SOHOtools to Debut New Connect-ID Select and Caller-ID Telephone at COMDEX -- Both With Advanced Dialing Features.SANTA ANA Santa Ana, city, El Salvador Santa Ana (sän'tä ä`nä), city (1993 pop. 129,873), W El Salvador. It is the second largest city in the country and the commercial and processing center for a sugarcane, coffee, and cattle region. , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 17, 1997--SOHOtools Wednesday announced that it will introduce Connect-ID Select and Caller-ID Telephone, new, enhanced additions to its PC-based, Caller-ID telephone call management system product line, at COMDEX The former, premier computer trade show in the U.S. Although it grew into an end user event, it was originally created for dealers and distributors (it was the COMputer Dealers EXposition). Fall '97. Connect-ID Select and Caller-ID Telephone will be showcased in Booth S7004 at COMDEX in the Sands Convention Center in Las Vegas Las Vegas (läs vā`gəs), city (1990 pop. 258,295), seat of Clark co., S Nev.; inc. 1911. It is the largest city in Nevada and the center of one of the fastest-growing urban areas in the United States. , Nov. 17-21. When the phone rings, even before you answer it, using Connect-ID Select or Caller-ID Telephone, and a phone company's Caller ID A telephone company service that sends the caller's telephone number between the first and second ring of the call. If the calling number is not blocked, the calling number is displayed on the handset or base station of the called party. signal, you get instantaneous customer database information about the caller flashed on your screen. You can act on that information, add to it, store it, save it or transfer it to another application. In addition, to help with outbound calls, Connect-ID Select now lets you dial directly from any telephone number that appears on-screen on·screen or on-screen adj. & adv. 1. As shown on a movie, television, or display screen. 2. Within public view; in public. from any computer application. "With Connect-ID Select, all you need is a PC, a phone and Caller ID to harness the real productivity of just a single telephone line when working out of a home or a small business," said Don Wallis, SOHOtools vice president of sales and marketing. Connect-ID Select is a combination software and hardware product that connects to both a single phone line and a personal computer. In addition to the new on-screen advanced dialing features, it provides complete call management and accounting of both incoming and outgoing phone calls. "Connect-ID Select encompasses all the features our customers have been asking for," added Chris Rocke, SOHOtools marketing manager. "Its inbound and outbound call management features increase productivity, enhance business relationships and keep you abreast of your customers' activities." Connect-ID Select and Caller-ID Telephone come with a built-in contact manager that links with many other popular Personal Information Manager (P.I.M.) software products available today, including Act!, Day-Timer, Goldmine, Maximizer and Sidekick. Trial versions of these products are included. SOHOtools' new Caller-ID Telephone is a fully-featured single line phone that attaches to your PC and provides complete automatic call management. The Caller-ID Telephone has an easy-to-read 3 line LCD that shows name, number, date and time. Full database information appears simultaneously on the PC's screen. There is a three-level ringer volume control, flash key for call waiting and other network services, 10 number one-touch memory dial, and a redial In telecommunication, an automatic redial is a service feature that allows the user to dial, by depressing a single key or a few keys, the most recent telephone number dialed at that instrument. button that quickly calls the last number dialed. Additional software features found in Connect-ID Select and Caller-ID telephone include Automatic Paging, Least Cost Routing A feature of a telephone system that automatically connects an outgoing telephone call with the telephone service that costs the least to that location at that time of day. Depending on how it is programmed, least cost routing will either drop down to the second most-efficient service if , Frequent Number Dialing and Power Dialing. With Automatic Paging, Connect-ID Select can page you with the caller's phone number or any other number you designate. To save money on long-distance calls, Least Call Routing allows you to select the best long-distance carrier rate available. The automatic operation of Connect-ID Select is one of its greatest features. The program will even work if you don't answer the phone, letting you know who called and when. If you have a dedicated fax/modem line for faxes and Internet access See how to access the Internet. , now your voice line can be added to your computer through a serial port without losing your normal telephone voice functions. System requirements To be used efficiently, all computer software needs certain hardware components or other software resources to be present on a computer system. These pre-requisites are known as (computer) system requirements and are often used as a guideline as opposed to an absolute rule. are a 486 or higher PC, Microsoft Windows See Windows. (operating system) Microsoft Windows - Microsoft's proprietary window system and user interface software released in 1985 to run on top of MS-DOS. Widely criticised for being too slow (hence "Windoze", "Microsloth Windows") on the machines available then. with TAPI (Telephony API) A programming interface from Microsoft and Intel that is part of Microsoft's WOSA architecture. It allows Windows client applications to access voice services on a server. , a single line telephone and Caller ID service from a local telephone company. The Connect-ID line is available at CompUSA, Computer City, Media Play, Fry's and Best Buy stores nationwide. Ingram Micro, Merisel, TechData and Navarre are national distributors of SOHOtools products. Connect-ID Select and Caller ID Telephone will ship in the first quarter of 1998. SOHOtools is a division of SNI (1) (Subscriber Network Interface) The point of interface between the customer's equipment (CPE) and a communications service from a common carrier. (2) (SNA Network I Innovation Inc., established in 1993 with a mission to enable people to easily master, control and manage their telephone communications. Backed by companies with a total gross revenue of $1.2 billion, and with factories in Taiwan, China, Hong Kong, Thailand and Southeast Asia, SNI has become the third largest supplier of Caller ID devices. SOHOtools is located at 601 N. Parkcenter Drive, Suite 208, Santa Ana, Calif. 92705, 714/547-6800; fax: 714/547-0662; toll-free: 888/784-8444; Web site address: www.sohotools.com . Media contacts are Al Abrams, president, Abrams Creative Services, Tarzana, Calif.; phone: 818/343-6365, fax: 818/343-6366; www.abrams-creative.com; e-mail: abrams@pacbell.net, and Chris Rocke, maketing manager, SOHOtools Inc., 714/547-6800. CONTACT: SOHOtools Inc. Chris Rocke, 714/547-6800 or Abrams Creative Services, Tarzana Al Abrams, 818/343-6365 818/343-6366 (fax) www.abrams-creative.com abrams@pacbell.net |
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