Ringio launched a new cloud-based service for small and mid-sized businesses. The service integrates web-based CRM and advanced telephony features.  Users can accept or redirect incoming calls as they appear on the screen; Ringio then completes the call to the user’s desired 10-digit phone number or sends it to voice mail. If users are not logged into the system, they can still receive calls on the Ringio number; in that case, an audio caller ID gives them the same screening options.

Ringio’s intelligent call-routing functionality is provided by Voxeo, a longtime platform host with an extensive history in IVR and convergent communications.

“We define ‘rich calling’ as bringing a telephone call and relevant information about the caller together at the same time to enrich communication and information sharing, and – most important – to accelerate speed-to-satisfaction,” said Michael Zirngibl, Ringio co-founder and chairman.

Ringio was founded by Zirngibl, Aparicio and Ashish Soni, who serves as president and chief technology officer of the company. Previously, the three were CEO, CTO and vice president of technology and operations, respectively, at Angel.com, a speech- and interactive voice response (IVR) provider. They worked together at Angel.com for more than 10 years, building it into prominence as a provider of automated IVR and call-center solutions for medium and large businesses.

Popularity: 1% [?]

Nokia formally launched the Nokia E63, a more budget friendly full QWERTY smartphone designed as alternative to the Nokia E71. The Nokia E63 is designed for users who would like to better manage their life from the palm of their hand. Unlike the E71’s part-metal, the E63 uses plastic casing that also lets Nokia use brighter colors.Aside from the full QWERTY  keyboard, the Nokia E63 features a 2.36-inch 320×240 QVGA display, a 2-megapixel camera with digital zoom and LED flash, support for WiFi 802.11b/g, Bluetooth 2.0 and support for WCDMA 3G 900/2100 or 850/1900 or 850/2100 quad-band GSM networks.

The E63 has the ability to switch from business mode to personal mode. By simply pressing a single key, users can view corporate mail and appointments, pressing another key will enable the users to check pictures, email and shortcuts to favorite websites.

Below are the complete specifications of the Nokia E63:

Size

• Form: Monoblock with full keyboard
• Dimensions: 113 x 59 x 13 mm
• Weight: 126 g
• Volume: 87 cc
• Full keyboard
• High quality QVGA display

Display and 3D

• Size: 2.36″
• Resolution: 320 x 240 pixels (QVGA)
• Up to 16 million colors
• TFT active matrix (QVGA)
• Two customisable home screen modes

Security features

• Device lock
• Remote lock
• Data encryption for both phone memory an microSD content
• mobile VPN

Keys and input method

• Full keyboard
• Dedicated one-touch keys: Home, calendar, contacts, and email
• Speaker dependent and speaker independent voice dialling
• Intelligent input with auto-completion, auto-correction and learning capability
• Accelerated scrolling with NaviTMKey

Connectors

• Micro-USB connector, full-speed
• 3.5 mm standard AV connector

Power

• BP-4L 1500 mAh Li-Po battery
• Talk time (maximum): GSM up to 11 hours; WCDMA up to 4h 40 min
• Standby time (maximum): GSM up to 18 days; WCDMA up to 20 days;WLAN idle up to 170 hours
• Music playback time (maximum): 18 h

Memory

• microSD memory card slot, hot swappable, max. 8 GB
• 110 MB internal dynamic memory

Operating frequency

• E63-1 Quad-band EGSM 850/900/1800/1900, WCDMA 900/2100
• E63-2 Quad-band EGSM 850/900/1800/1900, WCDMA 850/1900
• E63-3 Quad-band EGSM 850/900/1800/1900, WCDMA 850/2100
• Offline mode

Data network

• CSD
• HSCSD
• GPRS class A, multislot class 32, maximum speed 100/60 kbps (DL/UL)
• EDGE class A, multislot class 32, maximum speed 296/177.6 kbps (DL/UL)
• WCDMA 900/2100 or 850/1900 or 850/2100, maximum speed 384/384 kbps (DL/UL)
• WLAN IEEE 802.11b/g
• WLAN Security: WEP, 802.1X, WPA, WPA2
• TCP/IP support
• IETF SIP and 3GPP

Local connectivity and synchronization

• Bluetooth version 2.0 with Enhanced Data Rate
• Bluetooth profiles: DUN, OPP, FTP, HFP, GOEP, HSP, BIP, RSAP, GAVDP, AVRCP, A2DP
• MTP (Multimedia Transfer Protocol) support
• Bluetooth (Bluetooth Serial Port Profile. BT SPP)
• File
• Network (Raw). Direct TCP/IP socket connection to any specified port (a.k.a HP JetDirect™).
• Network (LPR). Line Printer Daemon protocol (RFC1179).
• Support for local and remote SyncML synchronization, iSync, Intellisync, ActiveSync

Call features

• Integrated hands-free speakerphone
• Automatic answer with headset or car kit
• Any key answer
• Call waiting, call hold, call divert
• Call timer
• Logging of dialed, received and missed calls
• Automatic redial and fallback
• Speed dialing
• Speaker dependent and speaker independent voice dialing (SDND, SIND)
• Fixed dialing number support
• Vibrating alert (internal)
• Contacts with images
• Conference calling
• Push to talk
• VoIP

Messaging

• SMS
• Multiple SMS deletion
• Text-to-speech message reader
• MMS
• Distribution lists for messaging
• Instant messaging with Presence-enhanced contacts
• Cell broadcast

E-mail

• Supported protocols: IMAP4, Mail for Exchange, POP3, SMTP
• Support for e-mail attachments
• IMAP IDLE support
• Support for Nokia Intellisync Wireless Email
• Integrated Nokia Mobile VPN
• Easy Email set-up

Web browsing

• Supported markup languages: HTML, XHTML, MP, WML,CSS
• Supported protocols: HTTP, WAP2.0
• TCP/IP support
• Nokia browser
• Nokia Mobile Search

GPS and navigation

• Nokia Maps application

Photography

• 2.0 megapixel camera (1600 x 1200 pixels)
• Image formats: JPEG/EXIF
• CMOS sensor
• digital zoom
• Focal length: 4.5 mm
• Focus range: 10 cm to infinity
• LED flash
• Flash modes: Automatic, Off, Forced
• Flash operating range: 1 m
• White balance modes: automatic, daylight, incasdencent, fluorescent
• Capture modes: still, sequence, self-timer, video
• Colour tone modes: normal, sepia, black & white, negative
• Viewfinder
• Active toolbar
• Share photos with Share on Ovi

Video

• Main camera
• 320 x 240 (QVGA) at 15 fps
• 176 x 144 at 15 fps (QCIF)
• digital video zoom
• Video recording file formats: .mp4, .3gp; codecs: H.263, MPEG-4 VSP
• Audio recording formats: AMR
• Video white balance modes: automatic, sunny, incandescent, fluorescent
• Scene modes: automatic, night
• Colour tone modes: normal, sepia, black & white, negative
• Clip length (maximum): 1 h
• RealPlayer
• Video playback file formats: .Flash Lite 3, mp4, .3gp; codecs: H.263, MPEG-4 VSP
• Video streaming: .3gp, mp4, .rm
• Customisable video ring tones

Music and audio playback

• Music player
• Media player
• Music playback file formats: .mp3, .wma, .aac, AAC+, eAAC+
• Audio streaming formats: .rm, .eAAC+
• FM radio 87.5-108 MHz with RDS support
• Visual Radio support. Read more: www.visualradio.com
• 3.5 mm Standard AV connector
• Nokia Music Manager
• Nokia Music Store support
• Nokia Podcasting support
• Customizable ring tones
• Synchronize music with Windows Media Player
• Navi™ wheel support
• Voice Aid

Voice and audio recording

• Voice commands
• Speaker dependent and speaker independent voice dialling (SDND, SIND)
• Voice recorder
• Audio recording formats: AMR-WB, AMR-NB
• Speech codecs: FR, EFR, HRO/1, AMR-HR, and AMR-FR
• Text-to-speech

Personalization: profiles, themes, ring tones

• Customizable profiles
• Customizable ring tones
• Customisable video ring tones
• Support for talking ring tones
• Customizable themes
• Customizable home screen content in Business and Personal modes

Software platform and user interface

• S60 3.1 Edition, Eseries
• Symbian Os 9.2
• Two home screens with customizable active standby views
• Voice commands

Personal information management (PIM)

• Advanced contacts database: multiple number and e-mail details per contact, contacts with images
• Support for assigning images to contacts
• Support for contact groups
• Closed user group support
• Fixed Dialing Number support
• Clock: analog and digital
• Alarm clock with ring tones
• Reminders
• Calculator with advanced functions
• Calendar with week and month view
• Converter
• Active Notes
• To-do list
• PIM information viewable during call

Applications

• JavaTM MIDP 2.0
• Flash Lite 3.0
• Chat and instant messaging
• Nokia browser
• Dictionary
• Quickoffice (Quickword, Quickpoint, Quicksheet)
• PDF Viewer
• ZIP Manager
• Download
• File Manager
• Nokia Search
• Nokia Maps
• Files on OVI

The E63 will be available in ruby red or ultimate blue with a price tag of EUR 199

Popularity: 100% [?]

AudioCodes, traditionally known for their Media Gateway, Media Server and Session Border Controller solutions, has joined the IP phone bandwagon with the release of their 300HD IP-Phone Series that supports wideband codecs for superior sound quality.

The 300HD IP Phone series includes three new IP-Phones namely; the 310 HD, an entry level IP Phone that comes with a basic display, the 320HD, a premium endpoint that comes with a larger screen, and the 350HD executive phone that comes with a color LCD screen.

The 300HD IP Phone series IP phones  are based on AudioCodes VoIPerfect software and are all SIP-based, making them compatible with today’s leading IP-PBXs.

Wideband audio is gaining momentum in the VoIP industry and many vendors are now supporting G.722 wideband audio codec in their products.

Click here to read the full announcement.

Popularity: 14% [?]

Stonevoice has created SkyStone Video, a unique product that allows video communications between Skype video enabled clients and enterprise video solutions from leading vendors like Cisco, Sony, and Polycom.

Skystone video offers the following advantages:

• Video capabilities with the highest quality and simplicity
• Full convergence: audio or video call can be placed to anyone (PSTN or remote user with Skype) directly from the employee desk phone or from a video conferencing room and a simply as a standard call
• Software based:
  • It contains an embedded evaluation, in order to try it before buying (what you see and experience is what you get!)
  • It can be installed on any windows based PC or Server meeting the hw/sw requirements (no need to buy a costly imposed appliance)
• IP based: interoperable with IP PBX’s and Video Conferencing Terminals natively on IP, using standard protocols: SIP and H.323 (seamless integration and no need for extra hardware modules)

Features

• Completely software based: runs on any Windows Server
• Multichannel support up to 8 concurrent calls per server
• Per port licensing, regardless the number of phones or users.
• User-friendly and GUI based: fast and simple to define rules, routes, speed dials:

Skype to Phone features (web click to dial)
Phone to Skype features (speed dial)
Phone to Skype out features

• Call Detail Records (CDR) for billing
• Configuration backup/restore tool
• Supports DTMF relay for both Skype->VoIP and VoIP->Skype calls
• Embedded VNC engine to connect to console directly from the web interface
• Together with SkyStoneACD module to provide video call-center functionalities with web click to dial to a single company Skype account.
• International Standards compliancy:

VoIP protocols: H.323 and SIP
Audio Codecs: G.711, G.729(A)
Video Codecs: H.261, H.263
Video Rates: 128 Kbps up to 1,5 Mbps
DTMF modes: RFC2833
Live Video Resolutions: QCIF (176×144), CIF (352×288)

For more information, please visit http://skystone.stonevoice.com.

Popularity: 12% [?]

Analog Devices launched the new Blackfin BF51x  series, the newest members of their  convergent-processor family.  The Blackfin convergent-processors have superior ability to reduce cost, power consumption, software complexity, and development schedules in a broad spectrum of mobile lifestyle, industrial and instrumentation, portable medical diagnostic and VoIP telephony applications. Blackfins are commonly used in Asterisk- based VoIP appliances like Astfin and Digium AA50.

The newest members of the Blackfin family are the BF512, BF514, BF516 and BF518, they are all  single-core convergent processors that surpass outdated, heterogenous MCU+DSP approaches in reducing part-count, system cost, board space, and power consumption. These new processors are available at clock speeds of up to 400 MHz and include 116 kBytes of RAM plus an optional 4 Mbits of serial (SPI) flash memory. Each also integrates Lockbox™ security for code and content protection.

The BF51x processors feature high clock rates and low power dissipation per unit of processing (MMACs/mW), and like traditional MCUs, these convergent processors are OS and compiler-friendly.

Click here for more details.

Popularity: 4% [?]

snom has launched the snom 820, an an elegant and attractive SIP-based business VoIP phone.

The snom 820 features a high-resolution TFT color display that makes it easy for the users to view data through the XML browser.

It supports WiFi standard 802.11 and provides high-end sound quality and voice clarity which give users a feeling that they are talking to a person in the same room.

The snom 820 is equipped with the usual business functions like support for three-way conference calls, multiple ring tones and twelve different SIP identities per phone.  It has a VPN capability and supports SRTP and TLS security standards that help prevent recording and sniffing of VoIP data over the network.

Below are the features of the snom 820:

• High-resolution TFT color display
• Comfortable and intuitive menu structure
• Caller identification on display
• Directory (250 entries)
• Import/export of directory/phonebook
• Speed dial
• Local dial plan
• Lists of missed, received, and dialed calls (100 entries each)
• Indication of calls on hold
• Clock with automatic daylight-saving time, call timer
• Call blocking
• Handling of up to 12 calls simultaneously
• Auto answer mode
• Ringtone selection, VIP ringtones, import of individual ringtones
• URL dialing support
• Multilingualism
• DND mode
• Speakerphone
• Keyboard lock
• WiFi connection via USB 1.1
• Hold
• Unattended and attended transfer
• Hold music
• Call forwarding
• 3-way conference
• Call park, call pickup
• Call completion on busy/not available
• Client Matter Code (CMC)
• Call waiting/switching between calls

Click here for more information about the snom 820.

Popularity: 4% [?]