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Solar Backpack from Eclipse Solar Gear Charges a Cell Phone, PDA, GPS, or MP3 Player
BeLight Software Announces Mail Factory Drawing
BridgeCo Upgrades Silicon and Firmware Platform for Firewire 1394 Enabled Audio Devices
The Mini TrailVue iPod Mini Case
A Tale in the Desert: The Second Telling Macintosh Version Launch
The Fashion Centre at Pentagon City Debuts New Wireless Internet Service; Free Trial Now Available
Voiceglo Introduces VoIP Industry to Voice Messaging
KVH Brings High-definition DIRECTV Service to Maritime TracVision Satellite TV Antennas [/url]
Solar Backpack from Eclipse Solar Gear Charges a Cell Phone, PDA, GPS, or MP3 Player
Keeping the batteries charged and ready to go is an obsession for many consumers of personal electronics. What happens when you are outside in a remote area? Eclipse Solar Gear's Solar Backpack is designed to trickle charge the batteries of many types and brands of electronics including cell phones, PDAs, hand-held GPS units, and some MP3 players with a convenient solar charging solution. Basically anything you can plug into your car using a 12V auto adapter can be trickle charged using the new Solar Backpack by Eclipse Solar Gear. Ideal for the outdoors-oriented, the Solar Backpack features an integrated solar panel which provides up to 2.5 Watts of power with no extra deployment or effort required other than plugging in your accessory.
The Solar Backpack is made of durable 1680 Denier Nylon and constructed to protect and power your personal electronics and other items. The feature rich backpack includes a padded waist-belt, mesh ventilated padded backpanel, contoured and padded shoulder straps, removable padded laptop case, organizer pockets, accessory pockets, water bottle pockets, MP3 pouch with a headphone portal exit, reflective features for nighttime visibility, key-ring lanyard and clip, and of course the solar charging module.
The integrated solar charging module can be utilized by plugging in your existing 12V auto adapter. There are no extra adapters needed. The solar panel is made to withstand the environment and provide a long lasting source of solar energy.
Designed to be a durable product and a convenient source for an alternate charging solution, the Eclipse Solar Gear's Solar Backpack should be ideal for the outdoors-oriented mobile professional.
The Solar Backpack is available online at http://www.eclipsesolargear.com, on Amazon.com, Ebay, or Yahoo! Stores at a retail price of $129.00. Future products include a Messenger Bag due to hit the market in late November or early December.
BeLight Software Announces Mail Factory Drawing
BeLight Software, developers of Mac OS X business productivity software, offers Mail Factory Drawing, a great event to take part in! To win the Grand Prize - a DYMO LabelWriter 330 printer, participants need to purchase Mail Factory, a tool to print envelopes and mailing labels, from October 27th to November 27th, 2004. Each participant gets also 50% discount for Business Card Composer, the elegant software to make business cards.
Find detailed information at:
http://www.belightsoft.com/special/drawing.php
Mail Factory is a program to design and print envelopes, address and shipping labels on your Macintosh. Data for addresses can be taken from Apple Address Book, MS Entourage, Now Contact, Eudora, FileMaker, MS Excel, vCards and text files. The application is integrated with iPhoto. Users can print to most popular label layouts and use the application with their DYMO printer.
Find more information at:
http://www.belightsoft.com/mailfactory/
About Business Card Composer:
Business Card Composer is a Mac OS X tool to create and print out business and hobby related cards, calling cards and badges. The app offers iPhoto integration. Business Card Composer was awarded by Macworld, MacFormat, MacUser, etc.
Read more about Business Card Composer:
http://www.belightsoft.com/composer/
For more information visit BeLight Software at:
http://www.belightsoft.com/company/
BridgeCo Upgrades Silicon and Firmware Platform for Firewire 1394 Enabled Audio Devices
BridgeCo ( http://www.bridgeco.net ), a leading provider of wired and wireless digital home entertainment networking solutions, announced an "enhanced" version of its DM1000 Firewire solution at the Audio Engineering Society (AES) conference today. The new DM1000E dramatically increases the number of audio channels available to professional and amateur musicians who use Firewire to record, mix and play-back their creativity. By implementing an enhanced daisy chain capability, the new DM1000E enables BridgeCo enabled devices to be linked together seamlessly, mixing channels from multiple systems together, utilizing the full bus bandwidth for maximum channel count.
In conjunction with the new DM1000E audio processor, BridgeCo will ship an upgrade to their advanced BeBoB software platform that both expands flexibility and simplifies the learning curve in system configuration. Building upon years of customer feedback and system integration field experience, the new BeBoB 2.5 SDK (software developers kit) enables audio product developers to get to market quickly, without the need to write complex drivers and software for their Firewire enabled products.
"BridgeCo's Firewire platform has become an industry standard for cost-effective Firewire enabled audio products," explains Bob Tudor, President of SaneWave, an award winning product engineering company that has designed many BridgeCo enabled audio products for companies worldwide. "BridgeCo's advanced C++ architecture is a refreshing change from the software environments we see in other embedded solutions. The BridgeCo platform clearly reflects more than two years of field proven drivers, low latency capability, and 'driverless' Mac OS X support. SaneWave believes it is the best solution for 1394 available today. This upgrade makes it simple to control your entire product operations, including knobs, LEDs, metering, motor faders, and even DSP, eliminating the need for additional processors in the system design, reducing the overall system cost to our clients. We're excited to build upon our past successes with BridgeCo, and have already started using this second generation chipset in our new designs."
Breakout boxes, the most common type of 1394 product, enable musicians to combine signals from multiple instruments, microphones, sample clips and other audio sources, and transfer them to a computer using a single Firewire (IEEE 1394) serial interface. Once audio tracks are recorded and stored on a computer, they can be edited, arranged and played-back to complete a total musical or audio experience.
"Our OEM customers tell us that musicians are demanding more discrete inputs and daisy-chained multi-box systems," said BridgeCo CEO Angelo Ugge. "We enhanced the DM1000E so their customers can access the maximum number of inputs available, while allowing them to connect multiple BridgeCo enabled products to work as a system in their studio environment. Now artists can focus on the music, and less on product incompatibilities, channel count, and driver configuration issues found in competing 1394 solutions."
More than a dozen breakout box products from nine OEMs have been developed based on BridgeCo hardware / firmware platforms since 2002. BridgeCo's robust and proven Firewire solution has enabled the development of products targeted at professional musicians, as well as breakout boxes for the consumer audio market that are priced below US$200. Products built on BridgeCo's BeBoB platform have won numerous awards from leading audio magazines worldwide.
The BeBoB 2.5 Platform
The BeBoB 2.5 platform combines BridgeCo's DM1000 or DM1000E processor and all of the required software to build a complete Firewire audio product. The DM1000 supports limited daisy chain capability, while the DM1000E supports multiple daisy-chained systems. By eliminating the need for multiple chips and expensive general purpose DSP devices, BeBoB 2.5 enables OEMs to significantly reduce the retail price of their products. And by integrating powerful DSP capabilities, the BeBoB 2.5 solution provides low-latency mixing, which allows users to record new tracks while simultaneously playing back previously recorded ones.
BridgeCo's BeBoB 2.5 platform includes a proprietary ARM-based DSP processor, an RTOS, and a comprehensive application software stack that allows BridgeCo's OEM customers to significantly accelerate their time-to-market. The BridgeCo platform interfaces directly to 1394 PHY chips, and incorporates multiple digital and analog inputs and outputs that connect to microphones, loudspeakers, musical instruments and MIDI devices. BridgeCo provides driver support for Mac OS X and Windows XP computers.
The DM1000E is currently available in sample quantities; production quantities will be available in 1Q05. The DM1000 continues to be available in production quantities. The BeBoB 2.5 software stack and SDK will be available for download by mid-November. Visit http://www.bridgeco.net for additional product information.
The Mini TrailVue iPod Mini Case
The Mini TrailVue case offers rugged, stylish protection for the mini on the go. A patented belt clip system offers interchangeable clip options. Seven color combinations to choose from.
CASE FEATURES :
• Can sync mini while in the case
• Ballistic nylon outer construction
• Fully lined interior
• Plastic inserts for protection
• Plastic screen protector affords full view of the mini
• Clear sides show off the color of your mini
• Easy access to hold button, headphone jack, and remote ports
• Multidapt® interchangeable clip system
• Includes low-profile spring clip
Colors:
Gray Black
Olive Blue
Gray Gray
Lt. Blue Gray
Red Olive
Orange Purple
Lt. Blue
Price: $29.95
For more information, visit:
http://www.marware.com/minitrail.html
A Tale in the Desert: The Second Telling Macintosh Version Launch
A Tale in the Desert is a unique MMORPG, for it contains no combat. It is not a competitive game but a cooperative one that depends upon the players to forward the story.
Have you ever wondered how it would be to live in Ancient Egypt? To be part of the civilization that built so many wonders? Well, now you can! In "A Tale in the Desert", you can relive those times and unravel their secrets. Build your own pyramid, help rule the country by passing laws and advising the Pharaoh, see how far you can make the civilization advance, or just explore the land and make new friends.
A Tale in the Desert (ATITD) is a groundbreaking MMORPG with rich variety in gameplay, that lets you build kingdoms from the ground up, actively interact with your fellow-people, and live in a diverse society where you can do almost anything; be a merchant, a courier, a builder, an artist, a cook, an explorer, a strategist, a king... or all of these--and more!. In fact if you find your very own part that hasn't been provided for, pass a law to do it! Whatever you decide, Egypt awaits you in "A Tale in the Desert".
System requirements:
• OSX 10.3 or later
• PowerPC G4 processor
• 384 MB RAM
• Geforce 4 MX video card
For more information, visit:
http://www.atitd.com/
The Fashion Centre at Pentagon City Debuts New Wireless Internet Service; Free Trial Now Available
Mall-goers with a wireless-equipped laptop or notebook will now be able to access the Internet while visiting The Fashion Centre at Pentagon City, thanks to the recent installation of high speed public access wireless (Wi-Fi) equipment in the common areas of the mall.
"Given the high concentration of office buildings around The Fashion Centre - including the Pentagon - we thought Wi-Fi service would be a very useful service to the many people who conduct informal off-site meetings in our food court," said Suzette Timme, General Manager of The Fashion Centre. "We're very excited to offer this unique and relevant amenity to our guests."
Visitors to The Fashion Centre at Pentagon City who are interested in using the Internet on their laptop or notebook computers simply bring their computer to mall and open up the Internet browser. An access page from the Internet service provider, Single Digits, appears and allows users to pay for the service online via a credit or debit card. Those interested in Fashion Centre Wi-Fi can for a limited time try out the service for free, while subsequent time blocks can be purchased for anything from one hour to one month.
The new high-speed wireless Internet works with any operating system, Microsoft Windows (95-XP), Apple or Palm OS.
The Fashion Centre at Pentagon City is owned and managed by Simon Property Group, Inc. Simon Property Group, Inc., headquartered in Indianapolis, Indiana, is a real estate investment trust engaged in the ownership, development and management of retail real estate, primarily regional malls, Premium Outlet centers and community shopping centers. The Company's current total market capitalization is approximately $34 billion. Through its subsidiary partnerships, it currently owns or has an interest in 301 properties in North America containing an aggregate of 204 million square feet of gross leasable area in 39 states plus Canada and Puerto Rico. Simon also holds interests in 48 European shopping centers in France, Italy, Poland and Portugal and 4 Premium Outlet centers in Japan. Additional Simon Property Group information is available at:
http://www.simon.com
Voiceglo Introduces VoIP Industry to Voice Messaging
Voiceglo, a global, full-service Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) communications company, today announced that it has added a peer-to-peer voice messaging feature to its proprietary Web- and PC-based service, the GloPhone. Very similar to the push-to-talk functionality of cell phones, GloMessenger now allows the more than 1.8 million GloPhone users to send and receive instant voice messages to other GloPhone users on their buddy list. Voiceglo is one of the first service providers in the VoIP industry to offer a voice messaging application of this caliber to its users.
GloMessenger, which is now available in beta on the GloPhone Web site ( http://www.glophone.com ), allows GloPhone users to send voice messages to one another using MP3 formatted files - without ever having to initiate a phone call. Offering the same connectivity and dynamics of text-based instant messaging services, GloMessenger will allow users to select a contact from the display window, click on the "Send Message" button and record a sound byte that will immediately be transmitted to that contact. The recipient will then see their GloPhone display window flash - indicating that they have a GloMessage waiting - and can then listen to the audio message and reply. With the ability to receive multiple messages simultaneously, GloPhone users can now engage in real-time conversations with their friends and family online without worrying about missing a call.
"Voiceglo is very excited to be one of the first, if not the first, VoIP providers to offer voice messaging to consumers throughout the world," said Michael Egan, CEO, Voiceglo. "This application not only advances our own VoIP service, it also encourages continued innovation in the overall VoIP industry. With GloMessenger, we are expanding the communications options available to consumers and delivering on enhanced features that they are asking for."
GloMessenger can be accessed from any computer, anywhere in the world - so GloPhone customers will always be able to take advantage of this advanced messaging feature. Using a dial-up or broadband Internet connection, all GloPhone users - no matter which GloPhone package they have - can log into their account and immediately begin sending GloMessages to their other GloPhone buddies that are online. This free P2P messaging feature will not only increase the level and frequency of communication between friends and family separated all over the world, but it will also save both parties extensive amounts of money.
Voiceglo offers an innovative way of combining free and low-cost global peer-to-peer broadband or dial-up VoIP, allowing users access to make and receive calls from conventional and wireless phones anywhere in the world. More than 1.8 million consumers in over 60 countries are currently taking advantage of GloPhone's advanced calling features and local, long distance and international calling capabilities. With this latest feature addition, both current GloPhone customers and new customers that join the network will be able to update their GloPhone to enjoy the immediate global connectivity that GloMessenger brings to the VoIP service. With the click of a button, GloPhone users will be able to download GloMessenger to their phone's interface and begin sending and receiving messages.
The addition of this voice messaging application to the GloPhone service will allow Voiceglo to offer consumers a more personalized and interactive calling experience, while continuing to make advancements in the VoIP industry.
For more information on GloMessenger or to download the application to an existing GloPhone account, visit:
http://www.glophone.com
KVH Brings High-definition DIRECTV Service to Maritime TracVision Satellite TV Antennas
Television has changed forever with the launch of high-definition (HD) programming - 10 times the resolution, unmatched picture quality, and multiple channels of CD-quality sound make the HDTV experience unlike any other. Now the same lifelike pictures and crystal-clear audio quality consumers are seeking out for home theatre systems are available at sea, thanks to the new TracVision High-definition Converter for DIRECTV programming from KVH Industries, Inc., .
Most of DIRECTV's high-definition programming originates from DIRECTV's new satellite at 110degreesW latitude, which broadcasts unique signals that could not be decoded by most mobile satellite antennas. The TracVision HD Converter enables any new or existing Digital Video Broadcast (DVB)-compatible TracVision satellite TV antenna to seek out, decode, and track this unique satellite within its coverage footprint. Of course all TracVision antennas can also switch to DIRECTV 101degreesW and 119degreesW, providing continued access to all of DIRECTV's standard TV and music programming as well. The TracVision HD Converter also includes a versatile, easy-to-use control unit that offers rapid satellite switching control and powerful system configuration tools.
"With the growing popularity of plasma and LCD televisions aboard boats and an increasing variety of HD programming being made available, we wanted to ensure that our customers could watch the vivid HD programming that they already enjoy at home," explained Ian Palmer, KVH's executive vice president of satellite sales. "The marine industry has already recognized TracVision as the world's finest satellite TV antenna, as evidenced by our TracVision systems winning the NMEA "Best Satellite TV" product award for the past seven years in a row. Now KVH enables boaters to watch the world's finest high-definition programming while at sea."
The award-winning TracVision product line offers KVH's integrated DVB technology and precision sensors to provide automatic satellite acquisition and outstanding tracking of satellite TV services, such as DIRECTV and DISH Network. TracVision antennas have also been selected as a standard option by leading boat builders, such as Sea Ray and Silverton, as well as by more consumers around the world than any other satellite TV antenna.
An established, widespread network of dealers supports the KVH marine communications and navigation product lines. KVH has made supporting its dealers a high priority, and is continually striving for new ways to enhance company-dealer communications, collaborate in marketing efforts, extend training and provide rapid, high-quality customer service.
Customers seeking information regarding KVH's TracVision systems can learn more about the TracVision products at http://www.TracVision.com or by calling 888-584-4163.
Charles W. Moore
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