<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Jul 3, 2012 at 1:37 PM, Todd Bailey <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:toddb@toddbailey.net" target="_blank">toddb@toddbailey.net</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
My question is evolving into not who but what.<br>
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It it safe to say any phone marketed as a 'IP Phone' will work or are<br>
there gotchas that I need to know about ?<br></blockquote></div><br>There are ALWAYS gotchas with every manufacturer. The problem is that there is not a comprehensive list of every gotcha for every phone maker because that's just too much work to keep up with. (Things change, firmwares get updated, etc.)<br>
<br>If you want a really inexpensive phone that "just works" then you might want to check out the Yealink T26. Alternatively, the Snom 300 is cheap, but it has a really small display (although it's backlit, so at least you have that.)<br>
<br>Personally, I would stay away from the Cisco 79xx phones unless you really, really enjoy drama.<br><br>-MC<br>