Karen Auby at Plantronics kindly had me try out the Savi Office. As I was reviewing the materials, I saw office “hoteling” and it brought memories of my time at PwC London in late 80s. No assigned desks – you punched in your code and calls magically found at the desk you were at that day. Pretty cool stuff 20 years ago. Today you could not give that phone away.
Savi Office is a headset which integrates PC and desktop based calls. Good looking (in charging mode in photo, an alternate over-the-ear headset is also available), great DECT 6.0 sound quality, and mobility of up to 350 feet from base (charge lasts as long as 9 hours if you stay close to base). You can add multiple headsets per base so you can do today’s version of “hoteling” employees, conference in 3 other Savi users on a call and it comes with its Per Sono application – which offers Unified Communications features to integrate IP based calling.
For a home based office I think its sibling Calisto Pro is a better choice (it also allows Bluetooth integration to your mobile phone), but for a larger office where you don’t want your employees tethered to their seats, Savi is, well, a savvy choice.
Savi offers an optional To Go option which allows BT calling. The way things are going I can see Savi like the Calisto also integrate BT calling in the future, but in a small office setting having multiple BT devices may cause some contention issues. Like London traffic :)
We've been trying the Savi out in our office. So far it's been pretty good. I like that it has an option to wear it over the head (unlike the calisto). The sound quality and the range has been excellent. I have always been a big fan of the Plantronics CS55, but with so much calling and conferencing going over the internet now, I think the Savi may be the way to go.
Posted by: Plantronics User | June 22, 2009 at 11:52 AM