aurora's blog: Bria for Android v1.0 Launches

Sunday, November 14, 2010

Bria for Android just launched. It's priced at $7.99 ($8.99 more for G.729 codec support) and is available here. Check out the features:

Bria Android Edition has all the standard telephone features, including:

Support for an account on any SIP-compliant server
Multi-tasking support for background operation, such as fielding incoming calls while using other applications
Call display and voicemail indicator
Voicemail support
Speakerphone, Mute and Hold
A detailed call history pane that displays dialed, answered and missed calls, along with ability to delete entries
Contact List – leveraging the phone’s native address book
The ability to work with the native dialer (a.k.a. Call Intercept)
Ringtones and contact avatars
Dial plan support (softphone-side)
Multiple call support
- Swap between two active calls
- Merge calls (three-way conferencing support)
- Call transfer (attended and unattended)
Audio codecs include G.711a/u, iLBC and GSM
- Option to purchase with or without G.729 codec
Automatic codec selection to ensure optimal call quality
Noise reduction
DTMF support: the ability to enter number into an auto attendant
- via RFC 2833 or SIP INFO

Advanced Features

NAT traversal
- Application managed, server managed or user specified
- Global IP support
- STUN and ICE
Media efficiency and quality
- VAD (Voice Activation Detection)
- QoS (Quality of Service)
- ToS Marking
Security and encryption
- TLS
- SRTP
Logging support for trouble shooting
DNS SRV record lookups

Accessories

The following accessories are supported:

Headset with microphone: Bria uses the ear-piece and microphone on the headset.
Headphones (no microphone): Bria uses the ear-piece on the headphone and the built-in microphone on the phone.