Bitcoin on a VoIP Phone

[benjamindees]

Snom VoIP phones run Linux, have a display, a keypad, an ethernet port, programmable I/O lines, and can be purchased with Bitcoin.  The high-end models have large displays and USB ports.  This could make a simple Bitcoin point-of-sale device with some software and a (optional) NFC dongle.  A hardware wallet could be used to store coins offline, or the phone could obtain addresses from a centralized server.  Perhaps even Cisco phones could be used as well.  Could this be a simple way for small businesses to accept Bitcoin?

[benjamindees]

Snom firmware is distributed as a big-endian JFFS2 image.  To modify this on an x86 Linux system, you need to either convert the image to little-endian, or re-compile your jffs2 module.

Datasheet for the SoC.

The OpenSnom Project.  Archived copy of their website.

The main binary is proprietary, but includes options for re-mapping the display and keypad, so it shouldn't be too difficult to add features:

    --keyboard dev
        use dev instead of /dev/kbd for keyboard

    --display dev
        use dev instead of /dev/snomdisp for display

[Kprawn]

Why would VoIP be easier than using a computer and BitPay? or a mobile smart phone for that matter?

I think it's more difficult and expensive for small merchants to implement a full VoIP / VPN on a network, than doing the options above on the existing infrastructure.

I can also see the advantage if someone already invested in that, and how easy the transition can be made.   

[caribbeanbitcoiner]

Why

[TheButterZone]

Why would VoIP be easier than using a computer and BitPay? or a mobile smart phone for that matter?

I think it's more difficult and expensive for small merchants to implement a full VoIP / VPN on a network, than doing the options above on the existing infrastructure.

I can also see the advantage if someone already invested in that, and how easy the transition can be made.  

I think the OP wants to convert a VoIP phone to a bitcoin payment terminal? Cashier types in the amount on the keypad, it shows a payment QR code on the full-color (not that it's needed) screen, and flashes when payment received? Useless handset, no receipt printer. But at least it shouldn't consume as much power as a PC+monitor, or crash daily.