One Slick Conference Phone
April 16, 2009 by Garrett Smith
The folks over at Kicker Studio think conference phones suck.
As such, they decided to go about designing a very slick touchscreen conference phone. Now the folks over at Kicker didn’t just fire-up Photoshop – they went to great lengths to flesh out the hardware and user interface design.
What they came up with is something that you might just be able to buy some day.
Kicker’s touchscreen conference phone combines the humanity of in-person meetings with the convenience of efficient technology. Features include:
- Synchronizes with calendars and contacts for one-tap dialing
- Quickly see who’s talking on a call and who wants to speak
- “Hand Raising” to indicate a desire to speak
- “Poking” to nudge other callers
- Recording and marking of calls
- Multi-line dialing
- Adjusting individual lines for the best overall conference call quality
- Comes in four different colors (silver, red, orange, and green)
Who said VoIP hardware was boring?
2 Comments
That is pretty cool! I could see this on a desk near me for sure.
Looks an awful like something that http://www.openpeak.com/ has designed. Open Peak as we know has designed the Verizon Hub.
The Kicker design looks like thoughtful consideration was taken in its conception and execution. Snom, Polycom, and others please take note!