[cisco-voip] Cius Feedback?

[Ryan Ratliff]

Now that Chris has taken the wind out of the email I was preparing I'll make it short :)

Stop what you are doing and upgrade your Cius' to the latest load on cisco.com (9.2.2).  The load that ships on the Cius should be used for nothing except getting it onto the network to upgrade.   If you aren't able to use the telephony features of the Cius then you can only compare it to other consumer tablets and because Cius is not intended to compete with these devices it will not come out of the comparison favorably. 

If your production CUCM doesn't support Cius then please get yourself an 8.6(2) VM set up so that you can play with the Cius in the environment where it is intended to live.   If playing games is more important for your business needs than HD video calls, telepresence and Tandberg video interoperability then the Cius may not be the right endpoint for you.  

-Ryan

On Dec 9, 2011, at 12:14 PM, Chris Ward (chrward) wrote:

As a Cisco employee I am obligated to ask, what load of CIUS are you
running? :-)

1, 2, and possibly 3 on your list could be improved with a new load
which you would need to apply from a CUCM. I believe 9.2.2 is out with
9.2.3 on the way.

Part of #2 won't be repaired with a new load and you are right it has to
do with Intel vs ARM. 

#4 is a perspective thing. From an Android fanboy perspective (which I
am) 2.2 is ancient, although I remember when my Incredible got 2.2 and
how excited I was to get the latest/greatest. But from an enterprise
feature set mindset 2.2 vs. 2.3 vs. 3.X doesn't matter much. Most of the
enterprise value of CIUS comes from the development that has been done
on top of the platform, not the platform version itself. But point
taken.

Ok, Cisco obligations are done, continue your discussion... :-)

+Chris
Hosted Collaboration Solution TME


-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:cisco-voip-bounces at puck.nether.net] On Behalf Of Jeffrey Ollie
Sent: Friday, December 09, 2011 12:00 PM
To: Cisco VoIP List
Subject: [cisco-voip] Cius Feedback?

I've had access to a Cius for around 12hrs now...  This is the first
tablet I've had full-time access to so I can't compare it to an iPad or
any other tablet but here's what I think so far:

1) Battery lifetime is awful.

2) Application compatibility - forget about it.  I'm not 100% sure why
but there are many apps (and not just games) that are listed as not
compatible in the Android Market.  I suspect that it has to do with the
fact that the Cius has an Atom processor rather than an Arm.  In our
environment not being able to install Angry Birds or Fruit Ninja is a
serious downside.  ConnectBot is another app that's important to me that
won't install.

3) I'm not very impressed with the cameras.  The front facing camera has
some serious flaws and I wasn't wowed with the quality I got from the
rear camera either.  I haven't tried a video conference yet either.

4) Runs an absolutely ancient version of Android.

5) The charging cord for when not in the phone/dock is ginormous.

We haven't hooked the Cius' up to our CallManagers yet - we're not yet
on a compatible version - so I don't know if the voice/video calling
features are worthwhile.

Personally, unless the integration into our CallManager environment is
absolutely spectacular, I don't know why we'd buy a Cius vs an iPad or a
different Android tablet.

What do other people think?
--
Jeff Ollie
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