IP Phone That Support HTTP

Cisco phones gave a menu system that uses XML files served from an HTTP server.

Intertel makes a very expensive one that does this - the intertel model

8690 phone.

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You must be thinking abaut something similar to the French Minitel.

Early CRT terminal: Later model with LCD:

The usefulness of IP phone such as SNOM for voice service is very good. Since these ip phones are always connected (with a valid IP address) how about using them to deliver information such as stock, movies etc? In my mind, in order to do it, the phone must fit with a reasonable-sized LCD and support HTTP so that information could be written over from the remote servers. I am just wondering whether you know of the existence of such phones. Your comment will be appreciated.

We have used the XML interface on Cisco 7940/7960/7970 phones to

display custom menus, weather reports, outage announcements, etc.

Public information on how to do it is here:

If you don't want to write your own code, there are companies like

or that will do

it for a fee.

HTH,

JDB

What other VoIP phones offer the same sort of buttons/menus?