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To: Allen Benn who wrote ()6/17/2000 10:42:00 PM
From: Anthony Tran  Read Replies (1) of 10309
 
Java Talk

Extract from an article in Wired by Paul Boutin July, 2000.

The average office phone is just a dumb terminal. It can do things like forwards, conference, and distribute voice mail only because it's hardwire to an expensive brain hidden on company property. But utility closets will soon be swapping Centrex for Cisco to support Pingtel's xpressa, a Java powered smart appliance that replace the PBX with PC wiring. The programmable phone runs services like voicemail, call logs, and address books over IP, and at full bandwidth, its stereo sound excess CD quality.
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The xpresa's internal Java engine, built on the VxWorks OS, also gives home users a chance to play along.....

For full article refer to Section Just Outta Beta wired July, 2000.
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