The Max™ Wireless offers superior ClearOne-signature quality in a portable, wireless unit. Simply plug in the base and use the phone in any room within signal range. The wireless design creates a clean look, removing the wires and cords that can be tripped on or run over with chairs. It features Gentner® Distributed Echo Cancellation®, noise cancellation, advanced audio processing, and full-duplex performance so you can count on clear, highly intelligible audio for effective, interactive conferences.

See what industry analysts are saying about Max Wireless:
" POLYCOM, YOU'VE GOT A CHALLENGER ON LINE ONE"...

Life is about to get interesting for Polycom -- interesting, perhaps, in the Chinese curse sort of way. The undisputed and, for all intents and purposes, uncontested leader in the table top conference phone set market is about to get a very able challenger. ClearOne tomorrow will introduce the Max wireless table top conference phone that offers superior audio and usability to the near-ubiquitous Polycom starfish phone.
Admittedly, it's unusual that I write about phone products in this column, so recognize that this is an exceptional device. The Max consists of two components -- a wall unit that plugs into the phone jack and a sleek, battery-powered table top phone that can be placed up to 150 feet from the wall unit, making Max a mobile solution that can be moved from room to room. The battery offers 4 to 8 hours of talk time and recharges in 4 hours. Alternatively, the phone can be powered on AC. The wireless alternative to the tangle of phone and power cords running over and under the conference table is nice, to be sure, but would only be a neat trick in the battle with Polycom were it not for Max's other qualities. ClearOne, which has developed audio technology for the radio broadcast market since 1981 and which owns over half the market for very high-end, installed conferencing systems, has pushed its high-end technology into this table top device. The engineers paid particular attention to noise and echo cancellation and the result is an audio quality that, to my ear as a listener both in the room and on the phone, surpasses the high-end Polycom starfish with its tentacle-like satellite microphones. As one compelled to interject in conversations and continually frustrated that most conference phones make this nigh impossible, the Max enables completely spontaneous bi-directional conversation without the stutters and starts most speaker phones require in order to chime in with my oh-so-salient points.
For all the great design both inside and outside the Max, ClearOne gives us something even more interesting to look at with this product -- the changing market dynamics. Polycom has about 90 percent of the table top phone conferencing market, and 62 percent of the overall teleconferencing market. ClearOne, with overall market share of just 28 percent, has thrown down the gauntlet to a very entrenched competitor. After all, it's not like folks are going to toss their Polycom units in the trash bin just because a new kid comes to town. But consider this:
Fewer than 10 percent of all rooms that could use a conferencing phone actually have one. That's a lot of market share waiting to be taken. ClearOne is poised to get the lion's share, with a superior quality, more convenient phone.