8961 Phone And Video?

stephen.himebaugh · ‎03-23-2010

Any one know how or if the new 8961 will handle video?

Doesn't appear to be a USB port for the new camera like the 9951/9971. The documentation I've reviewed does not mention video for the 8961. VT Advantage 2.2 data sheet mentions the 6900 series phone, but not the 8961.

William Bell · ‎03-23-2010

From my understanding, the 8961 will do video streaming but not video conferencing (or point-to-point video calls).

HTH.

Regards,
Bill

HTH -Bill (b) http://ucguerrilla.com (t) @ucguerrilla

Please remember to rate helpful responses and identify

stephen.himebaugh · ‎03-24-2010

If that's true that 8961 does not do video calls, I have to question the thinking of Cisco. There's little chance of my buying a phone that does not do video calls. How difficult is it to have a phone at least work with VT Advantage?

I wonder what their thinking was. We will be staying with the 796x series for standard users.