By Ian Barker
Remote working, globalisation and multi-site operations all mean that modern businesses rely heavily on conference calls to hold virtual meetings. To do this effectively you need something a bit more sophisticated than a simple speaker phone and there are an increasing number of specialist solutions on the market.
Polycom’s RealPresence Trio is a communications hub that can be used for both voice and video calling. It aims to be easy to use and effective as well as stylish enough to grace the boardroom.
The main part of the unit has three arms each of which houses a speaker and a microphone, and one has a full colour 5-inch touchscreen to operate it. It looks smart in a slightly sci-fi sort of way with a smooth matt black finish that won’t show finger marks.
The unit is powered via Ethernet – there’s an injector included in the kit – and you can use it as a standalone voice conferencing system without any of the extra bits that were supplied with our sample unit (more on those shortly). Wi-Fi and Bluetooth communications are built in, so if you don’t have wired Ethernet you can power the Trio with an injector and connect wirelessly, and you …read more
Source:: techradar.com – Phones