> incredibly lame. >>>> >>>> I think part of what this thread misses is that DSP is a god chunk of >>>> what SIP phones need. A general purpose CPU is not the right tool for >>>> the task. A cheap DSP is better suited to compression, transcoding, etc. >>>> >>>> OTOH, presuming that the snom phones are Linux on a suitable platform >>>> soomeone could develop a custom software load for them and OEM the >>>> hardware. >>>> >>> I'm surprised that no-one has mentioned Astfin. Basically uClinux and >>> asterisk running on an Analog Devices Blackfin DSP. There's also some >>> 'open source' hardware that's available - the IP04 and friends. I'm >>> using an Edgepbx FX08, and they also have a two-port version (FX02). >>> Atcom has a single-port one, the IP01. >>> >>> Though if I were going to prototype an 'open' SIP phone, I'd probably >>> start with a beagle board (TI OMAP3530 - dual-core ARM+DSP). It's a >>> pretty powerful SOC - its brother (3430) powers the Palm Pre. >>> >>> Just another datapoint :) >>> >> >> Yeah, that'd be great hardware to select. >> >> What I was thinking is that this thread seems to be driven by those of >> a software bent. For that group perhaps there's an opportunity to write >> code for something like a snom 820. It's a solid solid hardware basis >> for the project. Snom would be foolish not to sell it for such use, >> even price it attractively. That way the hardware work would be done, >> and the software geeks could work their magic. >> >I'm a card-carrying (embedded linux) software geek, and I know I'd be >interested :) > >Anyone got some influencial contacts inside Snom? or Aastra, for that >matter, their hardware also seems good quality from what people have said. > >Another possibility is talking to Atcom (or other VoIP ODMs), they seem >to have done pretty well from the IP04 and derivatives. They've >experienced the benefits of an open development model, perhaps they'd be >interested. Not sure what the quality of their existing handset hardware >is like. > >Anyone on the list have the contacts to get the ball rolling? > >Paul > >_______________________________________________ >-- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- > >asterisk-users mailing list >To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users > > > >_______________________________________________ >-- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- > >asterisk-users mailing list >To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users > -- Michael Graves mgraves<at>mstvp.com http://blog.mgraves.org o713-861-4005 c713-201-1262 sip:[email protected] skype mjgraves fwd 54245 _______________________________________________ -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
