ShoreTel IP phone 655 – an initial review by MintTec

The latest model from the Shoretel product range, boasting to be their most advanced telephone available, is the next step in the advancement of their corporate desktop speaker phones. Both stylish and sophisticated, the 655 adds technology seen in the likes of smart phones and computer tablets to their desktop based speaker phone. This adds value in your VoIP Telephone Systems.

With an impressive 5.7 inch, 640x480 resolution display, it stands out as the most obvious improvement over its predecessor, the 565g. Gone are the programmable feature keys, updated to a sleek touch screen menu interface with on-board haptic feedback, giving the user a physical clue as when an option or feature is selected? Like many modern touch screen devices, the ShoreTel IP phone 655 comes with a virtual touchscreen keyboard, especially useful for more advanced tasks such as searching for specific contacts and thus allowing a more seamless keyboard user experience with less missed key strokes. This makes the VoIP Telephone Systems more seamless and loaded with a better performance. The keyboard feature makes VoIP Phone Systems a time-saving experience for the companies.

Taking a leaf out of modern hand-held smart-phones’ book, most notably the iPhone, the 655 comes with its customisable desktop backgrounds and even an incorporated application gallery, allowing you to make the selection from the touch screen menu and browse your applications. Slide presentations have been previously demonstrated as an expected application for future integration.

To see the presentation application in action, the file is available at YouTube. Taking even more advantage of the large and vibrant display is another new addition, visual voice mail. Using an intuitive graphical user interface, a user need only select a voice mail message from the inbox on the display and press play to hear the voicemail message, all very smooth and incredibly simple. This explains how VoIP Phone Systems add value in the businesses.

Although ShoreTel have always been on the cutting edge of microphone technology in their previous models, the standards have been set even higher in the 655. Using advanced microphone technology, ShoreTel claim that their microphone is able to isolate your voice even in noisy environments using beam form signalling techniques. Also available as add-on to the speaker phone are expansion microphones, ideal for conference calls where each individual voice needs to be heard clearly and concisely. These conference calls can save companies from the big expanses of business trips and thus adds value to the Business VoIP Solutions.

As a small but incredibly useful feature, custom ring-tone pairs have been introduced. You should need to know whether a call originates from within your company or outside, custom ring-tone pairs can be used to differentiate between the two and adds to the Business VoIP Solutions.

All in all, ShoreTel have set another very high standard in the speaker phone industry with their IP Phone 655. With its vibrant and intuitive touch screen interface, cutting edge microphone and speaker technology and a wide variety of add-ons, the 655 is set to be a main contender in the speaker phone market that will suit your business need whether you are a small or large company.

VoIP Phone Systems have been ranked high from their inception and they still sustain their position. The advancement in technology is ever increasing and thus VoIP Telephone Systems can serve businesses in a better way. VoIP technology is considered the future of telecommunication and Business VoIP Solutions will take the businesses to the next level.

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