Is Sw 1.70 still the latest Software version?

I really cannot believe it has taken 160 days with no resolution.  Perhaps B&O outsourced this software development (like everybody on this board thinks they should) and the vendor is now busy on other contracts now.  Outsourcing can be a double-edged sword...  Or worse, perhaps they let the staff go since they're not making any new phones...

As to your comment about software, it's easy to update software frequently to devices that are on-line (in fact, some (like me) might argue "too easy", since developers can then take the attitude that the software must not be perfect since we can just release a fix tomorrow - not the attitude I want in my developers).  However, software updates to a non-internet connected device like a phone is much more problematic.  You've got to bring the phone in, somebody has to hook it up to whatever machine downloads the software (best case) or open it up and replace a chip (worst case), now take it home.  Do you really want to do this a few times if it is not actually fixing the problem?  Your dealer and/or B&O probably thinks he is doing you a favor by not giving you these intermediate releases...

Stan

I just received very latest version (ordered in March, just received... had to wait for software fix)

Even making vol. 8, still very hard to hear, specially at outside. Maybe I'm too used to the other B&O's analogue phones but

this is not so nice. Speaker on the other hand, once placed it works brilliantly. I hope B&O find way to remote fix this issue.

XavierItzmann wrote:

Speakerphone base/charger

3. One can unplug the speakerphone and take it elsewhere; it is then powered by the handset's battery for up to 4 hours of talk time.  We found no difference in loudness or quality from a plugged speakerphone base to an unplugged one.  Volume levels are adjustable only during a call, with levels from 1 to 8.  This is annoying because volume cannot be adjusted while one is ringing another party.  We found performance very lacking at volumes 1 and 2, as our caller's voice quickly shifted (<1s.) from barely audible to audible to barely audible.  I speculate this is because of some sort of haywire echo-preventer or ambient-noise adjuster.  In our environment, in repeated blind tests, volume 4 produced results indistinguishable to the user and to the caller from the speakerphone on our BeoCom 3, which features a world-class speakerphone.  The BeoCom 3's speakerphone, however, produces outstanding results at any volume save the very highest of its range.

sofware fix...What software do you have imakino