UTStarcom's F3000 WiFi b/g VoIP phone coming mid-December?

It looks like UTStarcom's retro-cell designed F1000 WiFi VoIP phone carried by Vonage is in for an update. While we don't have any details directly from UTStarcom or Vonage on this, voipsupply.com is offering a $210 pre-order of the F3000 802.11b/g clamshell with 65K color 128x160 LCD with mid-Decemeber shipping date. In addition to 64/128bit WEP support, the F3000 also introduces WPA/MD5 authentication and is expected to be fully SIP compliant according to Tom's Networking, though, oddly, this is not in the spec listing.

[Thanks, Clay]

[CLAY SHENTRUP @ Dec 19th 2005 2:06AM]

YOU'RE WELCOME! ;)

ANYWAY, I'D REALLY LIKE TO KNOW HOW EASY IT IS TO DIAL A FULL SIP ADDRESS WITH THIS BAD BOY. SOONER OR LATER, SIP DEVICES HAVE TO STOP HAVING THIS STRICTLY NUMERICAL PSTN-LIKE INTERFACE, AND GIVE A FULL KEYBOARD LIKE A "PDA". THE FRUSTRATING PART IS THAT MANUFACTURERS ARE OFTEN A BIT AMBIGUOUS IN THEIR MANUALS ABOUT HOW TO DIAL THE FULL ADDRESS. THE F1000 MANUAL FOR INSTANCE TALKS ABOUT BACKSPACING TO ERASE A NUMBER OR CHARACTER.

[CLAY SHENTRUP @ Dec 19th 2005 2:06AM]

YOU'RE WELCOME! ;)

ANYWAY, I'D REALLY LIKE TO KNOW HOW EASY IT IS TO DIAL A FULL SIP ADDRESS WITH THIS BAD BOY. SOONER OR LATER, SIP DEVICES HAVE TO STOP HAVING THIS STRICTLY NUMERICAL PSTN-LIKE INTERFACE, AND GIVE A FULL KEYBOARD LIKE A "PDA". THE FRUSTRATING PART IS THAT MANUFACTURERS ARE OFTEN A BIT AMBIGUOUS IN THEIR MANUALS ABOUT HOW TO DIAL THE FULL ADDRESS. THE F1000 MANUAL FOR INSTANCE TALKS ABOUT BACKSPACING TO ERASE A NUMBER OR CHARACTER.

[CLAY SHENTRUP @ Dec 22nd 2005 3:36AM]

I GOT AN EMAIL FROM UTSTARCOM, EXPLAINING THAT THIS PHONE CAN'T DIAL SIP ADDRESSES. IT WILL JUST LET YOU ENTER IN A NUMERICAL USER NAME PART, AND ASSUME THE DOMAIN IS WHATEVER YOUR REGISTRAR/PROXY IS. I DON'T THINK IT'S FAIR TO EVEN CALL IT A SIP PHONE IN THAT CASE. IT USES A BROKEN SIP IMPLEMENTATION, OR ONE COULD SAY A "SUB-SET" OF SIP.