Turn a Mac Mini into the world’s smallest VoIP PBX:
Berlin-based 4S newcom GmbH presents iBlue®, the world’s slickest IP PBX, which is delivered on an Apple iPod Shuffle® and is the world’s smallest IP PBX.
iBlue® is based on the 4S IP PBX, a software-based IP PBX. It uses SIP for VoIP communication and runs on a Mac mini, providing the technologically advanced VoIP software of 4S newcom with the appropriate housing.
In order to use the Mac mini as an IP PBX, it is booted off an iPod Shuffle, which has been engineered to host the complete system, from OS to IP PBX, as well as continuing to serve as the world’s most elegant MP3 player.
“We have put our complete IP PBX on it [the iPod Shuffle]”, says Dr. Harry Behrens, Managing Director of 4S newcom. “It is so compact that even on the smallest iPod Shuffle (512 MB) enough room is left for 4 full hours of music.”
Once the system is booted off the iPod shuffle, it can, of course, be installed on the built-in hard disk, leaving the user to enjoy the iPod Shuffle safe in the knowledge that it will also serve as installation media in case of emergency.
The iBlue® entry level system consists of a Mac mini, the iPod Shuffle with the 4S IP PBX licensed for up to 250 users and 30 parallel calls, as well as five snom300 VoIP phones. It will be priced at 2,999.00 Euro, making it an absolute bargain. Online sales will commence on November 6th 2006 – just in time for VON Europe, which will be hosted in Berlin between November 6th and 8th.
