3Com's 3108 WiFi VoIP phone gets FCC nod

Looks like 3Com is dipping its toes in the ever-growing VoIP phone pool, with its 3108 wireless phone recently snagging that much-needed FCC approval. This one is SIP-based which means it'll work with just about anything as long as it's not Skype, unless it has some dual-mode action 3Com's not telling us (or the FCC) about -- so we're guessing not. Still, if it suits your needs, the phone looks to be decent enough, with a 1.8-inch color LCD, 2.4GHz external antenna, firmware that can be updated over WiFi, and a range of about 65-165 feet indoors and a purported 820 foot range outdoors in line-of-sight. The fact that it also looks like a regular phone doesn't hurt either, given the sorry state of some VoIP phone designs. With all the info we've got coming from the FCC filings though, that of course means we don't know how much it'll cost or when it'll be available.

[Via Mobilewhack]

[tj @ Aug 17th 2006 4:54PM]

This is the same phone as the Dlink DPH-540, both made by UNEX. The screen is fairly dim but it's packed with wireless features (WPA2, WMM QoS).

[Nick @ Aug 17th 2006 5:05PM]

This is phone is SIP only and requires an NBX3000 or higher phone system to function. By running your system in SIP at this first release you don't have many bells and whistles and actually might be giving up lots of important features... It also requires the latest release of software to be running on the system and it costs $1000 to upgrade for anyone that bought a system befroe April 2006.