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I hear they are due out the end of the year. Any info out there?

That is the last I heard.

And they are AWESOME

what do they look like? more buttons? more features? Please enlight?

Shhh...

The new series will be launched first in the USA, and will be very different from the current design.

Good things come to those who wait.

Here is a spy photo I found on the net ..




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I hear the display is back lit but doesnt come through in the pic ..

looks like Nortel a bit.

Can't wait to touchy-feely.............

It looks BIG , and you only have 18 buttons

The also have 10 and 20 button phones but the display is not that big. The phone is actually about half the size of the existing phone in height but it is a little wider. Picture does not do the phone justice in my opinion.

It looks kind of chunk, square, low tech. I hope it is only a beta test or maybe the Non-US version

It does appear to be a fairly typical attempt to look like a Cisco phone. Why is every manufacturer trying to do this? Shouldn't they be trying to look more professional? I am sure that it's due to the fact that it probably takes years to get Asian manufacturing plants actually delivering, so this product was probably developed 2-3 years ago.

I have always been a fan of the 20XX series of Toshiba phones myself, especially the charcoal ones. Straight and to the point. Just like the original Merlin phones. No stupid international symbols. The button said "MUTE", not some silly thing with a slash through it. My wife is pretty tech-savvy, but she doesn't know what the electronic symbol is for a speaker, yet that's another one that I'm starting to see on buttons.

My concern is that once again, the manufacturers are getting back on that "wacky handset bandwagon", so that no third-party products can be used with their phones. I wouldn't have a problem with this if all manufacturers covered all of the special needs issues, like handsets with noise canceling, amplification, etc., but they don't. When they come out with a handset that is shaped like an avacado, we are very limited in the support that we can offer these phone models.

Sorry for the hijack.

Ed all of those symbols are Japanese for Mute, Speaker Message Redial etc

Whoa! This is something I have to look forward to!

I think the phone looks ghetto.

I heard the phone is gonna look and work just like the iPhone......

What the heck does 'ghetto' look like??

Bad 80's

I agree

I hope this is a joke, they are very ghetto. I think they need to look at the Inter-tel and NEC and put those 2 together and make the new 3300 series. :p

Im sure its a BETA version. Cosmetic improvements can always be completed after they make sure the buttons and features are working correctly. Seriously, who in their right mind at Toshiba would approve such an ugly phone?

I dont think it looks enough like the cisco, there is a reason cisco is number 1

and they should have made it color display...

If true,.... What I have heard is that this will be an entirely new system, not compatible with any thing out currently. It will be a total IP switch just like Cisco and 3com.

Not from my understanding, phones will come in both digital and IP they look the same and they will work on the CIX. They will be replacing the current phones

any developments?