As electronic gadgets evolved from expensive exotics to mass products, there were more and more opportunities to customize them for yourself. Even the Chinese clone of Casio, which flooded the CIS after perestroika, called “American Watches, by Montana” had 16 alarm melodies, which invariably pleased the owners who listened to these melodies every free minute.
As soon as phones had a graphical interface, users began to try to change it. Phones were “hacked”: they downloaded special programs, connected the device to the computer with a special wire, and, following tricky instructions, tried to replace the logo on the splash screen at their own peril and risk. Later, manufacturers themselves began to open such settings, and modern smartphones can be configured beyond recognition without much difficulty. Not surprisingly, office phone makers followed the trend. In this short review, we will tell you what options are available for customizing the interface of Snom phones.
Since such telephony systems are most often used in large companies, and not at home for family needs, the most logical change that comes to mind is branding the phone interface for corporate identity. In the simplest case, you can restrict yourself to replacing the background image of the menu wallpaper with a new one that contains the company logo.
If the images of icons in the phone menu do not seem obvious or familiar, then you can easily replace them with others. For example, let's change the icon for accessing the contact list.
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Snom phones can be brought into full compliance with the company's brand book by changing not only the icons and logo on the background image, but also the colors of all elements on the screen, each individually:
You can even download your own fonts to the phones.
Contacts in the phone's address book can be assigned personal characters by replacing the standard "handset" that appears when you select an employee's name:
to something more interesting or understandable:
Since telephony is used not only in offices, but also in enterprises in various industries, the change in the phone interface can be dictated not so much by taste preferences as by practical considerations. You can customize the entire menu structure, moving rarely used functions deeper or removing them altogether, changing not only the icons of the function keys, but also the actions for pressing them.
For example, the phone interface for working in a hotel office might look like this:
And so you can transform it in accordance with the corporate style and needs for use at the workplace of an airport employee:
Hotel rooms do not have to be equipped with the most sophisticated models with large color screens, but even entry-level devices, such as the D120, can be configured in accordance with the scenario of their use:
Naturally, to change the interface of phones, you don't need to pick up each of them and fiddle with the settings in the device itself, breaking your eyes in a small screen and getting confused in small buttons. All settings can be made on a regular computer, but not by connecting each device with a wire, as was once done with the first mobile phones, but through a web interface. It allows not only editing the configuration of one specific phone, but also “uploading” the firmware to many phones of the same model at once, and then individually adjusting it, for example, so that its number is displayed in each hotel room.
As you can see, the possibilities of customizing devices are limited only by the imagination and needs of users, and thanks to the detailed guide, understanding this process will not be difficult: .
What if you need to brand not only the contents of the display, but also the appearance of the phone itself? For such cases, Snom offers three so-called customization packages:
Custom Logo Package. The cheapest branding option out of the box - you will get phones with your logo printed above the display (instead of the Snom logo). The menu will be decorated with a standard color scheme. The minimum order for this package is 50 phones.
Custom Print Package. In this case, the manufacturer will supply you phones not only with your logo, but also with other signatures of all keys (at your discretion). It will be possible to add additional inscriptions and logos in other places of the front panel of the phone. And also you can name the phone models as you want. The minimum order for this package is 1500 phones.
Custom Design Package. All of the above + you can order the manufacture of plastic parts of the body and handset of the phone in any other colors. The minimum order for this package is 3000 phones.
Source: habr.com