Jabra Speak 710 Bluetooth Conference Speaker - UC Certified Portable Speakerphone with USB & Bluetooth Adapter for Laptop, Smartphone & Tablet - Perfect for Home Office, Remote Meetings & Video Conferencing

I am home based worker and spend about 60% of my time in teleconferences. I have tried (and returned) a few products supposed to improve the ease of conducting teleconferences over VOIP and Microsoft Lync. Some units were double the price of this unit but weren't great. I was starting to think that there was nothing that was going to meet my home office needs until I tried this speakerphone!If you are looking for a USB speakerphone, you need look no further. Hands-down this is the best product by a very long way!Good points:# true plug and play.# excellent speaker and mic quality... Fantastic actually (it has made it a big difference to my participation in teleconferences).# excellent volume with very rich sound.# amazingly sensitive mic (no complaints of metallic distortion from other meeting participants).# tap-touch volume control and mute button with nifty indicators to show volume and mute on.# feels well made and solid with non-slip base.# cord wraps around base for easy packing in the pouch it comes with.# it is small enough to be fully portable but probably not quite small enough to fit easily into a small laptop bag.Only one minor negative comment: the "answer" and "call end" buttons didn't automatically integrate with Lync on my pc and I have to use the traditional on-screen buttons. I understand that this can be corrected with a software install but I haven't bothered because I would have to get IT to install it. Very minor comment. UPDATE: my IT department installed the Jabra software. It works very well and connects seamlessly with Lync. You can even put participants on hold. i have had this product for several months and still love it.As it so happens, my company (7,000 staff, multinational) simultaneously ran a trial with the Jabra 410. They came to the same conclusion and the speakerphone is now available in all our conference rooms!If you have a lot of VOIP or lync conference calls, this speakerphone is for you. It is worth ever penny.