It’s not the full Android market by any means. Last but not least, the GXP2200 is “Grandstream’s first open-sourced IP phone running on the Android platform.” It supports Android OS 2.3, which gives access to a store of Grandstream-approved third-party applications. Other ports include dual-switched auto-sensing 10/100/1000 Mbps network ports, an SD port, and a port for RJ-9 headsets.
The USB port on the back of the phone allows users to connect a third-party camera to send outbound video. The phone doesn’t come with a built-in camera, but it can receive video out of the box from IP surveillance cameras, not unlike Panasonic’s KX-UT670. The phone supports six lines for up to six SIP accounts, HD wideband audio, PoE, Bluetooth, and electronic hook switch (EHS) with Plantronics headsets. The GXP2200 is packed to the brim with features.
The UI also includes a full set of hard keys (numpad, hold, speaker, voicemail, conference, mute, etc.) and another set of dedicated navigation buttons that longtime Android users should find familiar. The Grandstream GXP2200 Enterprise Multimedia Phone for Android features a super responsive 480 x 272 pixel capacitive touch screen TFT LCD that blows the GXV3175’s touchscreen out of the water. We’re happy to say that our testing with Grandstream’s newest touchscreen phone, the GXP2200, went much more smoothly. Since the touchscreen was the only way to interact with the phone we were reviewing at the time ( Grandstream GXV3175), there was no getting around it, which made even simple tasks like dialing a phone number more frustrating than they needed to be. If anything, it underscored the gap in user friendliness between smartphones/tablets and the newer desk phones trying to emulate them. In our last review of a touchscreen phone from Grandstream, we stated that we were excited about the direction the company was going with their multimedia IP desk phones-with the caveat that the sluggish, resistive touchscreen they included in the design detracted significantly from the user experience. Note: The GXP2200 has since been discontinued.