Microsoft shows off "unified communications" devices
By Donald Melanson 
posted May 14th 2007 10:56AM
posted May 14th 2007 10:56AM
It's been almost a year since Microsoft first unveiled in "unified communications" platform, but it looks like the company now finally has some actual devices to go along with it, and it's using its big Windows Hardware Engineering Conference (WinHEC) this week to show 'em off. Coming from nine different manufactures -- including ASUSTek, NEC, Plantronics, and Samsung, among others -- the products include a variety of VoIP phones, headsets, monitors, and at least one laptop, which all promise to "just work" (sound familiar?). The products being shown off this week are also all geared specifically towards the workplace, with the phones in particular designed to give you constant access to email, instant messaging, and other things not normally associated with phones. While there's unfortunately not a whole lot of details on the products themselves just yet, you can get a quick look at some of them by hitting up the eWeek link below.
[Photo courtesy of eWeek]
[Photo courtesy of eWeek]
wow... I'm surprised this 1 hasn't been flamed by apple fanboys yet.
Well it's not like they are announcing anything revolutionary....
They're probably working on TV commercial to do so. LOL
"which all promise to 'just work' (sound familiar?)."
Hooray for Plug 'n Pray
I've spent some time with some of the devices on that table, and they are pretty damned cool. Don't count on being able to use them without OCS 2007.
I'm interested to see how they fare security-wise against the 'real' security featured phones like Cisco makes. My guess is not too well.
I think every product companies put out should "just work"...or "just do it"...or "got milk." Wait, scratch that last one out.
Where's the comment about MS just stealing all of this from someone else? The haters are slipping, or tied up in the MS patent flaming, errr discussion that is, I guess.
It sounds like Plays For Sure... and well, we know how that turned out.
ok ok ok ..... so thats what microsoft calls a presentation ? thats what usually gets mistaken for a market stall in brixton where they sell knock off phones .. !!
can't buy class can ya ?
With an extra helping of LAMESAUCE!