asterisk users - May 2012 - using Wifi smartphones as SIP clients

All,

has anyone any experience in using Wifi smartphones as SIP clients? Does 
this work properly? What models/brands are optimal for this (in terms of 
ease of use, battery life etc)?

Thx!!

B.

Used the Snom M9 Wifi DECT phones, they work like charm.

SIPDroid on Android phones work good too, however latency is going to be
nightmare for u in softphone n wifi kinda scenario.

Use good quality Access Points like Ruckus Wireless.

Mitul
On May 7, 2012 1:55 PM, "Bart Coninckx" <bart.coninckx at
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> All,
>
> has anyone any experience in using Wifi smartphones as SIP clients? Does
> this work properly? What models/brands are optimal for this (in terms of
> ease of use, battery life etc)?
>
> Thx!!
>
> B.
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Hi,

thx! The Snom M9 does not look like a Wifi phone however, nor is it a 
smarthpone. In order to use that I would have to use access points that 
can handle both Wifi and DECT. Astraa seems to have (an expensive) one.

SIPDroid crossed my mind. You say they work OK but the latency is 
problematic? Is the experience as a whole then not poblematic?

thx!

B.



On 05/07/12 10:29, Mitul Limbani wrote:
>
> Used the Snom M9 Wifi DECT phones, they work like charm.
>
> SIPDroid on Android phones work good too, however latency is going to 
> be nightmare for u in softphone n wifi kinda scenario.
>
> Use good quality Access Points like Ruckus Wireless.
>
> Mitul
>
> On May 7, 2012 1:55 PM, "Bart Coninckx" <bart.coninckx at
telenet.be
> <mailto:bart.coninckx at telenet.be>> wrote:
>
>     All,
>
>     has anyone any experience in using Wifi smartphones as SIP
>     clients? Does this work properly? What models/brands are optimal
>     for this (in terms of ease of use, battery life etc)?
>
>     Thx!!
>
>     B.
>
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Yeah well Snom M9 is a Wifi DECT Phone (it creates its own 2.4Ghz Frequency
which is understood only between Base Station n M9 Units, It works just
like your standard Chordless phones) difference being that the Base station
is SIP enabled.

SIP Droid is great to work with, it solves most of the issues.

You should definitely give it a shot.

Regards,
Mitul Limbani,
Chief Architech & Founder,
Enterux Solutions Pvt. Ltd.
110 Reena Complex, Opp. Nathani Steel,
Vidyavihar (W), Mumbai - 400 086. India
http://www.enterux.com/
http://www.entvoice.com/
email: mitul at enterux.in
DID: +91-22-61447605
Cell: +91-9820332422




On Mon, May 7, 2012 at 2:12 PM, Bart Coninckx <bart.coninckx at
telenet.be>wrote:
>  Hi,
>
> thx! The Snom M9 does not look like a Wifi phone however, nor is it a
> smarthpone. In order to use that I would have to use access points that can
> handle both Wifi and DECT. Astraa seems to have (an expensive) one.
>
> SIPDroid crossed my mind. You say they work OK but the latency is
> problematic? Is the experience as a whole then not poblematic?
>
> thx!
>
> B.
>
>
>
>
> On 05/07/12 10:29, Mitul Limbani wrote:
>
> Used the Snom M9 Wifi DECT phones, they work like charm.
>
> SIPDroid on Android phones work good too, however latency is going to be
> nightmare for u in softphone n wifi kinda scenario.
>
> Use good quality Access Points like Ruckus Wireless.
>
> Mitul
> On May 7, 2012 1:55 PM, "Bart Coninckx" <bart.coninckx at
telenet.be> wrote:
>
>> All,
>>
>> has anyone any experience in using Wifi smartphones as SIP clients?
Does
>> this work properly? What models/brands are optimal for this (in terms
of
>> ease of use, battery life etc)?
>>
>> Thx!!
>>
>> B.
>>
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Bart Coninckx <bart.coninckx at telenet.be> writes:
> has anyone any experience in using Wifi smartphones as SIP clients?
Yes...
> Does this work properly?
It works nicely for home use for power users who can accept the odd lost
call and know how to restart the app or the phone when something goes
wrong. Unfortunately I haven't found anything so far which works for
business use.

The largest problem is that smartphones can't afford (battery-wise) to
check for wifi connectivity all the time. If the phone loses connection
to the wifi, it often takes more than a minute before it is ready to
receive calls again.
> What models/brands are optimal for this (in terms of ease of use,
> battery life etc)?
iPhone, Android, and Symbian are about equally troublesome.


/Benny

Il 07/05/2012 10.46, Mitul Limbani ha scritto:
> Yeah well Snom M9 is a Wifi DECT Phone (it creates its own 2.4Ghz
> Frequency which is understood only between Base Station n M9 Units
Certainly nothing to do with wifi, neither the frequency/phisical layer 
nor the protocols involved matches.

- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DECT
- 
http://wiki.snom.com/FAQ/What_is_the_channel_diagram_for_DECT_6.0_between_EU_and_US

On 5/7/2012 4:24 AM, Bart Coninckx wrote:
> has anyone any experience in using Wifi smartphones as SIP clients? Does
> this work properly? What models/brands are optimal for this (in terms of
> ease of use, battery life etc)?
www.acrobits.cz has Acrobits and Groundwire, which are both great on 
iPhone.  They also ahve software for Android, but I cant attest.

-- 

Jeremy Kister
http://jeremy.kister.net./