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In stores now, Rocketboost announcement makes the rounds on the ‘net.

By mtc | Published: October 23, 2009

The new line of RocketBoost-enabled products hits brick and mortar stores this week.  Best Buy issued their press release full of executive quotes and the usual light-on-details value props.  Crunchgear, Engadget, I4U, and others dropped their cursory mentions that, perhaps not surprisingly, didn’t offer much more detail.
A few points worth clarifying for those totally unfamiliar [...]

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Rocketboost. Engage.

By mtc | Published: October 7, 2009

Bestbuy.com has just posted the four newest Rocketfish SKUs. The noteworthy element here is that they are all Rocketboost-enabled devices. The underlying digital wireless technology is based on Avnera’s AM2G wireless audio solution, which has undergone a spiffing up via some API goodness added to their solution to enhance interoperability for device makers [...]

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Six out of nine.

By mtc | Published: July 21, 2009

As I do from time to time… I search “wireless speakers” at bestbuy.com.  I was happy to see that 6 out of 9 result items were products Avnera enabled.  Aw shucks.  Read all about them here at wirelessaudioblog.

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Welcome to the party, Bose. SoundLink joins a cool crowd.

By mtc | Published: July 18, 2009

From Bose press release announcing the Bose SoundLink Wireless Music System.
“Many people use a computer as their primary source for music,” said John Roselli, category business manager for Bose Corporation. “But that convenience and experience is diminished by having to be [...]

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

By mtc | Published: May 29, 2009

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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Vizio Soundbar (VSB210WS) available now… goodness within

By mtc | Published: March 17, 2009

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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