Polycom CX200 Phone (aka Catalina) First Impression Review

I was favorably impressed with the Polycom CX200 (aka Catalina). It's probably going to be outdated by the CX300 which is basically a full phone form factor (keypad, lcd, etc) I paid $60 for a new CX200 on ebay but most commonly they are about $125.00.

-Very solid feel, sits firmly on your desk
-Great Wide Band audio and speaker phone
-Mike picks up great
-No drivers required
-6ft USB cable

Cons
-If you don't have OCS Enterprise Voice turned on, picking up the handset does NOT answer Communicator call or hangup. (you need to click on Communcator to answer)
-On same token the presence LED/Logo on the Cx200 doesn't work either

To read more about this issue:
http://blogs.technet.com/jenstr/archive/2007/11/11/why-is-my-device-optimized...

I'm very eager to see the new CX300. (picture on my blog):
http://windowspbx.blogspot.com/2009/12/new-phone-form-factor-ocs-end-point.html

For more of my thoughts on Windows based PBX's: (3CX, pbxnsip, OCS and more...)
http://www.windowspbx.blogspot.com/

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• ocs
• polycom cx200
• catalina
• cx200
• office communicator
• office communication server
• ocs phone