Tag Archives: Avnera

Second generation FREETALK Wireless Stereo Headset available at Skype.com

Completely updated design, the Freetalk Wireless Stereo Headset is on sale at Skype.com now.
If you were feeling lucky, perhaps you took a shot at one during Engadget’s recession antidote yesterday:
Today we’ve got a FREETALK Wireless Stereo Headset along with a Skype voucher that’ll net you free calls for three whole months. The World Plan voucher [...]

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Recent Best Buy coverage gives a shout out to Avnera and Rocketfish RF-WHTIB

Recent article on Best Buy’s private label brands, Insignia, Rocketfish, Init, Dynex, Geek… mentions the RF-WHTIB and Avnera:
The Richfield, Minn.-based retailer also recently debuted low-cost wireless surround-sound speakers under its Rocketfish brand. Best Buy created the $99 speakers in partnership with startup Avnera of Beaverton, Ore.
Check out full article here.

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The leader of the pack (imo).

The Plantronics take on Avnera’s first gen AudioMagic chips seems to capture the yellow jersey.  Logitech, Creative, and Freetalk may very well still be selling at a strong clip, but the feature set and execution of the .Audio 995 seems to resonate with consumers more than the others – who admittedly are getting long in [...]

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Vizio Soundbar (VSB210WS) available now… goodness within

The Vizio Soundbar (VSB210WS) is finally available!
Go get it now!  See Walmart and Sears.  Or check out more info at Vizio’s homepage.
Warning.  What you are about to read is a biased, but pretty informed review.  I encourage you to check out reviews from other parts of the internet, and I will also link as many [...]

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Great user review of the RF-WS02 outdoor wireless speaker

This www.bestbuy.com user (SR24) “gets” it.  In fact, she got almost every major differentiated feature that sets this product apart from others…  personally, I LOVE the fact she likes the group volume feature.
We bought two of these speakers to use in our living room and not outdoors. We only used one of the senders, but [...]

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Sony’s BDV-IS1000 Blu-ray HTIB reviewed: probably a skip – Engadget HD

Sony’s BDV-IS1000 Blu-ray HTIB reviewed: probably a skip – Engadget HD.
What a shame… the one thing that killed this otherwise nice package was:
The wireless rear speakers didn’t work on either of its test units. Instead, they were troubled with dropouts and interference from other radio emitting devices. It seems that critics went out of their [...]

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