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Written by Adam Gosling
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Thursday, 19 July 2007 |
The ShoreTel says its latest conference phone, the IP 8000 offers double the room coverage of competing IP-based conference phone while reducing the unwanted noise and interference in your average boardroom.
The SIP-capable phone is priced at US$1,299 and promises three-way
local conferencing.
The
company says the IP 8000's advanced technologies increase quality to
"unprecedented levels" with 16 always-on, beam-forming microphones
arranged in
a patent-pending Circular Microphone Array
format.
Beam-forming increases the receiver sensitivity in the
direction of wanted signals and decreases the sensitivity in the
direction of interference and noise. This way it picks up the human
voices and ignores unwanted noise like projectors or notebook computers
often found sitting on conference
room tables along with the phone.
The ShoreTel IP 8000 also has enhanced Radio Frequency Immunity, which eliminates
distracting interference from cell phones, PDAs, and other electronic
devices in the conference room. And its titanium speaker driver and "tuned ported enclosure" reduce unwanted
distortion by what ShoreTel says is up to 10 times more effectively than other conference
phones.
The device is
 software-based and
remotely programmable, though it has a keypad and
display which makes it easy to add call participants and so on.
"Its three-way local conferencing capabilities
permit users to host ad-hoc conferences without consuming PBX or audio
bridge resources. Finally, the SIP-compliant IP 8000 integrates
seamlessly with ShoreTel's comprehensive suite of IP telephony
solutions, giving customers easy access to the productivity-enhancing
features that distinguish its overall offering," says the announcement.
www.shoretel.com/products/phones/
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