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The new pedals – Corona Chorus, Flashback Delay & Looper, Vortex Flanger, Shaker Vibrato and Hall of Fame Reverb all benefit from the TonePrint feature. Users activate the custom-made preset by downloading their favorite guitarist’s TonePrint from the TC Electronic website. Once set to the TonePrint setting, the pedal will recreate the effect set up by the famous guitarists.
The pedals are also entirely future proof, as an ever expanding number of artists are continuing to add their individual settings to the TC Electronic library. To obtain the free presets, guitarists simply connect the pedal via USB to a PC or Mac and visit the TC Electronic website. The settings are downloaded direct to the pedal. Each pedal holds one TonePrint at a time, but the concept is unlimited as users can swap TonePrints as many times as they want.
The Pedals
Shaker Vibrato
The Shaker Vibrato features two types of vibrato: a classic true pitch vibrato and ‘latch mode’ where the effect is only active when the user press and hold the switch. This allows for subtle vibrato and faux-whammy bar effects without having to repeatedly tap the bypass button (effect on/off button). In addition, the pedal gives intuitive Speed, Depth, Color and Ramp controls to allow users create their own ‘Vibrato’ effects at any time.
Vortex Flanger
The Vortex Flanger pedal offers Speed, Depth, Feedback and Delay-Time controls with a creative and expansive palette of tonal options. Vortex Flanger is built with guitarists in mind, so it features a toggle switch to go between classic pedal flanger tones and 60s style tape-flange.
Corona Chorus
Corona Chorus offers a shimmering and warbly sound. With three different chorus settings –Two pretuned by TC as well as the custom TonePrint setting, Corona Chorus handles any situation or musical style. The stereo input and outputs ensure super flexible set-up possibilities. The Speed, Depth, Color and Level controls allow for instant tweaking.
Flashback Delay and Looper
Flashback Delay & Looper features a seven second delay time and every delay type one could ever wish for – from TC Electronic’s legendary 2290 delay to old-school tape echo. In total, there are nine different types to choose from and it even doubles as a looper! Flashback Delay & Looper also features TC Electronic’s audio tapping technology, allowing users to set the delay times by strumming the guitar and a toggle switch that goes between quarter notes, dotted 8s or stereo, with different values left and right.
Hall-of-Fame Reverb
Hall of Fame Reverb is a collection of the ultimate reverbs, packed tightly in one cool pedal that handles any situation that calls for a touch (or handfuls) of rich reverberation. In total, Hall of Fame Reverb offers 10 reverb types for a world of inspiration! Halls, Plates, Rooms, Chambers and will cover anything from subtle ambience to full-blown cathedral greatness, whilst Decay, Color and Level controls allows for easy and instant tweaking of the sounds. Further, stereo inputs and outputs, handling both instrument and line level/FX Loop signals, ensure super flexible routing options.
“Ever since people started to play musical instruments there has always been others trying to emulate the best”, Tore Mogensen product manager for TC Electronic states. “The unique TonePrint technology allows users, of all abilities, from all over the world, the chance to play using the same setup as their idols – collaborating, rather emulating.”
Pricing and availability:
The TonePrint pedals will be available from February 2011
For a list of international stockists please visit http://www.tcelectronic.com/wheretobuy.asp
Prices
Corona Chorus: US$177 MSRP / €122 List (excl VAT)
Vortex Flanger: US$177 MSRP / €122 List (excl VAT)
Shaker Vibrato: US$177 MSRP / €122 List (excl VAT)
Flashback Delay & Looper: US$232 MSRP / €140 List (excl VAT)
Hall of Fame Reverb: US$204 MSRP / €122 List (excl VAT)
Features
Sound quality – First-class guitar tones right out of the box
True Bypass – Maximum tonal integrity
Analog Dry-Through – No conversion of dry signals for absolute transparency and zero latency
Tons of headroom – Accepts instrument as well as line level/FX Loop signals
Easy battery access – Unique one-screw battery access for lightning fast battery changes
Compact – A small footprint makes it fit on to any board
“Industry analysts estimate Verizon could add as many as 7 to 10 million new iPhone 4 users in the U.S.,” said Pia Chon, iLuv marketing director. “iLuv is poised to meet this new demand with stylish cases and films designed to enhance and protect the Verizon user’s new iPhone 4 experience.”
The initial lineup of iLuv’s iPhone 4 CDMA protective cases and films include:
• Leatherette Clip Case (iCC756) – Sophisticated protection. MSRP $49.99
• Metallic Case (iCC749) – Durable protection in titanium and chrome finish. MSRP $29.99
• Translucent Case (iCC743) – Full coverage available in black, white or pink. MSRP $29.99
• Clear Case (iCC742) – Full protection while letting your phone shine through. MSRP $24.99
• Flex-Gel Case (iCC746) – Full coverage protection available in 5 colors. MSRP $24.99
• Flex-Trim Case (iCC741) – Bumper type protection available in 5 colors. MSRP $19.99
• Glow-in-the-Dark Case (iCC745) – Fun case with glowing patterns. MSRP $19.99
• Silicone Case (iCC744) – Full coverage protection available in 5 colors. MSRP $14.99
• Sports Armband (iCC212) – Never miss a call even when you’re on the run. MSRP $29.99
*All the above cases come complete with protective screen films
• Glare-Free Screen Protector Film (iCC1405) – Quad-Layer protection, yet remarkably thin and anti-glare. Perfectly tooled for
iPhone 4. MSRP $14.99
• Clear Screen Protector Film (iCC1404) – Quad-Layer protection, yet remarkably thin. Perfectly tooled for iPhone 4.
MSRP $12.99
General availability will be end of January in leading retailers, and online at www.i-luv.com.
WritePad is an advanced notetaker for iPads and iPhones, which converts practically any handwriting into computer text. This feature-reach, Star-Trek-like technology makes the on-screen soft keyboard obsolete. Notes created with WritePad can be emailed, Tweeted, saved, translated to other languages, synced with Dropbox, or exchanged directly between 2 or more iOS devices.
With WritePad users can:
· Create and edit text documents using the advanced handwriting recognition engine or iPad keyboard for text entry in landscape or portrait mode.
· Improve productivity by utilizing inline gestures, spell checker, context analyzer, and shorthand features.
· Email, Tweet, Print, or post Facebook updates directly from WritePad.
· Synchronize WritePad documents with Dropbox and iTunes.
· Translate documents to 13 supported languages using Bing Translator.
· Change WritePad’s appearance by manipulating text, page and ink colors using the customizable Styles feature.
WritePad Availability and Pricing
WritePad for iPad 4.5 for English language is available now in the iTunes App Store for $9.99. International versions of WritePad 4.5 will be available soon. For more information about the WritePad product line, please visit PhatWare’s web site at www.phatware.com/writepad.
The WellComm App, released at no cost, is a paradigm changing, gateway app. WellComm’s innovation is that it works with ALL existing resources. Its open architecture connects the patchwork of incompatible apps with other apps and with electronic and personal health records (HER and PHRs). The WellComm system does not force the replacement or change of existing systems or technology, but instead enables these disparate, siloed systems & resources to work together. WellComm can be used by Healthcare Professionals, Caregivers, Researchers and Individuals to advance and extend health and wellness.
To leverage and maximize the WellComm App, an individual can create a customized solution on WellComm.org, called a Prescriptive™. A Prescriptive, which is also available for free, can be configured as a survey, a customized publication or an integrated mHealth app, which can be instantly sent to any WellComm able device. Creation and customization are made simple for the user, with no programming or technical knowledge required.
“WellComm.org and the WellComm App provide the hub of connectivity for all electronic health and wellness resources. The mission of our organization is to advance and improve the health and wellness of the individual, to cultivate innovation in medical research, and to provide the open mHealth infrastructure that will foster innovative health and wellness SmartPhone apps, devices and sensors. WellComm makes real the promise of mHealth”, states Brent Gutekunst, CEO, adding, “In the end, since no one else was doing it, we developed a solution to our own problem. Fortuitously, the solution is one that addresses many of the fundamental issues plaguing mHealth at this point in its early evolution. So we’ve decided to share it will the rest of the world to see, if together, we can change Health and Wellness as Usual. Developers, this is your invitation.”
Founded in 2010, WellComm capitalizes on the most dramatic social and technological revolution of our lifetime, the ubiquitous connectivity of the SmartPhone. WellComm transforms the SmarthPhone into the Key to access, utilize, manage and communicate with resources & technologies that improve health and wellness. WellComm is the trusted independent connectivity to and between existing disparate and disperse systems, resources, expertise, and the individual. WellComm moves personal health and wellness beyond the constraints of traditional systems.
“We place a great deal of importance on portability and security,” said Johnny Hou, Founder and Chief Designer at NZXT. “Whether you’re transporting your rig to a LAN party or would like more peace of mind in the dorm, Bunker will ensure that your peripherals and media remain secure.”
Bunker will be available in March for the MSRP of $24.99. For more information visit www.nzxt.com/new/products/case_accessories/bunker.
The first-of-its-kind demonstration (in the South Hall of the Las Vegas Convention Center Room S228) was made possible through a technical collaboration between the two companies, with content streaming over Verizon’s future-proof network to a Panasonic Blu-ray 3D player. Engineers from both companies worked closely to co-develop the required network, software and user-interface enhancements that make Full HD 3D possible over the bandwidth-rich FiOS service.
“We’re proud of our work with Verizon to develop this Full HD 3D streaming capability,” said EisukeTsuyuzaki, chief technology officer, Panasonic Corporation of North America. “Panasonic has always believed that the best way to view 3D is via a Full HD, 1080p resolution image, but until now the only option available has been on Blu-ray DiscTM media. Over Verizon’s high-bandwidth FiOS network, we’ve now shown that this kind of innovation can be accomplished by a premium television service like FiOS as well.”
Unlike some competing technologies, Full HD 3D transmissions preserve the complete 1080p picture resolution that consumers have come to expect from their HDTVs. Other solutions degrade the 3D image, typically reducing resolution by half. In a demonstration at the Verizon-sponsored Blogger Lounge, FiOS engineers showed a selection of 3D content streaming to a Panasonic Full HD Blu-ray 3D DiscTM player at a bit rate of up to 18 Mbps (megabits per second) — double the bit rate currently used by most cable providers.
Tony Melone, chief technology officer for Verizon, said, “Delivering full-resolution 3D content is a natural fit for Verizon’s FiOS network. Built with the future in mind, FiOS was designed with the bandwidth headroom to grow along with consumer demand for the latest technologies. Verizon continues to deliver the future of TV and is once again redefining the consumer’s at home-entertainment experience.”
Last year, Verizon televised the first National Football League game in 3D, the New York Giants versus the New England Patriots, as well as the first Major League Baseball games in 3D, between the New York Yankees and the Seattle Mariners.
Verizon continues to drive the future of TV, with more than 140 HD channels and next-generation interactive services like social networking, DVR management via broadband or mobile phone, and an interactive media guide.
The OCS9 is a multimedia PC tablet powered by Intel’s next generation Atom platform codenamed “Oak Trail”, running Windows 7, and capable of running the most demanding online PC games, MMORPG, 3D, productivity and social networking applications. It’s a high-end tablet PC. Its uniquely usable OMOS Key interface enhances the ease and speed of tasks and games commonly performed on a laptop or desktop and its intuitive control mechanism is superior to multi-touch interfaces for playing games and browsing the Web.
The OCS9 is built for hardcore and casual gaming, interactive entertainment, social networking and productivity applications, with its OMOS interface, nine-inch (diagonal) multi-touch display, detachable QWERTY controller with virtual keyboard, connectivity over Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, GPS, and USB 2.0 HS, powerful stereo sound, and long battery life, making it the ideal Tablet PC. A stand allows users to tilt the tablet for operation at a convenient angle. The OCS9 also comes with a pouch that holds the detachable controller and the alternate battery.
“OCS9’s OMOS Key raises the bar for the most usable Tablet PC interface,” said Eu-jin Oh, president of OCOSMOS. “Users will love the OCS9’s capabilities, ease of use and power.”
The OCS9 Tablet PC delivers a new platform of Tiny Computer (TC) technology that benefits both business users and the gaming public, and its unique OMOS Key interface overcomes the limitations of multi-touch interfaces.
“The Intel Atom processor continues to create waves of innovation in the industry,” said Rene Torres, director of marketing for Intel’s Notebook and Tablet Group. “We are excited to see OCOSMOS take advantage of Intel Atom’s performance and compatibility to bring PC-class gaming experiences to life with their OCS9 announcement.”
The OCS9 specifications include:
- Intel’s next generation Atom processor platform codenamed Oak Trail Up to 64GB of solid-state storage
- Wi-Fi and Bluetooth connectivity
- 9.0 Inch (Diagonal) Widescreen Multi-Touch Display
- 1024 x 768 pixel resolution capacitive touch screen
- Front and rear cameras (1.3MP Webcam in front, 3.1MP camera in back)
- A microphone for video chat sessions
- Windows 7 Home Premium
- OMOS Key Interface: useful as a mouse, and customizable for character input
- 64GB of Internal SSD storage
- External Micro SD Card up to 64GB
- Right/Left keys on the device shoulder for gaming
- Gyroscope/Accelerometer
“The OCS9 Tablet PC is a revolution in gaming,” says OCOSMOS representative, Jay-Hun Kim. “With the Intel Atom platform and OMOS controller, the OCS9 is positioned to blow away other portable gaming consoles on the market, not to mention PCs, and users will find that 2D and 3D image editing is even faster than on a desktop PC.”
OCOSMOS is planning to work with major online and offline distributors for the OCS9, and will collaborate with leading game developers to enhance existing games for the platform. The product will be available in the United States mid 2011, and will later be available in China and other global markets.
From the 2011 International Consumer Electronics Show (CES), Sling Media, Inc., today announced a subscription offering that will soon be available on select 4G smartphones on the Verizon Wireless 4G LTE Mobile Broadband network.
Sling Media has created a subscription service offering that gives Verizon Wireless customers the ability to watch their home TV on new 4G smartphones. The subscription service provides a Slingbox®, the SlingPlayer™ application and networking accessories.
“With significantly increased speeds and reduced latency, the Verizon Wireless 4G LTE Mobile Broadband network provides an ideal environment for a fantastic Sling viewing experience with great video quality,” said John Gilmore, senior vice president and general manager at Sling Media. “Sling’s subscription offering is a new, easy way for consumers to start enjoying their home TV wirelessly, with one monthly bill from Verizon and without a long term contract for the Sling app.”
With a Slingbox at home and a Verizon Wireless 4G LTE Mobile Broadband connection, the award-winning SlingPlayer application gives users the ability to watch live sports, catch up on the news or enjoy movies on their smartphones. Users can enjoy their TV while having their oil changed, waiting for a flight or taking a study break. Verizon Wireless customers will be able to sign up for the offer through V CAST Apps, Verizon Wireless’ mobile storefront, beginning later this year.
The Verizon Wireless 4G LTE Mobile Broadband network, launched in December 2010, is the fastest, most advanced 4G network in the United States, providing speeds up to 10 times faster than Verizon Wireless’ existing 3G network. Consumer devices with a wide range of applications are expected to be available later this year. Verizon Wireless’ 4G LTE Mobile Broadband network currently reaches one-third of all Americans, with plans to expand the network to the company’s entire 3G coverage area over the next three years.
More details about the Verizon Wireless and SlingPlayer offering will be available during CES in Verizon Wireless’ booth (#35216 in the South Hall of the Las Vegas Convention Center) and at the Sling Media booth (#9014 in the Central Hall of the Las Vegas Convention Center). For more information about Verizon Wireless’ 4G LTE network, visit www.verizonwireless.com/lte. For more information about Verizon Wireless at CES, visit www.verizonwireless.com/ces or follow the company on Twitter at http://twitter.com/verizonwireless.
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment will release Star Wars in three distinct sets to meet the needs of every Star Wars fan:
- Star Wars: The Complete Saga on Blu-ray (9-disc Set includes all six films)
- Star Wars: Prequel Blu-ray Trilogy (3-disc set includes Episodes I-III)
- Star Wars: Original Blu-ray Trilogy (3-disc set includes Episodes IV-VI)
STAR WARS: THE COMPLETE SAGA ON BLU-RAY will feature all six live-action Star Wars feature films utilizing the highest possible picture and audio presentation, along with three additional discs and more than 30 hours of extensive special features including never-before-seen deleted and alternate scenes, an exploration of the exclusive Star Wars archives, and much more.
Star Wars: The Complete Saga on Blu-ray will be available for $139.99 US/$179.99 CAN and the Star Wars: Trilogy Sets for $69.99 US/89.99 CAN. Pricing for each set will vary by international territory.
Flanked by a legion of his finest Imperial Stormtroopers, Darth Vader himself joined Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment President Mike Dunn at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) to announce the release, vowing “The forces of the Empire will be at your disposal to assure the success of this endeavor.’’
“The Star Wars Saga is the most anticipated Blu-ray collection since the launch of the high-def format,” Dunn said. “The epic franchise pioneered sound and visual presentation in theaters and is perfectly suited to do it again in the home, with a viewing experience only possible with Blu-ray.”
“With all six episodes available for the first time in one collection, this is a great way for families and home audiences to experience the complete Saga from start to finish,” said Doug Yates, Vice President of Marketing, Online, Distribution, Lucasfilm Ltd. “And with the quality of high-definition, Blu-ray provides the most immersive home experience possible.”
“The Star Wars franchise has been one of the most anticipated Blu-ray releases by Amazon’s customers,” said Bill Carr, Vice President of Music and Video at Amazon. “We think that Star Wars will be incredibly popular with our customers, and we expect pre-orders to be very strong.”
USA TODAY is proud to start off the new year with a new social media partner, Foursquare.
Our account on the popular location-based social network is loaded with more than 250 tips from our travel experts.
The advice comes from our “10 Great Places” feature, which taps local experts, authors and celebrities for the inside scoop on top destinations.
Visitors to San Francisco are advised to check out the Castro Theater’s rollicking sing-along nights, for example, while gamblers in Las Vegas are informed that the showgirl statues at the Riviera Hotel & Casino might bring them luck. Travelers who prefer peace and quiet are encouraged to try the Biltmore Estate in Asheville, N.C., or the orchid conservatory in Atlanta’s Botanical Garden.
“USA TODAY has always been a traveler’s companion, so Foursquare is an obvious fit for us. We believe these tips from USA TODAY’s signature Travel feature will help Foursquare users find undiscovered points of interest in their local area and quality attractions as they travel,” said Victoria Borton, general manager of USA TODAY Travel.
Follow USA TODAY on Foursquare to be the first to hear about our latest travel discoveries in cities and towns across the USA or visit foursquare.com/usatoday to see all our tips.
“With USA TODAY’s wealth of content now available on the foursquare platform all over the world, users can discover exciting new places and tidbits of information wherever their travels take them,” said Jonathan Crowley, Director of Business Development for Foursquare.
USA TODAY also has a partnership with location-based service Gowalla. To complete the 12 trips our travel experts have created, follow USA TODAY on Gowalla or visit gowalla.com/usatoday.