snom 370 UC Edition Becomes Lync Qualified: First Attendant Console Lync Device

 

Some interesting features snom 370 brings to the Microsoft Lync eco system:

• 12 freely programmable buttons (typically 2 or so are used for “Lines”/”Calls”)
• Greyscale, tilt able display
  • (I’ve heard some complaints about Lync Phone Edition tilt angles)
• Attendant console functionality using Expansion Module available so your receptionist can have up to 138 buttons.
  • The math above is that there are 12 buttons built in the phone plus 3 Expansion Modules with 42 buttons on each.

Some features that all snom UC Edition devices bring to Lync:

• Ability to set your presence from the desk phone device
• Physical buttons & lights that display other Lync user’s presence Click Here

Below is a snom 370 with 3 Expansion Modules:

Note: The snom 370 does NOT integrate via USB to the Microsoft Lync 2010 Attendant client. The presumption is that you are selecting a desk phone attendant scenario if using this phone.

Source: http://www.snom.com/en/products/unified-communications/microsoft-ocs-qualified-products/
snom 370 Specs: http://downloads.snom.net/documentation/data_snom370_en.pdf

UPDATE 3/22/2012 : The snom 370 is now on the Lync Official IP Deskphone page:
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/lync/gg278172