We interface virtually ANY Windows^tm based SoftPhone with the features afforded by our ZiPhone Advanced USB Telephone Units.

The ZiPhone II and ZiPhone III USB Telephones have a built in high quality USB sound system.  (PC soundcard is NOT required for operation) - And utilize either a handset or headset to let you speak and hear, just as you would with a normal headset that plugs into your sound card, or a more advanced USB headset with onboard sound system.

'So, why don't I just buy a cheap headset
to use all of these softphones?', you might ask...

Well, you could.... 

BUT, let me ask you - would a cheap headset or USB handset let you do all of this?

• Use A Standard Telephone Line.
• Connect To An Analog PBX System, such as Asterisk.
• Give absolutely NO echo! nor require echo cancellation filters.
• Record Telephone Calls With A Click.
• Playback Recorded Messages and Audio Files Over The Telephone.
• Dial With a Standard Dial pad on a Real Phone.
• Put Calls on Hold w/Music or ads (of your choice).
• Listen to music or play games from the same headset while not on a call.
• Switch back and forth from your SoftPhone to your Landline Hardware Phone with A single click of a button, AND use the same headset or handset in a space of a second.
• High Quality, Crystal Clear Sound, with Mic and Ear Volume Controls.
• Did we say Use a Standard Telephone Line? ;c}

When you add OneManBand or BigBand
there is a whole lot more you can do!

• Keep track of up to 100 million contact records with user definable fields in BigBand and 50 thousand in OneManBand
• Record your telephone calls, and log them into the history of your contacts for instant replay with a click
• Replay portions of any conversation previously recorded from another call, right over the phone
• Replay any other sound file over the phone as well
• OnScreen caller ID display
• Multi-Seat Call Center capable
• Call Scripting, with hyperlinked response trails
• Easy to use Call Script editor
• Do Not Call List management
• Time of day, calling management for crossing time-zones with compliance
• Multiple Contact lists in individual tabs with individual histories and management interfaces
• User definable program launch station
• Web browser
• E-Mail application
• Word Processor
• Spreadsheet
• Research assistant
• And more

ALL on ONE SCREEN and in ONE application

What more could you want?
(Tell Us... We'll add it in!)

There is a simple answer to this one as well.

Many VOIP services let you use your existing telephone, by sending you a special adapter to plug your telephone into, that then connects to your Cable or DSL modem or router.

The telephone talks to the adapter, which digitizes your outgoing audio into digital packets.  It then transmits those packets through your high speed modem connection, to the target destination.  The audio from the other end goes through the same process to get back to you, in essence.  The digital packets are received by your high speed modem, routed back to the VOIP phone adapter and then converted to analog and sent to your telephone.  Does that make sense?

So to put it bluntly, since you can use a regular telephone with these VOIP adapters and routers, you can use the ZiPhone II or ZiPhone III USB telephone as well.

The difference between using a standard telephone and one of our ZiPhones is tremendous, especially when you use it with our OneManBand or BigBand software.

It doesn't matter if you have an analog or software based PBX system in between the ZiPhone and your adapter or not.  The end point of the ZiPhone will allow you to do things with your ZiPhone USB telephone that cannot be done with any standard phone.

Another twist on these services

Many of the VOIP telephone services do NOT use a VOIP adapter for your phone, but instead require you to use a SoftPhone application on your computer exclusively.  This is both a strong point and weak point in our software.

The strong point, is that OneManBand and BigBand are both SIP ready.  If your SoftPhone application that comes with your service from one of these VOIP providers is standards based, you can substitute its use for our software instead, giving you the full control of your contacts and calling that our software provides.

The weak point, which we do not consider a very weak point at all, is that if the SoftPhone application that your VOIP service provider requires you to use, does not follow SIP standards or is proprietary in its codecs and encryption algorithms, you will not be able to use our software to control some aspects of the call. (with the exception of Skype, that is) 

However, you will still be able to use the proprietary SoftPhone provided by your VOIP service provider with the ZiPhone II or ZiPhone III USB telephone, just as you would use a normal headset to interface the proprietary SoftPhone normally.

This jumps you back to the first explanation of utilizing virtually ANY SoftPhone application, but with a unique addition, in that you can also use a standard analog telephone line or PBX connection, as well as any Windows based SoftPhone or voice messenger that uses a speaker and microphone or headset.

So in essence, we believe that we have covered all areas with our OneManBand, BigBand and our ZiPhone II and ZiPhone III, in integrating with virtually ANY or ALL SoftPhones, Voice, and Video Messengers.  While adding extended capabilities to all of them.

End Note:

You do not need to have a ZiPhone to use OneManBand or BigBand. 

You do not need to have a ZiPhone to use the other Voice and Video applications on the market.

And, as well, you do not need to have a ZiPhone to use the various VOIP services that are available across the globe.

But Our Software Combined with a ZiPhone sure makes ALL of them a LOT better!