towards better interaction

Its always interesting to see when someone comes with a product for niche market (i would also love to day that). I remember some great designers designing for only one user. Kicker (owned by Dan Saffer) has developed a conference phone focusing on some point mentioned below.

The Kicker Conference Phone combines the humanity of in-person meetings with the convenience of efficient technology. Features:

• Synchronizes with calendars and contacts for one-tap dialing
• Quickly see who’s talking on a call and who wants to speak
• “Hand Raising” to indicate a desire to speak
• “Poking” to nudge other callers
• Recording and marking of calls
• Multi-line dialing
• Adjusting individual lines for the best overall conference call quality
• Comes in four different colors (silver, red, orange, and green)

I am not a frequent conference caller, or probably i have had very few conference calls, so can not say much about design, but personally i liked the idea of getting into niche & probably untouched market.

Here you can see more details.