July 2008 Archives

Not to be outdone by the foaming soap dispensers that proudly display the Penn State logo...

Here are some ideas I had for background images for the 7941/7961:

Standard (currently available)	PSU shield logo (currently available)	Nittany Lion 1	Nittany Lion 2
Old Main tower	Allen Street gates	At Beaver Stadium	Honors College wall

Color versions of the grayscale images.  (This is what you'd see on Cisco's higher-end color-display phones:  7945, 7965, 797x.  We don't offer these, but they sure look cool.)

Standard	Nittany Lion 1	Nittany Lion 2	Elm trees
Old Main tower	Allen Street gates	At Beaver Stadium	Honors College wall

Photography credit: Penn State Department of Public Information

I've got questions; help me with some answers.

Is telecom boring? Is the public excited about anything in telecom besides the iPhone?

Is voice-over-IP no longer progressive? (I think I know the answer to that one.) What would make VoIP phone service interesting again? What features would make you want to use your VoIP phone service instead of your cell phone when the VoIP "phone" (whatever form) and the cell phone are right next to each other?

What should phone service cost? If it cost nothing to dial overseas, would you make more international calls? Is the price already so low that toll charges don't really matter?

Who's on first?

What kind of convergence/integration do university people really want? Voicemail by e-mail? E-mail by voice? Softphones on the computer and web browsers on the phone? More video capabilities?

Would most people be happy if we just provided a bunch of ringtones and background pictures?