DirectPointe To Offer Managed Services to Consumers
Michael Proper is the CEO and entrepreneurial vision for the fast-growing DirectPointe, a provider of managed computing services that make technology simple, manageable and affordable for small and midsize businesses. DirectPointe has established itself by offering great support to organizations who are looking for a partner to manage the technology they need to grow their business. DirectPointe manages the entire computing lifecycle, including procurement, deployment, management, protection and support, so customers have one company to handle all their computing needs–at a set monthly fee.
With a enterprise platform of services defined and running for small and medium businesses, Proper sees the opportunity to take these same computing services to the consumer market. By tapping into Internet Service Providers (ISPs) who have an existing relationship with customers, DirectPointe can offer their services as an add-on revenue product or through a private-label service.
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Jamming with Guitar Hero Air Guitar Rocker
Know one of those guys who is always acting like he’s strumming the air guitar while listening to music? Well then this $29.99 toy is the perfect gift, the Guitar Hero Air Guitar Rocker.
Not only is George a sales guy working the CES floor, he’s also an accomplished air guitarist capable of riffing just like Tony Iommi or Eddie Van Halen. The Air Guitar Rocker comes with 10 tracks that are loaded on a cartridge — certainly a model to support expansion for new genres or additional songs. Take the special pick and wave it in front of the Air Guitar Rocker’s Flying V belt buckle and out screams the distorted guitars. Match your strumming to the correct tempo, and you’ll play a perfect “More Than A Feeling” solo, just like Boston’s Barry Gooudreau.
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Wireless Charging with Powercast
Powercast’s chief inventor and CEO John Shearer is pitching manufacturers on a wireless vision: a world where gadgets and devices are powered and charged without all the hassle of wires. The Powercast Wireless Power Platform includes a Power Caster and a Power Harvester. The Power Harvesters are attached to something like an iPod or cell phone and can draw power from Power Casters by bringing the device within close proximity.
Powercast was shown off at CES 2007 and now in 2008 they have added more wattage. Hopefully for those of us who hate packing chargers and attaching wires, Powercast will find partners that can leverage their platform.
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Cyrstal Clear Calls with ClearOne
ClearOne, a Salt Lake City-based company, holds a majority of the global market share in the professional audio conferencing systems category. It should come as no surprise that their conference phone products for the desktop and individuals wouldn’t include significant technology enhancements that set them apart from the “el’cheapo” models you see on eBay. With full-duplexing, noise canceling, noise reduction, high-quality microphones and industrial design to enhance a voice, ClearOne products pack the best in audio technology.
Brad Baldwin learns about ClearOne from Kurt Olsen during the 2008 Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas. Olsen shows off the Chat 50, which lets the mobile executive place calls via her cellphone or plug into a laptop via USB for Skype or softphone use.
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How to Pack a 62 Inch Monitor in Your Briefcase
When you hit the road and can’t squeeze your 62 inch monitor into your briefcase, you may want to reach for your Vuzix iWear. So if you’re watching a movie on your laptop or iPod or looking to join multiple friends in a first-person shooter game, Vuzix delivers a big experience with a mobile form factor. For gamers, the glasses-like displays will provide video, audio, microphone and even 3D sensors that allow you to move an on-screen character’s field of view by moving your head.
Paul Travers, CEO of Vuzix, talks with Brad Baldwin from the show floor of 2008 Consumer Electronics Show (CES) about the products and the awards they have received.
Specs for the Techie:
- Virtual 62” screen viewed from 9-feet
- Advanced Video Frame Buffers, allowing for up to four 62 inch virtual screens
- iWear 3D Enabled for automatic 2D/3D control as well as field sequential 3D video files
- Twin high-resolution 640×480 (920,000 pixels) LCD displays
- Flicker free 3D video support for most field sequential 3D video files
- 32-degree field of view
- 24-bit true color (16 million colors)
- 60 Hz progressive scan update rate
- Removable, integrated speakers
- AccuTilt™ viewer with 15 degrees of angle
- Console Video Splitter with NTSC, Component & HDMI video in and out
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I Am Tiger Woods — with Electric~Spin
If you’ve got the winter golf blues, Electric~Spin has the cure. Electric~Spin’s Golf Launchpad Tour is a unique golf simulation device that allows users to play golf in the convenience of their home, with their own clubs. The golf Launchpad Tour can be used with a PC, Mac and Sony PlayStation 2 & 3 systems.
Golf Launchpad Tour measures user’s swings (clubhead speed, path and angle) and translates it into information that EA Sports Tiger Woods PGA Tour software translates on-screen with breathtaking realism and accuracy. Not only is the Tiger Woods PGA Tour experience enhanced with the Golf Launchpad Tour, but so is the swing analyzer, with its increased accuracy and 3D shot visualization!
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