Keep in Touch and Stay in Tune With Plantronics New Stereo…
SANTA CRUZ, CA–(/ – September 15, 2010) – Today Plantronics® ( NYSE : PLT ) announced the three newest members of its BackBeat® family of stereo headphones with mic optimized for smartphones with multimedia capabilities. Ideal for iPhone® and Android® users, the new BackBeat 903+, BackBeat 216 and BackBeat 116 headphones with mic deliver high-quality audio performance and easy switching between music and calls. Work Out with Wireless Music and Calls The Plantronics BackBeat 903+, an update to the popular BackBeat 903, is a stereo Bluetooth® headphone with mic designed for users with active lifestyles. It provides rich wireless stereo music and the ability to answer/end a call with a single touch of a button. The BackBeat 903+ features new ruggedized and sweat resistant-materials, and a flexible design with three levels of earpiece adjustment for a secure and comfortable fit during long workouts. For iPhone users, the Plantronics BackBeat 903+ displays an on-screen battery meter on the iPhone for easily monitoring the headphone’s battery level.
New Plantronics K100 Bluetooth Speakerphone Combines…
SANTA CRUZ, CA–(/ – September 15, 2010) – Plantronics® ( NYSE : PLT ) today expanded its family of Bluetooth® products with the new K100™ Bluetooth in-car speakerphone. The Plantronics K100 offers a robust combination of advanced audio technology, ease-of-use and enhanced features for convenient, hands-free conversations in the car. Audio Performance The Plantronics K100 includes dual microphones and digital signal processing (DSP) technology that keeps the user’s voice sharp and clear, while limiting surrounding noise. Echo-cancellation improves listening on both sides of the call, while a high-quality speaker ensures every call is heard clearly. The Plantronics K100 also includes A2DP technology so users can stream music, podcasts, GPS navigation and more from A2DP-enabled phones, such as the iPhone®, BlackBerry® Torch™ and DROID™ by Motorola. User Convenience The Plantronics K100 is very easy to setup and use, and features convenient voice alerts for pairing, low-battery, mute, and connection status. A dedicated one-touch mute button with voice confirmation provides confidence that the feature is engaged.
Avid Introduces NewsVision: Integrated, Scalable Broadcast…
AMSTERDAM, NETHERLANDS–(/ – September 10, 2010) – IBC (Stand #7.J20) – Avid® ( NASDAQ : AVID ) today introduced Avid NewsVision ™, an end-to-end digital news production solution that enables local and regional broadcasters to increase the quality and speed of their HD file-based productions at a compelling price, given today’s constrained budgets. The enterprise-class news production solution lowers the barrier of entry for local and regional broadcasters who are faced with converting from SD to HD and meeting increased demand for the continuous capture, creation and distribution of content across multiple platforms. In addition, the NewsVision solution offers a highly-scalable, open architecture that allows customers to maximize existing newsroom technology investments in a tightly-integrated workflow and easily scale up to meet rapidly changing business requirements. The NewsVision solution sets a new standard for price-performance in end-to-end digital news production by combining a set of integrated ingest, editing, storage, production and playout capabilities with a robust technical support, training and professional services package. NewsVision includes: Pricing and Availability NewsVision will be available on September 20, 2010 for $136,500 USD. For more information, please visit www.avid.com
Audio/Video Online Training Available From Quiktron
DAYTON, OH–(/ – September 9, 2010) – Quiktron ( http://www.quiktron.com ) today announced it is offering Web-based training for audio/video technologies. The training helps keep A/V professionals up-to-speed on current trends and technologies and provides them with continuing education credits from BICSI. Each one-hour webinar course provides best practice information that can be used during an installation or when preparing, planning and specifying a new project. Successful completion of each class provides the participant with one BICSI-CEC (continuing education credit). It helps current specialists remain up-to-date on technology and provides integrators working with A/V applications continuing education credits. The courses are also open to those individuals interested in learning more about A/V integration
Armour Home Appointed as Exclusive UK Distributor of RedEye…
WALTHAM, MA and HERTFORDSHIRE, UNITED KINGDOM–(/ – September 8, 2010) – ThinkFlood ( http://thinkflood.com/ ), maker of RedEye remotes for iPhone, iPod touch and iPad, / the appointment of Armour Home ( http://www.armourhome.co.uk/ ) as its exclusive UK distributor. RedEye products allow the iPhone, iPod touch and iPad to be used as convenient universal remote controls, offering high-end functionality at a very affordable price. Users can operate any equipment controlled via infrared signals: televisions, set top boxes, DVD and Blu-ray players, home cinema receivers, game consoles and more. Commenting on the appointment, ThinkFlood Vice President of Sales Phil Davis said: /With an outstanding reputation, and a customer list that includes leading custom installers as well and retailers like Argos, Asda, Comet, Harrods, John Lewis, Marks & Spencer and Tesco, our decision to appoint Armour Home as RedEye’s exclusive UK distributor was the easiest we’ve ever made./ Glenn McClelland, Armour’s Managing Director, added: /Everyone at Armour Home is very excited about the prospect of distributing these new RedEye models because they’re so obviously brilliant, well thought out products, with absolutely huge market potential./ The RedEye application, which powers both RedEye products, is a free download from the App Store. RedEye mini hardware is priced at £49.95 (including VAT)
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