Paul Martin
05-16-2007, 04:05 AM
<div class='os_post_top_link'><a href='http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/2007/may07/05-13NewGenWorkPhonesPR.mspx?rss_fdn=Press%20Releases' target='_blank'>http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/...ress%20Releases</a><br /><br /></div><i>"Monday at the Windows Hardware Engineering Conference (WinHEC) 2007, Microsoft Corp. and nine industry-leading companies — ASUSTek Computer Inc., GN, LG-Nortel Co. Ltd., NEC Corp., Plantronics Inc., Polycom Inc., SAMSUNG, Tatung Co. and ViTELiX — will introduce a new generation of devices that connect the workplace phone to e-mail, instant messaging, real-time presence information, conferencing, voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) and mobile communications. Beginning tomorrow, a new wave of phones and devices will become available for use in the public beta program of Microsoft® Office Communications Server 2007 and Microsoft Office Communicator 2007."</i><br /><br /><img src="http://www.pocketpcthoughts.com/images/web/2003/martin-20070515-microsoft-roundtable-camera.jpg" /><br /><br />Included in the unveiling were "<i>Internet protocol (IP) phones, Universal Serial Bus (USB) phones, wired and wireless headsets, conferencing phones, LCD monitors and laptops.</i>" I really like the looks of the Microsoft Roundtable, pictured above. You can see it at work in the picture below:<br /><br /><img src="http://www.pocketpcthoughts.com/images/web/2003/martin-20070515-microsoft-comm-server-beta.jpg" /> <br />(<i>full res photo <a href="http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/presskits/uc/images/image005.jpg">here</a></i>)<br /><br />If your company is interested in signing up for the beta program, you can <a href="http://www.microsoft.com/uc/default.mspx">do so here</a>.