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ShoreTel (News - Alert), a provider of business phone systems and unified communications solutions, has unveiled a new business-grade docking station that has the ability to transform iPhones and iPads into deskphones. The new ShoreTel Dock hardware, when paired with ShoreTel Mobility software, fuses the convenience of mobile devices with the power of business communications system to help increase the productivity in today’s mobile enterprises. 

Users can place and answer calls by simply picking up the handset and dialing a number on the dial pad or on the device’s screen; the ShoreTel Dock automatically launches the ShoreTel Mobility application. With its clean handset-like design, dial pad, speaker phone and audio controls, users can enjoy the familiar comfort of a desk phone when using their iPad or iPhone (News - Alert) at their desks, making BYOD an even better experience. 

The single power charger can automatically charge the mobile device. The dock can be combined with ShoreTel conferencing applications to enjoy capabilities such as voice, call recording, instant messaging (IM), presence and conferencing on a device that they are familiar with.

Businesses can deploy ShoreTel Dock to office and remote workers and since ShoreTel Mobility works over both Wi-Fi and cellular, the ShoreTel Dock can be deployed anywhere and users can access their same extension from wherever they are.

The launch of ShoreTel Dock for iPhones and iPads falls in line with the company’s strategy to tap the growing iOS devices market. This growth is further driven by the rise in BYOD adoption in enterprise. ShoreTel’s mobile UC solution ensures that employees remain productive while working on their personal devices.

Commenting on the usability of ShoreTel Dock, Pejman Roshan (News - Alert), vice president of product management at ShoreTel, said, “We didn’t try to change or replace devices users already love, but instead enabled those same devices with enterprise UC to give end users a dynamic productivity tool that supports their own work rhythm. The ShoreTel Dock is the desk phone for the mobile generation.”

The ShoreTel Dock is scheduled to be available Q3 CY-2013 for both premise-based and cloud platforms, with an expected list price of $349 USD.