Showing posts with label telephony. Show all posts
Showing posts with label telephony. Show all posts

Thursday, November 13, 2014

Shedding the Office Landline

The Modern office worker often finds themselves with 3 telephony devices on their desk - A Landline phone, A Mobile Phone, and MS Lync used for video conferencing. This often leads to a collection of numerous headsets.

Enter the Jabra Pro 9465 Duo Headset. this is the only headset I am aware of that works with Lync and PC Based Soft phones via USB, A Mobile via Bluetooth, and a traditional desk phone. Setup of the headset, and switching between options is accomplished via a touchscreen on the headset base. (Left Swap Between Mobile and PC)

Since the object of the headset was to ditch my desk phone, I have not tried it with a Landline Phone. The PC integration was seamless, and the driver installed when the base station was connected via USB. Lync picked up the headset right away and i was able to make calls.

The mobile integration is the Best part. The base paired with my phone, a Blackberry Z30 during initial setup. When paired I can pickup and hangup the phone via the touchscreen. this allows me to access BlackBerry's voice dialing, which is handy, however, the touchscreen also can present a dial pad allowing me to make calls with the blackberry while it is still holstered and clipped to my belt. (Right: dial your phone while holstered)

The headset itself is quite clunky compared to either of the 2 Plantronics devices I used previously, however it is not uncomfortable.