wkearney99
Senior Member
I picked one up, via Amazon and I'm impressed. For $218 it's pretty nice. I won't regurgitate the specs here, check their website for more info:
http://www.grandstream.com/index.php/products/ip-video-telephony/gxv3275
The highlights, it's got a 1024x600 resolution screen. It runs Android 4.2 (not the latest, no idea what upgrading is possible). It has an SD card slot on the side, along with 2 USB ports. It has bluetooth (but I don't know what devices it supports). I do not believe it supports linking a cell phone to it for use as a trunk. It supports both WiFi and wired ethernet. It can be powered PoE, but also comes with a wall wart. It comes with a wall-mounting clip. I'm using it on the desk with it's attached adjustable desk stand.
Haven't tried any calling as I don't have any VoIP accounts setup. I plan on using a gateway and PBX locally (probably hack one up on a new RasPi B+). This is an IP-only phone, it has no analog port on it for a POTS line (and this was expected).
The handset is nice and heavy, not cheap feeling at all.
It has a notification light that's integrated with the OS. Works but I could see where one lone light would get overwhelmed when there's a ton of notifications. Not sure if there's enough granularity to control whether a notification rises to the level of lighting the LED or not. I think it's tied to any notifications, so you might need to cull them in the various settings... This being an 'android thing' not something specific to the phone itself.
It's pretty peppy when it comes to loading apps. I've only just started poking around with it.
It is capable of loading the Google Play store and I've stacked up a ton of apps to download onto it. A few things wouldn't work due to being 4.2 and the apps wanting 'something else'. But nothing major, yet.
LOTS of apps insist WiFi must be enabled. Um, it has a wired ethernet connection, that I'd prefer to use... Nope. But most will still function if they let you skip past the WiFi message. I prefer to avoid wireless whenever possible. I could see where some folks would like being able to use this over WiFi. I'm not one of them, at least not in the places where I'm planning to put these. So I'll plod forward trying apps to see what chokes on not having WiFi.
The Lutron Home+ app well enough. Complained about wifi for doing a search for a system, but runs fine otherwise.
Pandora quits, no idea why. Trying to Report it caused the Play store to quit. Ooooo-kay.... next...
Skype comes up and calls work. The camera's pickup of low lighting isn't great. But then using it in a darkened office with just a table lamp is probably asking a bit much... Think typical mid-range webcam and you'd be in the right ballpark.
Sonos comes up, complains about wifi, but works anyway. Hmmm, playing "Stairway to Heaven" via the Jimmy Buffett channel? Um, sure, why not...
Denon's remote app loads but won't pass the WiFi message, forcing either Demo mode or exiting.
Don't get me started on apps that won't come up in landscape mode... I'll have to see if my Rotate forcing app will work...
Netflix loads but does seem a tad slow in the UI. Streams seem to work pretty well, no idea what resolution it's using. The Chromecast integration seems to work, but I didn't test it.
More as I poke around with it...
http://www.grandstream.com/index.php/products/ip-video-telephony/gxv3275
The highlights, it's got a 1024x600 resolution screen. It runs Android 4.2 (not the latest, no idea what upgrading is possible). It has an SD card slot on the side, along with 2 USB ports. It has bluetooth (but I don't know what devices it supports). I do not believe it supports linking a cell phone to it for use as a trunk. It supports both WiFi and wired ethernet. It can be powered PoE, but also comes with a wall wart. It comes with a wall-mounting clip. I'm using it on the desk with it's attached adjustable desk stand.
Haven't tried any calling as I don't have any VoIP accounts setup. I plan on using a gateway and PBX locally (probably hack one up on a new RasPi B+). This is an IP-only phone, it has no analog port on it for a POTS line (and this was expected).
The handset is nice and heavy, not cheap feeling at all.
It has a notification light that's integrated with the OS. Works but I could see where one lone light would get overwhelmed when there's a ton of notifications. Not sure if there's enough granularity to control whether a notification rises to the level of lighting the LED or not. I think it's tied to any notifications, so you might need to cull them in the various settings... This being an 'android thing' not something specific to the phone itself.
It's pretty peppy when it comes to loading apps. I've only just started poking around with it.
It is capable of loading the Google Play store and I've stacked up a ton of apps to download onto it. A few things wouldn't work due to being 4.2 and the apps wanting 'something else'. But nothing major, yet.
LOTS of apps insist WiFi must be enabled. Um, it has a wired ethernet connection, that I'd prefer to use... Nope. But most will still function if they let you skip past the WiFi message. I prefer to avoid wireless whenever possible. I could see where some folks would like being able to use this over WiFi. I'm not one of them, at least not in the places where I'm planning to put these. So I'll plod forward trying apps to see what chokes on not having WiFi.
The Lutron Home+ app well enough. Complained about wifi for doing a search for a system, but runs fine otherwise.
Pandora quits, no idea why. Trying to Report it caused the Play store to quit. Ooooo-kay.... next...
Skype comes up and calls work. The camera's pickup of low lighting isn't great. But then using it in a darkened office with just a table lamp is probably asking a bit much... Think typical mid-range webcam and you'd be in the right ballpark.
Sonos comes up, complains about wifi, but works anyway. Hmmm, playing "Stairway to Heaven" via the Jimmy Buffett channel? Um, sure, why not...
Denon's remote app loads but won't pass the WiFi message, forcing either Demo mode or exiting.
Don't get me started on apps that won't come up in landscape mode... I'll have to see if my Rotate forcing app will work...
Netflix loads but does seem a tad slow in the UI. Streams seem to work pretty well, no idea what resolution it's using. The Chromecast integration seems to work, but I didn't test it.
More as I poke around with it...