Snom Technology AG

Snom Technology AG has created some of the most impressive SIP phones available. Packed with every feature you could ask for in a phone, these linux-based phones go just as well at the office as they do at home. Each of their phones offers support for multiple simultaneous SIP accounts, multiple lines, an informational LCD status display, support for STUN, and SRTP support.

The snom 190 is no longer manufactured by Snom, but you can still occasionally find them around. Their small, low form factor and built-in two-line LCD make them excellent phones to place in high-use areas. Rugged and solid, these phones have 5 programmable function keys, a sturdy handset, a headset jack, a high-quality speakerphone, and dual ethernet connections.

The Snom 300 is Snom's new base-model business phone. It sports a smaller two-line display (2x16), 2 ethernet ports, six programmable function keys. It's truly a basic deskphone, however, and while it offers support for up to 4 simultaneous SIP registrations, it has no speakerphone, or many of the bells and whistlers of even some of the earlier Snom models.

The Snom 320 is a more advanced desk phone with a larger, tiltable LCD display. These phones offer PoE, 12 programmable function keys, a high-quality speakerphone, 12 simultaneous SIP registrations, and a host of other useful features. We use a lot of these around the IdeaSIP offices, and they're incredibly good phones. They have a sleek handset and base design, and the whole thing feels sturdier than man of the more expensive traditional PBX office phones.

The Snom 360 offers all the features of the Snom 320, but sports an increased LCD display (128x64 pixels), showing status information, a clock, and other programmable display functions. There's support in the 360 for user-created web-driven applications that can run on the Snom using the larger display for information. Like the 320, these phones have 12 simultaneous SIP registrations, 12 programmable function keys, PoE, a headset connection, a speakerphone, and dual ethernet connections.

The Snom 370 is the brand new flagship of the Snom line. It offers the same features as the Snom 360, but has increased memory and a larger 240x128 pixel LCD display. These phones support Power over Ethernet (PoE), dual ethernet connections, 12 programmable function keys, and a large number of buttons and flashing lights.

An optional side-car box that plugs into the side of the 320, 360, and possibly (although this is not confirmed) the 370, adds another 42 programmable function keys. Like the other function keys, these keys each have a little LED light next to them and can be used for multiple purposes such as incoming/outgoing lines, voice recording, parking of calls, etc.