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Cellular Phone Forum / Providers / ATT Wireless / December 2007HOT: urn Apple's iPhone handset into a "fully-fledged business tool".
From ZDnet Avaya has released software which it claims will turn Apple's iPhone handset into a "fully-fledged business tool". The one-X Mobile client software, due for release in Europe in the first quarter of next year, is designed to integrate the largely consumer-centric device into "most enterprise IP telecommunications networks", Avaya claimed in a statement on Tuesday. The software will allow the use of a single number for both mobile and desk-based communications, by routing calls through the corporate network. Avaya already has software to enable the integration of a variety of popular handsets, but this is the first time it has targeted the iPhone. The company claims that the one-X Mobile interface will give users functionality such as multi-party conference calling, call transfer and call screening. Some enterprise applications have been made available for use with the iPhone, but several issues remain for those who wish to use Apple's handset in the workplace. Gartner has warned against such deployment due to security and compatibility concerns, and O2 -- the exclusive network operator for the iPhone in the UK -- has admitted that IT managers may be loath to allow work numbers to be ported over to the iPhone as it is only available on consumer tariffs. > From ZDnet > [quoted text clipped - 23 lines] > managers may be loath to allow work numbers to be ported over to the > iPhone as it is only available on consumer tariffs. From Independent News and Media Limited http://news.independent.co.uk/business/news/article3263623.ece iPhone boosted by Avaya download By Nic Fildes Published: 19 December 2007 Apple's iPhone, which looks like being one of the hottest stocking fillers this Christmas, is set to gain a business edge after Avaya, the mobile phone software developer, unveiled a new download that makes the device compatible with most corporate telephone networks. Consumers paying £270 for an iPhone over Christmas probably will have not bothered thinking too hard about whether it will connect to the network used at their work-place. However, for staff at a business that has installed a virtual private network - or VPN - to cut its telecoms budget, the new software will mean they do not have to carry around a separate phone for the work-place any more. The new software - dubbed one-X Mobile - will be available in the UK in the first quarter of 2008. The software will also work on other devices from a long list of manufacturers including Nokia, Motorola, Sony Ericsson and Samsung. Avaya's software will effectively turn the iPhone into a desktop phone, enabling conference calling, call transfer and short-code dialling from the handset. More than 70 per cent of companies have some form of wireless network within the office. VPNs allow organisations to dispense with old- fashioned fixed-line phones by putting all the functionality on to a mobile handset. Calls made within the office are charged at fixed-line rates, reverting to normal mobile tariffs when the worker leaves the premises. While some networks require telecoms companies to provide appropriate handsets for this service, Avaya's software lets the consumer's own handset be used as an office phone. > From Independent News and Media Limited > http://news.independent.co.uk/business/news/article3263623.ece [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > the mobile phone software developer, unveiled a new download that > makes the device compatible with most corporate telephone networks. "Download"? "Business edge?" God, I hate sloppy reporting! http://www.internetnews.com/ent-news/article.php/3710486 "The software is based on the Wireless Application Protocol (define) (WAP) and runs through the iPhone's Safari browser." So much for "download..." "It is also available for RIM and Palm devices, as well as mobile phone architectures that support Java." So much for "business edge" since it'll be available for virtually every phone on the planet, smart, dumb or otherwise. So basically it's a WAP portal that will work on any WAP phone with or without Java. More news that sticks "iPhone" in the PR so someone will bother to read it. I swear if Coca-Cola releases a new flavor tomorrow they'll claim it's "iPhone compatible"! > Calls made within the office are charged at fixed-line > rates, reverting to normal mobile tariffs when the worker leaves the > premises. With true VoIP solutions, yes, but this will be more of a smoke-and-mirrors call forwarding scheme that uses the phone's cellular minutes, I suspect (not that there's anything wrong with that- this way, you simulate the VoIP functionality without the risk of allowing a bunch of unsecured devices on the VPN.) > While some networks require telecoms companies to provide > appropriate handsets for this service, Avaya's software lets the > consumer's own handset be used as an office phone. At the consumers expense, of course! ;-) Todd Allcock <elecconnec@AmericaOnLine.com> wrote in news:fkbj3a$q6j$2 @aioe.org: > At the consumers expense, of course! ;-) Isn't that the whole point of iPhone and iPods? Larry  SignatureQUOTE OF THE MONTH: "I have been to several major Chinese cities and have seen first hand shops crammed with obviously fake American products." - Jon Dudas, Undersecretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property Rights. How can they be fake? The Chinese make all "American Products" I use! > > At the consumers expense, of course! ;-) > > Isn't that the whole point of iPhone and iPods? iPods? Where the f.ck did you get that idea? Just how does an iPod create more consumer expense? Ray Goldenberg <ray@lighthousetravel.com> wrote in news:ray- 91A9C7.06285920122007@nntp1.usenetserver.com: > Just how does an iPod create more consumer expense? Damn you ARE stupid. iTunes.....SELL, SELL, SELL! Larry SignatureQUOTE OF THE MONTH: "I have been to several major Chinese cities and have seen first hand shops crammed with obviously fake American products." - Jon Dudas, Undersecretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property Rights. How can they be fake? The Chinese make all "American Products" I use! > Ray Goldenberg <ray@lighthousetravel.com> wrote in news:ray- > 91A9C7.06285920122007@nntp1.usenetserver.com: > > > Just how does an iPod create more consumer expense? > > Damn you ARE stupid. iTunes.....SELL, SELL, SELL! iTunes--RIP, RIP, RIP your own CDs! There is exactly zero requirement for iTunes users to buy anything from the iTunes music store. So, I repeat: how does an iPod create more consumer expense? > > Ray Goldenberg <ray@lighthousetravel.com> wrote in news:ray- > > 91A9C7.06285920122007@nntp1.usenetserver.com: [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > > So, I repeat: how does an iPod create more consumer expense? Given the audio quality of downloaded music, CDs, for about the same price (If you buy music, like I do) is a far better value. Besides the superior sound quality, you own the CD and can play it anywhere you wish. Unfortunately, where many of us lived for audio quality, many today really can't tell the difference because they don't know that there is one. SignatureTo reply by email, remove the word "space" Kurt <labolide@spacegmail.com> wrote in news:labolide-5A67B7.19003720122007 @news.giganews.com: > Given the audio quality of downloaded music, CDs, for about the same > price (If you buy music, like I do) is a far better value. Besides the > superior sound quality, you own the CD and can play it anywhere you wish. How can a 1-bit CD sampled at only 44.1Kbps have "sound quality"? That's just not true of CDs...ANY CDs. All music produced and sold is now corrupt. Of course, most of the sh.t played on an iPod by adoring fans, any distortion only ADDS to the "musical experience" of being in a back alley with a bunch of animals screaming obscenities at each other in between gang fights, right? For that...CDs are a blessing! Larry SignatureYou boys are in for a terrible shock! Go find an audiologist and have him/her do a proper scan of YOUR audio bandwidth! The average human looks like: http://www.audioholics.com/education/acoustics-principles/human-hearing- amplitude-sensitivity-part-1 Check out all the parts this is part 1 of. Human hearing really SUCKS. Notice the db scale....not 1 or 2 db....50-60- 70 db! > Kurt <labolide@spacegmail.com> wrote in > news:labolide-5A67B7.19003720122007 @news.giganews.com: [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > > How can a 1-bit CD sampled at only 44.1Kbps have "sound quality"? CDs "1-bit?" You are losing it, dude... SignatureMike > That's just not true of CDs...ANY CDs. All music produced and sold > is now corrupt. Of course, most of the sh.t played on an iPod by [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > > Larry > > Kurt <labolide@spacegmail.com> wrote in > > news:labolide-5A67B7.19003720122007 @news.giganews.com: [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > > You are losing it, dude... "Losing" it? Larry the tinfoil hatted nutcase ALREADY lost it. Long ago. Or maybe never had it. > Kurt <labolide@spacegmail.com> wrote in news:labolide-5A67B7.19003720122007 > @news.giganews.com: [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > > Larry iTunes--RIP, RIP, RIP your own CDs! There is exactly zero requirement for iTunes users to buy anything from the iTunes music store. So, I repeat: how does an iPod create more consumer expense? > Kurt <labolide@spacegmail.com> wrote in news:labolide-5A67B7.19003720122007 > @news.giganews.com: [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > > Larry Hey, I still have all my albums, and an expensive cartridge with a good turntable. Without arguing the fine points, CD is still better than download. SignatureTo reply by email, remove the word "space" "Elmo P. Shagnasty" <elmop@nastydesigns.com> wrote in news:elmop- 61CBC3.20242620122007@nntp1.usenetserver.com: > So, I repeat: how does an iPod create more consumer expense? Ipods are wonderful. Just copy the files to them with any file manager and it plays them, no matter whether they are MP3, OGG, WAV, MP2, MP1, RM, AVI, DivX 1/2/3/4/5/6, BIN, files copied off a DVD.....any format, any where, any size. You don't need any kind of special software to copy playable files to an Apple product. It's wonderful and so cheap! It will also run programs written in any MS-DOS, Linux, CP/M, any machine code from 4-bit to 64-bit from any manufacturer, OS 1/2/3/4/5/6/7/8/9/X/Y/Z, Fortran, COBOL, Pearl or any mainframe OS from 1976 on! Bullshit.... Larry SignatureQUOTE OF THE MONTH: "I have been to several major Chinese cities and have seen first hand shops crammed with obviously fake American products." - Jon Dudas, Undersecretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property Rights. How can they be fake? The Chinese make all "American Products" I use! > "Elmo P. Shagnasty" <elmop@nastydesigns.com> wrote in news:elmop- > 61CBC3.20242620122007@nntp1.usenetserver.com: [quoted text clipped - 17 lines] > > Larry iTunes--RIP, RIP, RIP your own CDs! There is exactly zero requirement for iTunes users to buy anything from the iTunes music store. So, I repeat: how does an iPod create more consumer expense? 4phun <vic.healey@gmail.com> wrote in news:32d0742e-7354-4ecb-b84f- d8fdab1c4d95@e4g2000hsg.googlegroups.com: > From ZDnet > [quoted text clipped - 23 lines] > managers may be loath to allow work numbers to be ported over to the > iPhone as it is only available on consumer tariffs. About time they got two year old technology for such a cutting edge phone (not). This technology has been on the market for some time now with other phone models. What I find funny is that most of the features mentioned are standard fare for most cellphones on the market. |
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