An East German company will soon launch an IP-PBX setup which is based on nothing but a Mac Mini MP3 player. They have named this new gadget as iBlue and it comes with an iPod shuffle that acts as a boot device for the Mac Mini, plus five Linux- Based VoIP phones.
The shuffle boots the Mac Mini into a Linux environment that also includes 4S Newcom’s ‘ 4S IP PBX’ software.
The iBlue package also includes five of Snom’s Snom300 model, a basic programmable business phone featuring a menu driven interface, a two-port switch, four-way navigation button and a two line LCD display.
The features of this setup are:
SIP proxy, registrar, and location server according to RFC3261
Automatic forwarding
Music on hold
Multi-user telephone conferences
Voicemail
Auto-attendant
Interactive Voice Response (IVR)
Automatic Call Distribution (ACD)
Low-rate codec
Maintenance via web interface
Call hunting
Dialog agent
Speed dial
Available for Linux and Windows 2000/XP
The iBlue will make its first appearance on 6th of November and it is priced at $3,750. It includes a Mac Mini, iPod Shuffle, five Snom300 phones and a 4S IP PBX license for 250 users and 30 parallel calls.
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via: linuxdevices
