One of the most feature-rich phones around has to be the Grandstream GXV3140 IP Multimedia Phone. Grandstream was initially known as a low-cost provider of communications solutions but over time they have proven that they make low-cost solutions with solid quality.
This leads us to the end of this month when the company releases their new feature-rich videophone which has solid social networking features built-in. You can use the phone to IM over Google, MSN and Yahoo, track RSS feeds, listen to internet radio and also stream from the included SD card slot or USB port. There is also an alarm clock, calendar, music ring tones and 3-way conferencing.
The phone also integrates with Yahoo’s Flickr service so you can use it instead of a digital photo frame.
The color screen is 4.3″ with 480×272 resolution and the camera supports 1.3 megapixels. There is support for a stereo headset with microphone, wideband/HD voice support, TV output, 3 SIP accounts with line switching support, MPLS, SIPS, AES, NAT traversal, H.264, 2X optical zoom, 30 FPS support, PIP, audio mute, camera block and more.
Music formats supported include AAC, MP3, WMA, Real and others. There is also language support for English, Chinese, Spanish, German, French and more on the way.
This is quite a phone in terms of raw features and we can expect to see these becoming a baseline phone for executives, knowledge workers and impromptu SMB conference areas.
Here are the features highlights from the company:
- 4.3″ digital TFT color LCD (480×272 resolution), 1.3M pixel CMOS camera with privacy shutter
- Dual switched 10M/100M auto-sensing Ethernet ports, optional FXS and FXO port
- SD/MMC/SDHC, USB, stereo headset with microphone, stereo audio output, video output, 2-angle stand, wall mountable
- High fidelity full-duplex speakerphone with acoustic echo canceller
- H.264 baseline (with CABAC enhancement pending) and H.263/H.263+ (pending) video standard at bit rate of 64kbps to 1Mbps, frame rate of up to 30fps and resolution of QVGA/CIF/QCIF
- G.711 (a/u-law), G.722 (wideband), G.723.1, G.729A/B, GSM-FR, G.726-32 (pending) voice codec and AAC, MP3, WMA, Real, Ogg-Vorbis audio codec
- Web browser, IM with Yahoo/MSN/Google, RSS feeds of weather/news/stocks, Internet radio, music/video streaming/playing from SD/USB card/Internet, Yahoo Flickr web photo album, alarm clock, calendar, games, music ring tone, etc
- Intuitive graphic user interface with customizable skins, multi-language, multiple virtual screens
- Advanced smart NAT traversal technology to allow truly zero-configuration plug-and-play
- Strong security and privacy protection based on TLS/SRTP/AES
And of course the Specifications which I am sure you want to know about:
Network Ports |
Dual switched 10M/100M auto-sensing Ethernet ports |
LCD |
4.3″ digital TFT color LCD with 480×272 resolution |
Camera |
Tiltable 1.3M pixel CMOS camera with privacy shutter |
Exterior |
Black ABS plastic, 2-angle stand, 18 function keys including 4 programmable soft keys, 5 navigation keys, Line, Message, Phone Book, Local View, Transfer, Hold, Conference, Dial/Send, and Speakerphone |
Auxiliary Ports |
SD/MMC/SDHC, USB (2.0), stereo headset with microphone, stereo audio output, TV CVBS output, optional FXS/FXO port |
Virtual Lines |
3 individual SIP accounts with “Line” switching button |
Wall Mountable |
Yes |
Network Protocols |
SIP RFC3261, TCP/UDP/IP, PPPoE, RTP/RTCP, SRTP, HTTP/HTTPS, ARP/RARP, ICMP, DNS, DHCP(client), NTP/SNTP, TFTP, Telnet, TLS, UPnP |
QoS |
Layer 2 (IEEE 802.1Q/p VLAN tagging) and Layer 3 QoS (ToS, DiffServ, MPLS) |
Security Protection |
SIPS/TLS/SRTP, AES |
NAT Traversal |
Smart NAT traversal technology to allow truly zero-configuration plug-and-play Support STUN, TURN, and UPnP |
Provisioning & Management |
Support TR-069 and Syslog for remote device automated provisioning and monitoring Support configuration via LCD, Web browser, and AES encrypted configuration file Support firmware upgrade via TFTP and HTTP |
Video Capabilities |
H.264 baseline (with CABAC enhancement pending), H.263/H.263+ (pending), CIF/QVGA/QCIF resolution, configurable frame rate up to 30 fps, configurable bit rate from 32kbps to 1Mbps Anti-flickering, auto focus and auto exposure, zoom (2x optical, 2xdigital), PIP (Picture-in-Picture), on-screen-display, audio mute, camera block, call log, video phone book Configurable screen-saver pictures, still picture capture/store, visual voice message indicator |
Voice Codec |
G.711 (PCMU/PCMA, Appendix I & II), G.722 (wideband), G.723.1, G.729AB, GSM-FR, G.726-32 (pending) |
Audio Codec |
AAC, MP3, WMA, Real, Ogg-Vortis |
Multi-language |
English, Chinese, Spanish, German, French, and more pending |
Applications |
Web browser, IM with Yahoo/MSN/Google, RSS feeds of news/weather/stock, Internet radio, music & video streaming & playing from SD/USB/Internet, Yahoo Flickr web photo album, alarm clock, calendar, music ring tone, 3-way conference |