Performance business media phones that deliver best-in-class desktop productivity and unified communications for busy professionals

The Polycom® VVX® 501 performance business media phones unify superior voice capabilities and applications into a simple-to-use yet high-performance unified communications (UC) solution. It is the ideal all-in-one knowledge worker productivity tool built to integrate seamlessly into a wide range of UC environments.

Simplicity and ease of use

The Polycom VVX 501 Business Media Phone is built for today's busy managers and knowledge workers who need a powerful expandable office phone that keeps up with their multitasking and schedule-juggling. Building on the behavior common to mobile phones the multitouch gesture-based user interface of the Polycom VVX 501 makes navigation intuitive and easy.

Maximize productivity

Designed for a broad range of environments from small and medium businesses to large enterprises the Polycom VVX 501 performance business media phone improves productivity by complementing the workplace applications on the user's computer. Users benefit from such capabilities as viewing their Outlook calendar on the phone and receiving meeting reminders while still having access to their corporate directory-all while waiting for their PCs to boot. Users can also extend their PC desktop to include the Polycom VVX 501's screen helping to enable simplified interactions and dialing using their PC's mouse and keyboard. Training and multipoint communication applications are complemented by the Polycom VVX 501 video playback capability for streaming content.

Best-in-class deployment and administration

The Polycom VVX 501 is easy to deploy and simple to manage. Its enterprise-grade Web-based intuitive configuration method gives administrators the ability to easily set up and maintain a large number of phones throughout the entire enterprise. The built-in broad interoperability capabilities allow IT departments to leverage previous IT infrastructure investments and achieve easy integration with third-party UC and productivity applications

Highly customizable and expandable

The Polycom VVX 501 provides personalized information at a glance through built-in Web applications and even a digital photo frame. Polycom's "My Info Portal" serves up stocks news sports weather and other streamed content directly to the phone screen. The Polycom VVX 501 is ready for future expansion modules and accessories for applications such as videoconferencing and even wireless networking.

Market-leading open standards interoperability

Designed for enhanced interoperability leveraging and complementing the other existing IT investments of any enterprise the Polycom VVX 501 delivers HD Voice™ a superior UC experience bundled with business applications. With the broadest call server interoperability in the industry the Polycom VVX 501 business media phone is a flexible foundation for any organization's UC strategy.