If you are anything like me you have a home theater setup with multiple devices.  With all of those devices comes remotes, remotes that are hard to keep track of and easy to lose.  I hate wanting to watch a new movie or turn on the game and I can’t find the remote!  If there is one device that we always know where it is it is our iPhone or iPad, these things you just don’t lose.  Today we have a cool little device that plugs into your iOS devices and turns them into a universal remote.  The device is called the VooMote Zapper and we are taking a look at it today.



Features & Specifications
Product Design – Universal Remote Control for iPhone, iPod touch and iPad.
Range – VooMote Zapper’s 4 built in IR transmitters guarantee a bullseye every time.
Setup Wizard – Set up your VooMote Zapper quickly and easily.
Room Control – Your personalized set up for every room.
Teach-In – Learn in products with the original remote control
One View – OneView combines multiple remotes in one layout.
One Touch – Create an entire chain of commands with a single click.
Edit Mode – Personalize your remote layouts by editing, copying, pasting or deleting buttons.
Gestures – Initiate commands with simple finger movement.





The VooMote Zapper comes in a nice retail package that is open in the front so you can actually see the device.  On the front it lets us know that it is made for iPod, iPhone and iPad devices.  On the back it actually opens up to go into more detail on some of the features.

Getting everything out of the box there is the VooMote Zapper device, user’s manual and a QR code that allows you to download a free wallpaper for your device.


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VOXX International Corporation (NASDAQ: VOXX) announced that it has finalized its agreement with AVG (OEAM) Inc., an AVG Group company, to become the exclusive U.S. distributor of the Bongiovi Digital Power Station™ (DPS) technology for applications in the automotive aftermarket and the PPO Market (automotive accessorization post factory and pre aftermarket).

Under the terms of the agreement, VOXX International's wholly owned subsidiary, Audiovox Electronics Corp. (AEC) will have exclusive U.S. rights to distribute the patented DPS technology automotive applications, which significantly enhances the in-vehicle audio experience by making a traditional car stereo 'studio-sound enabled.'  The companies will collaborate to develop applications specifically designed for Original Equipment Manufacturers, initially focusing on the U.S. market.  Additionally, AEC and AVG are working to develop aftermarket applications which will be available through the Audiovox expeditor network.

"We're excited about this partnership and the potential it holds not only for our company, but for our customers.  For decades, Audiovox has been a leader in automotive entertainment, in-vehicle security and sound," stated Tom Malone, President of Audiovox Electronics Corp.  "The addition of DPS technology based applications enhances our automotive solutions for our OE partners, and will enable them to lower their acquisition costs for premium car sound while helping them differentiate their value-added solutions.  This applies to both Original Equipment Manufacturers as well as car dealers as it easily integrates with the technologies of both new and used cars.  We believe the patented DPS technology applications can potentially change the automotive sound landscape as it provides car manufacturers with the ability to take a basic factory sound system and dramatically improve audio quality without the need to upgrade to higher-end systems.  Additionally, this will resonate well with consumers who want a premium sound experience in their vehicles."

DPS is the new standard for digital audio delivery and was developed by Tony Bongiovi, the critically acclaimed sound engineer and record producer for Bongiovi Acoustics.  DPS creates this high-end quality by digitally re-mastering the audio signal in real-time, effectively compensating for the acoustical deficiencies of the vehicle and optimizing the program material for playback in the vehicle.  It extends the frequency response of car speakers and maximizes the frequency-specific power distribution of a vehicle's head-unit amplifier.  DPS applications are also designed and tuned for the individual vehicle so they are as custom as the other OE components.  

Ayaz Somani, CEO of AVG Group added, "Our goal is to provide consumers with an optimized listening experience in a vehicle environment.  DPS is the new standard for digital audio enhancement, and we see significant opportunities to expand the reach of DPS into car audio through our partnership with Audiovox.  Especially so, given Audiovox's nationwide automotive distribution network covering the OEMs, 12-volt specialists and aftermarket car dealers.  This partnership is not about 2012 – it's about the future, and our team is very excited to be working with Audiovox.  They know technology, they have proven market leadership and their distribution is unparalleled.  We see this alliance as a win-win not only for Audiovox, AVG and Bongiovi Acoustics but also for the automotive market and its consumers."


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May 10th 2012 – PoINT Software & Systems GmbH has announced today, that the current version of PoINT Storage Manager supports additional storage systems of EMC. Thus for example hard disk – /SSD-based NAS systems manufactured by EMC can seamlessly be integrated in a Tiered Storage Architecture. The support of EMC Atmos for the Capacity and Archive Tier is also planned. Interested customers can buy PoINT Storage Manager together with EMC products via Orchestra Service GmbH, which PoINT nominated as a new distribution partner for DACH.

PoINT Storage Manager is a software solution, which implements a tiered storage architecture by policy-based data management with automated and transparent file migration and storage as well as migration between various tiers. According to defined policies inactive data stored in expensive primary storage devices as part of the performance tier is migrated to the cost-effective secondary storage in the capacity or archive tier. In this case the current release of PoINT Storage Manager also supports the unified storage solution of EMC as primary storage of the performance tier.

Inactive Data – these are usually up to 80% of the total data volume – is migrated to cost-effective secondary storage by the PoINT EMC FileMover Agent and replaced by so-called “stubs”. By this concept a homogeneous standardized file system access (“Single Path Access”) to the overall storage system is available for users and applications.

Storage devices configured in the archive tier are used by PoINT Storage Manager for long-term archiving, e.g. EMC Centera as a CAS-System. Files stored in the archive tier are protected against modifications from the perspective of the primary storage (WORM mode). Files to be archived are packed in so-called containers per archive job, which in turn are stored as files in the archive storage. Depending on the configured archive storage system the files to be archived can optionally be stored in native format, too.
By the extended support of EMC storage products PoINT Software & Systems GmbH could win Orchestra Service GmbH located in Gilching near Munich as a distributor for DACH. Orchestra has the largest team in Europe for the support of EMC software products.

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