Malcolm Davenport May 14th, 2013
Our background is Asterisk, the infinitely variable toolkit for building complex telephony applications. It seems to have been a bit of a hit (understatement) with developers over the past 10+ years. So, when we set out to build our Digium phones, we gave very careful consideration to how developers might want to use our phones. In doing so, we looked at the market and noticed a disappointing trend among other desktop phones. The application integration for other phones is focused around the delivery of content from an external server to a microbrowser running on the phone. Users load up the microbrowser application, [...]
Shaun Ruffell May 8th, 2013
Did you know that Digium IP Phones come with the Digium Phone App Engine built-in? The App Engine allows Digium’s business IP phones to run native applications that can communicate directly with Asterisk (using the DPMA) and Switchvox. The Phone API allows you to create custom applications that run directly on your Digium IP Phone and enhance the user experience. Do you want weather or stock quotes displayed instead of the background graphic when your phone is sitting on your desk? Want to display notes from your CRM database on inbound calls directly on your phone? With a little JavaScript this is now [...]
Malcolm Davenport May 3rd, 2013
Aloha, You’re probably thinking “that’s not English, what’s going on, where’s my Chrome translate button?” You’re right, it’s not. And why not? Well, if you’re one of the many users of Digium’s phones, and you happen to speak English, you’ve been quite pleased. In fact, the reviews of our D40, D50 and D70 phones have been wonderful. We’re very glad you like them. But, if you’re one of the many users of Digium’s phones, and you either don’t speak English, or English isn’t your first language; then, while you’ve been pleased, you’ve had a small hole in your heart. Let’s [...]
