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| Plantronics CS50-USB |
I'll have to find out which softphones this headset works with when the exhibit hall opens in 20 minutes. Hopefully, the list includes Xten, Skype, and other major VoIP softphone clients.
UPDATE!
I met with Plantronics, and they told me they will indeed work with Skype, Xten, Avaya, and several other softphone clients. They are working with the vendors to provide tight integration, including ringing the wireless headset. I asked them, "What about outbound dialing? There is no keypad on the headset, so do you plan on implementing speech-rec dialing?" They told me third party vendors are indeed working on it. So expect to be able to just say, "call Mom" and it will initiate a Skype call, SIP call, etc.
UPDATE 2!
You can buy the Plantronics CS50-USB headset on Amazon pretty cheap - around $180. Also check out the good Amazon customer reviews on this headset. I hope to review this headset myself soon.
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That's not a pic of the CS50-USB; it's just the standard CS50. Here's a URL for Plantronics product page for the CS50-USB, which includes an accurate photo...
http://www.plantronics.com/north_america/en_US/productName/CS50USB
http://www.plantronics.com/images/product/product_large/cs50usb_l.jpg
Separately, I'd be very interested to hear further developments related to the CS50-USB; I've been waiting for this capability for some time.
Any idea where to get more details on softphone support and continuing developments?
Here's the correct picture for the Plantronics CS50-USB:
http://www.headset-plus.com/plantronics-cs50usb-wireless-computer-voip-headset-p-129.html
here you can see more pic of the CS50:
http://www.headset-plus.com/plantronics-cs50-wireless-headset-system-p-1.html
the 2nd pic here of the headset looks rather misleading http://www.cellphonestalk.com/cellphoneaccessories/plantronics/cs50/design.html
can the headset fold that way??
i have yahoo messenger as my voip service will it work with that ?? almost bought it online just now... it seems i have like 2 options for wireless usb pc headsets ...to bad