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Flare3 · 07-05-2009, 07:55 AM

I was actually talking with our support rep from RIM the other day about this and he told me, that RIM has a client but the carriers are stopping them from releasing it, and that if anyone else releases a client that they will lock out any SIP system APIs that are used to implement it.

This second part I find interesting, it suggests to me that most of what's needed is there. I agree, this would be a great add-on/feature. If someone has figured out how to leverage the APIs and knows they will be locked out the developer is likely waiting for release of 5.0 so they can get the largest base of customers before it is locked out.

The MVS solution is interesting, but it still uses minutes, and is very expensive. We were seeing quotes in the 20K range for our small office.

RIM wake up smell the user feed back, tell the carriers to suck it up. Release the SIP softphone.

07-05-2009, 07:55 AM	#16
Flare3 Thumbs Must Hurt Join Date: May 2007 Location: Toronto, Canada Model: 9900 Carrier: Rogers, Telus, Orange Posts: 57	I was actually talking with our support rep from RIM the other day about this and he told me, that RIM has a client but the carriers are stopping them from releasing it, and that if anyone else releases a client that they will lock out any SIP system APIs that are used to implement it. This second part I find interesting, it suggests to me that most of what's needed is there. I agree, this would be a great add-on/feature. If someone has figured out how to leverage the APIs and knows they will be locked out the developer is likely waiting for release of 5.0 so they can get the largest base of customers before it is locked out. The MVS solution is interesting, but it still uses minutes, and is very expensive. We were seeing quotes in the 20K range for our small office. RIM wake up smell the user feed back, tell the carriers to suck it up. Release the SIP softphone.
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