LCD screen tells you
when to take a break
MMD’s new monitor is designed to
foster well-being in the workplace. As
well as being height-adjustable and
tiltable so that users can set it at the
right height and angle, the 24-inch
Philips ErgoSensor display interacts
with users. It detects the position and
angle of the sitter’s face and distance
from the screen and suggests how
their posture could be improved. It
also tracks how much time people
have spent in front of the screen and
reminds them to take a break. The
Philips 241P4QRYES 24-inch Brilliance
LCD monitor with ErgoSensor costs
£275.
Join in wherever
you are
Brother has launched an iOS app that
extends its Omnijoin web and video
conferencing solution to iPhone and
iPad users.
OmniJoin software is designed
to offer board room quality web
conferencing for businesses of all sizes at
a much lower cost than other solutions.
It deliver simultaneous HD video
streams across multiple displays
with automatic adjustment for
different network speeds, giving clear,
uninterrupted video even over a 3G
connection.
Participants can work on and share
documents in real-time, including
smartphone/tablet users who can use
the app to share photos and documents
with others in the conference.
Mark Donnan, OmniJoin web
conferencing category manager, said:
“This new development will support
collaborative, agile working, offering
a great user experience whether the
software is accessed from an iPad
using a 3G connection or on a PC in a
boardroom on broadband.”
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National award for SIP
Communicator
Spitfire has won a Comms Dealer
Comms National Award
in
the SME Hosted Solution category for an implementation of
SIP Communicator at Milbrook Medical Conferences.
The hosted telephony service only requires SIP compatible
handsets, making it a cost-effective solution for business start-
ups and growing businesses. Costs are estimated to be about
50% less than a conventional phone system, with billing based
on a tax-deductible monthly service charge.
Another benefit of the system is that users can access new
features as soon as they are added. Recent additions include call
management and call recording options and a new softphone
app that extends SIP Communicator to iOS and Android
smartphones, with standard deskphone features such as the
ability to transfer calls, make conference calls, access a central
directory and use short-number and extension dialling.
Keep in touch
Yealink has enhanced its T4 series of SIP phones with a new
touchscreen model. The SIP-T48GN features a 7in 24-bit
backlit colour touchscreen offering rapid switching between
applications and windows. Other features include Gigabit Ethernet
connectivity; an XML browser; three-way conferencing; caller
ID with name, number and photograph; support for Bluetooth
earpieces and headsets via a USB dongle; and the ability to
host up to six SIP accounts. The T4 series is certified for use
with leading VoIP PBXs, including 3CX, Asterisk and Broadsoft
Broadworks.
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This USB key rocks!
New from LaCie is the Culbuto, a quirky
USB key that bobs from side to side but
doesn’t topple over. The work of French
designer Constance Guisset, it has a
spherical solid metal base topped with
a silicone rubber stem that ends with
a USB 3.0 connector. The
USB cap has a small slit for
holding a photo or business
card. LaCie Private-Public
software supplied with the
device lets you password
protect confidential files.
Culbuto costs £44.99 for
the 16GB version and
£64.99 for the 32GB
model.
Suspend your
disbelief
The Gravity Lifter could be just
what’s needed to grab the attention
of visitors to a busy exhibition stand,
shop, office lobby or even your home.
Available from Dusseldorf-based
Usables, the device uses magnets
to lift and rotate objects in thin air.
A special plate can suspend items
weighing up to 2kg 45mm above the
plinth. There are four models in the
range, starting with the Micro, which
has a hovering height of 18mm and
costs from 249 Euros.
Go large with Samsung
Samsung has launched a new range of commercial large format
displays (LFDs) for hotels, businesses, education and retailers.
Unveiled at CES 2014 in Las Vegas, the new models include the
world’s largest 95-inch LED LFD, an InteractiveWhite Board (IWB)
with multi-touch and multi-screen capabilities and a Samsung
Smart View feature that allows hotel guests to view smartphone
content, including films and TV, on a hotel room TV. Samsung is
the market leader in LFDs, with 26.4% of unit sales in Q3 2013
and a 26% share of the growing B2B display market.
In the frame
The NovoBoard fromVivitek
adds interactivity to any school
whiteboard. The adjustable frame
incorporates IR LED optical sensing
technology that when used with a
projector makes a whiteboard or flat
projection surface fully interactive.
Novoboard allows two people to
write on a board simultaneously
using a finger or stylus pen. It comes
in two sizes, 69-80in and 80-95in,
and is supplied with NovoTeach
interactive whiteboard software.
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Spitfire has launched
a softphone ‘app’
that enables a mobile
device to be used as an
extension of the Spitfire
SIP Communicator
hosted telephony
service.
