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The Official Press Preview of the International CES CES Booth: LVCC North Hall #6024; LVCC South Hall #35838 www.parrot.com Parrot is a world-leading manufacturer of Bluetooth® handsfree car kits, including new models that stream music, and Bluetooth wireless products for the home and office, including stereos, photo frames and a unique conference phone. Parrot Inc. CES Booth: LVCC Central Hall #12124 www.philips.com Featuring Bluetooth® technology, the BTM630 Micro Hi-Fi System provides music from a mobile phone and PC wirelessly. The system also features a built-in microphone for hands-free calls and switching between calls and music. The BTM 630 easily assists in the organization of a home digital music collection. The system plays and charges an iPod, features USB Direct and SD/MMC card slots for MP3/WMA music playback and allows for one-touch MP3 digital recording in 2X speed without the need for a PC. Dynamic Bass Boost allows for deep and dramatic bass. The BTM630 also features digital sound control for optimized music style settings and 30-watt RMS total output power. PHILIPS CES Booth: LVCC Central Hall #7922 www.rca.com The RCA Small Wonder MemoryMaker is the latest addition to the family of Small Wonder products. Just connect the Small Wonder digital camcorder to the MemoryMaker DVD recorder and create a DVD with the touch of one button – no PC required. The countertop MemoryMaker also serves as a DVD player and can record from other video sources. Sold with the EZ201 Small Wonder, the bundled products offer an affordable and easy way to capture family moments and share them with friends. The RCA Small Wonder camcorder runs on AA batteries, includes onboard memory for as much as an hour of recording, and can record even longer with the addition of an SD card (sold separately). Sharing memories through e-mail is easy, too. Just plug in the Small Wonder to your computer’s USB port and the Vista and MAC compatible software in the camcorder makes it easy to share your videos. RCA Audio/Video CES Booth: Sands #70638 www.pucc.jp/en/index.html PUCC (Peer-to-peer Universal Computing Consortium), a nonprofit organization, develops common overlay network technologies to seamlessly connect various devices and networks such as cell phones, home appliances, security devices, digital cameras, printers and healthcare devices. PUCC protocol allows users to easily connect different types of networks devices without changes to existing ones or installation of additional software. PUCC is composed of 25 member companies and Japanese universities, including Ericsson, Hitachi, Mitsubishi Electronics, Epson, Keio University and Kyoto University. PUCC network-capable devices can be used to receive video content and images from a home HD player or CCTV camera at home using gateway equipment. Using devices with the PUCC software, users also can view images from a home security camera, control a robot or get instant medical information of patients through a mobile phone. PUCC software modules are available to member companies to develop new PUCC capable devices. PUCC (Peer-to-Peer Universal Computing Consortium) CES Booth: LVCC South Hall #25346 www.digitalextender.com Featuring full-matrix technology with 1080p capability and High-bandwidth Digital Content Protection compliance (HDCP) compliance on all outputs, the HS-66M is a new solution for home entertainment applications. As encoded high definition digital video gains traction in the market, the High Definition Multimedia Interface (HDMI) with HDCP promises to become the most efficient choice for digital A/V routing and distribution. With the HS-66M HDMI Matrix Router, high definition audio and video signals from any of up to six sources can be sent to as many as six displays. While complying with HDCP, a signal from a single source can be sent simultaneously to several displays. It can be controlled by RS-232C, LAN (TCP/IP), infrared remote or front panel keys. The HS-66M is compliant to HDMI version 1.3 and supports resolutions as high as 1080p. RTcom USA Inc. CES Booth: LVCC North Hall Meeting Room #N221 www.samsungcamerausa.com The i85, an ultra-thin eight mega pixel camera, will turn heads at CES. A 3.0” high-resolution LCD screen gives users a more detailed display to compose their shots, review their images and enjoy video clips or movies. The i85 features a protruding 5x optical zoom lens with a maximum shutter speed of 1/2,000 of a second. The i85 comes equipped with “PMP”, personal media Samsung Opto-Electronics America http://www.parrot.com http://www.rca.com http://www.philips.com http://www.digitalextender.com http://www.pucc.jp/en/index.html http://www.samsungcamerausa.com

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Vision - November/December 2007 Contents Shapiro's Spectrum In This Issue The Economist C4 Visionary Tech Speak Going Global Eye on Business Tech Policy Special Supplement: CES Unveiled 2008 CES Technologies to Watch Eastern Europe Embraces CE M&A Fest Displaying the Future CEA Newsline Market Insider Just the Stats

Vision - November/December 2007

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