Not all over $500 - a quick search finds:
http://www.xenarcdirect.com/search_results.asp?txtsearchParamCat=6&txtsearc hParamType=ALL&txtsearchParamMan=ALL&txtsearchParamVen=ALL&iLevel=1
Product ID: 700TS Category: 7" LCD Monitor 700TS - 7' USB Touch Screen LCD Monitor with VGA input Description: 4-wire Resistive Touch Screen (USB); VGA Input � 1; Supports 640 x 480 ~ 1600 x 1200 display resolution; For PC, Server, GPS, and Standard VGA Use; On Screen Display Control; Available in Silver or Black Price: $429.00
That is still too dear.
http://www.mini-itx.com/store/?c=9#p503
I bought one of these Xenarc displays last year for a different devel project. If you turned it sideways and placed it next to the phone you would have a device that looks very similar to the Cisco 7914. There are some drawbacks to the display - the power supply connector is not well placed, and it only runs at 18 bit color depth, but it performed very well as a touchscreen monitor. I saw the option for a Xenarc driver in the last kernel compile I did, but haven't had a chance to check it out yet.
There could be a couple of interesting uses for this as a receptionist device in addition to routing phone calls - monitoring security cameras, automated alert systems, setting up conferences... Basically, you'd need to create a hard phone with a vga output and a usb input using a cpu powerful enough to drive a display. Something like this: http://www.applieddata.net/products_bitsyX.asp , maybe. Set up a manager account for the whole thing... You know, this looks do-able. If anyone wants to take a run at it, I'm in.
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