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Research company GfK recently tested a number of speakerphones and found the Jabra SPEAK 410 to have superior sound quality to conventional stationary speakerphones. More than half (55%) the study participants selected Jabra’s device ahead of the competition. Featuring a 360-degree noise-cancelling microphone that allows a group of people to be heard clearly from all sides, the compact, portable unit is designed for offce professionals who regularly hold one-to-one or small group conference calls. It also offers genuine wideband audio, making it suitable for playing music too. Nearly 70% of GfK’s product testers made it their frst choice for music, with another 23% ranking it in second place. Unifed Communications Magazine recently named the Jabra SPEAK 410 speakerphone its 2010 Product of the Year .

Burnside Telecom’s Easy Answer desktop mobile phone addresses the needs of the elderly and people with disabilities through an easy to use desktop design and innovative feat the ability to a hands-free mo calls to pre-pro numbers by pr single button. T Answer looks l normal phone communicates via the mobile phone network allowing users to send and receive SMS text messages at normal network rates

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bile phone users in New York can recharge their ones for free while they have a quick drink at one of re than 50 bars that have installed Bacardi Limon-onsored recharging kiosks supplied by goCharge, part Hercules Networks.

The goCharge kiosk range, soon to be launched in the UK, udes foor and tabletop models, with up to 16 charging ; a patented charging technology which provides the est charging speeds available; and a 19” LCD touchscreen, minated billboard and wrapping capability for sponsorship branding. The kiosks can be ftted with a credit card der or bill collector, or can be free charging.

goCharge kiosks are ideal for bars, malls, sports arenas, versity student unions, hospital waiting rooms, and many her venues with a natural 10-minute ‘dwell time’.

The Communications Consumer Panel, which advises Ofcom on consumer interests in the markets it regulates, is calling on manufacturers to improve the design of mobile phones and work with operators, retailers and voluntary groups to develop an industry-wide labelling system so consumers can see at-a-glance if a handset will meet their needs.

“Our research shows that making it easier to use mobile phones will beneft everyone, including older and disabled people,” Communications Consumer Panel Chair Anna Bradley said. “We all like phones that are simple and intuitive to use. For many of us this is a nice-to-have, but for some older and disabled consumers a few simple improvements can make the difference between being able to use a mobile phone or not.”

Research carried out by independent charity Ricability, which tests products for older people and people with disabilities, found that increasing the ability for consumers to customise their phones and create pre-set profles could greatly improve usability for a wide range of users. The study, Making mobiles easier to use , also highlights the need for retailers to stock a wider range of phones, including specialist models, and to provide sales and support staff with better information and training about the likely needs of older and disabled users and the phones and features available to meet those needs.

Faster back-ups are just one of the benefts of the latest version of Tandberg Data’s RDX QuikStor removable storage system, which combines the reliability and portability of tape with the performance and random access of hard disk technology. SuperSpeed USB 3.0 connectivity for the RDX QuikStor Dock enables small businesses and remote offces to back-up data up to eight times faster than the USB 2.0 and SATA versions. As well as being compatible with existing removable RDX cartridges, the new version of RDX QuikStor works with Tandberg Data’s new solid state disk (SSD) cartridges, offering super-fast data transfer rates of up to 180MB/s (when used with RDX QuikStor USB 3.0). SSD cartridges come in capacities from 64 to 512GB. Standard capacities range from 160GB to 1TB.

3M is launching a new range of tablet privacy screen in response to the growing use of tablets for business purposes: Gartner predicts that by 2013 80% of businesses will support a workforce equipped with tablets. Like existing laptop and desktop models, the new 3M Privacy Screen Protectors ensure that the screen can only be viewed by someone positioned directly in front of it.

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