On Mon, 29 Nov 2010 02:26:35 -0800, Kevin Keane wrote: >Do you mean, using the smart phone as an Asterisk server, or as a device >(i.e., an extension)? > >I think running Asterisk in server mode would run up against blocking of SIP >traffic on most voice networks. Also, you would probably run into issues with >battery life, and with availability (what if you are flying and have to turn >off your smart phone - suddenly the phone number wouldn't go to the IVR or >voice mail any more). I would also be concerned about constantly changing IP >addresses, firewalling within the carrier network, ... > >As an extension, I believe there are some softphone implementations available >for Android (they might still run up against blocked SIP traffic, though). > >Alternatively, you can probably also use "follow me" or plain old forwarding >to get calls to the cell phone, and DNDI for dialing outgoing calls. >
Actually there is a project called "Serval" that runs Asterisk on Android as a means to create a mobile mesh. It's related to the Village Telco project. As such David Rowe has some observations about it on bis blog. http://www.rowetel.com/blog/?p=168 Michael -- Michael Graves mgraves<at>mstvp.com http://www.mgraves.org o713-861-4005 c713-201-1262 sip:[email protected] skype mjgraves Twitter mjgraves -- _____________________________________________________________________ -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- New to Asterisk? Join us for a live introductory webinar every Thurs: http://www.asterisk.org/hello asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
