Do you need a phone especially made for conference calls? We have a concept phone from Kickerstudio. The phone tries to solve most of the hassles which come with the whole idea of a conference phones. Here are some issues which the phone tries to fix:

• Synchronizes with calendars and contacts for one-tap dialing
• Quickly see who’s talking on a call and who wants to speak
• “Hand Raising” to indicate a desire to speak
• Recording and marking of calls
• Multi-line dialing
• Adjusting individual lines for the best overall conference call quality

What do you think? Would this Kicker Conference concept phone fit well with your company?

via kickerstudios

The BlackBerry Web Signals was announced at the BlackBerry Developers Conference as the customizable push content applications people were waiting for. That means you can get news from virtually any news source to your BlackBerry smartphone. You will get the New York Times, Fox News, Reuters, Accuweather and more. Look for MobileWhack while you’re at it!

Web Signals will push the news to your phone as long as you have a great data plan and don’t mind the extra traffic. What do you think? Is this feature in time for the Storm or what?

Callpod features a few interesting items on their portfolio, such as a 6-way mobile charger named Chargepod, and a bluetooth headset entitled Dragon V2, but their latest device is called Phoenix, and works as a conferencing unit via bluetooth.

Basically, while using Phoenix you can have 5 bluetooth headsets or mobile phones connected at the same time wirelessly via bluetooth, and all 5 boast full duplex, which means this is much like a real conference. In terms of range, the small device is able to work within an area of 300,000 sq ft.

In which scenarios can Phoenix be used? Think of a big warehouse, restaurants, huge retail stores, etc.

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