SIP in higher education

[Steve Blair <>]

Bob Riddle wrote:

> I haven't looked at it in more than a year.  It was ... underwhelming 
> the last time I looked at it, but that has been some time ago.

Also I believe that was when the client had a click-to-talk interface. 
That was a bit annoying when trying to use the client on an iPaq on a 
Wireless LAN. The client did work. The limiting factor seemed to be the 
Wireless network more than the client as I remember.

_Steve

> Candace Holman wrote:
>
> > I don't think there's very much demand for it, though the Pocket PC 
> > support forum seems to show activity 
> > http://support.counterpath.net/viewforum.php?f=7.
> > Had you ever tried X-PRO?
> >
> > Candace
> >
> > Bob Riddle wrote:
> >
> > > sigh ... any chance they would share a PocketPC version?  I'd like 
> > > to try interoperability testing with some of the iPaqs I have laying 
> > > around.
> > >
> > > Candace Holman wrote:
> > >
> > > > Good news - CounterPath has announced X-Lite 3.0.  This is a free 
> > > > softphone, based on eyeBeam 1.5, that offers automatic 
> > > > configuration, presence and instant messaging, and support for both 
> > > > audio and video.  It is SIP/SIMPLE-based.  Mac and Linux versions 
> > > > are planned for later this year.
> > > > It comes with audio, video, presence, im, 2 lines, conference 
> > > > button, record, hold, and proxy, privacy, and presence 
> > > > configuration (p2p or presence agent, custom presence status) are 
> > > > available.
> > > > Missing features include high-compression codecs, secure calls, 
> > > > "QoS support", "Outlook integration", 6 lines, and transfer.
> > > >
> > > > I'm getting one error message when I run it, but otherwise it seems 
> > > > to work just fine.  Video seems even better than eyeBeam 1.1.
> > > >
> > > > Download, User Manuals, Support Forum:
> > > > http://www.counterpath.com/index.php?menu=download
> > > >
> > > > Press Release:
> > > > http://www.xten.com/news/20060601.pdf
> > > >
> > > > Candace

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