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snom m3 is a Slick Looking Device

The snom m3 is one of the slickest voip phones I have seen in quite sometime. The snom m3 DECT phone was created renowned designer, Sebastian Stroschein of Stroschein Product Design, Berlin. Stroschein is particularly well-known for luxury car installations including the Bluetooth handset installed in the Maybach limousine, all mobile phone holders in Mercedes-Benz cars, including the iPhone holder, and for the handsets in Porsches and BMWs. High end design finally married with high end functionality - something that has been missing in the VoIP hardware space.

snom m3 Features and Functionality

The snom m3 has an indoor range of 50 meters and an outdoor range of 100 meters, the snom m3 is an expandable system with multiline functionality for up to eight handsets – allowing for up to three parallel calls at time. It has a 128 x 128 pixel color display with backlight function and operates for 10 hours talk time or 100 hours standby. Additional features include three-way conference calls, call transferring, music while on hold, call forwarding, and speed dialing with an address book allowing up to 100 entries. The snom m3 menu is easily configurable to meet each user’s needs and allows the option to configure remotely.

The snom m3 will make its debut during VON Europe Autumn (Sept. 25-27 in Rome) and VON Fall (Oct. 30-Nov. 1 in Boston). The phone will begin shipping in Q4 2007.

snom m3 First Impressions

Wow. This device gets me excited about VoIP hardware. It does a fantastic job of delivering the design and functionality that users are looking for. The m3 could sit on a shelf in any electronics store and sell well…on looks alone. I can’t wait to get my hands on this one at Fall VON. Maybe snom wants to send me a demo in advance?

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