Matt Landis Windows PBX & UC Report: April 2014

snom UC Edition Firmware Update Released: 8.8.2.21 Lync Qualified

Fixes since 8.8.2.21:

provisioning with DHCP Option 67 fixed
RGS improvements
audio stack improvements
Call list handling improvements
presence hardening

UCS support
logging improvements

Get the new firmware here: (login required)

http://www.snom.com/en/your-personal-menu/snom-uc-edition-firmware-center/snom-uc-edition-front-desk/snom-uc-edition-88221-ucs/

Lync 2013 Mobile to Become Future IP Phone Firmware?

the above picture is an April fools day prank and the vendor is not snom.

I’ve wondered aloud (and joked aloud click here when IP phone vendors will just use the Lync 2013 Mobile client to bring Lync capable IP phone devices to the market quickly. It appears at least one vendor (as soon as I can release information I will) may be heading that direction.

The Pros:

Debugged Lync signalling/media stack out of the gate
Ability to bring full Lync functionality (video, meetings, presence, IM) to an IP phone hardware platform very quickly
The vendor can focus on hardware and sit back and let innovation happen at the functionality level

Some Cons:

Is Lync 2013 Mobile the experience a desk phone user wants?
How integrated will the hardware and OS be? (reasons people often buy IP phone is for 1 button access to features or 1 glance indication of system status)
Will hardware be too expensive if it can run Lync 2013 mobile?

At the minimum this is an interesting new development.

Build 2014: Lync, Skype, & UC Related Notes

Below are some notes from Build 2014 Keynote.

Windows Phone 8.1 will allow bumping a mobile phone call to a Skype video call in one click, with a Skype button.

Of course, Cortana. Cortana as an extensible platform. (can trigger deep app integration.)

WinJS going cross platform. And opensource.

When?

What’s in the future?

XBox will become the next TV? (noted: avg user on xbox 5hrs a day..what?!)
Universal apps will run on Xbox
Kinect for Windows 2.0: 1080p, wide field of view, skeletal tracking better, low light
Internet of Things: Intel Galileo board (piano running windows!)
Windows for internet of things for $0 dollars
Phones and Tablets less than 9” for $0 dollars
All Windows Lumia 8 will get 8.1

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