Bangkok--10 Jan--LEWIS Global
RangeMax NEXT Wireless-N Router — Gigabit Edition (WNR854T), Storage Central Turbo (SC101T), Powerline HD Ethernet Adapter Kit (HDXB101), Skype Wi-Fi Phone (SPH101), and Dual-Mode Cordless Phone with Skype (SPH200D) Selected for Design, Features, User Value, and Enhancing Consumers’ Quality of Life
NETGEAR, Inc. (Nasdaq: NTGR), a worldwide provider of technologically advanced, branded networking products, today announced that the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA?) has designated five of the company’s innovative products as honourees in the International CES Innovations 2007 Design and Engineering Awards at the International CES New York Press Preview.
The honoured NETGEAR products, which include the RangeMax NEXT Wireless-N Router — Gigabit Edition (WNR854T), Storage Central Turbo (SC101T), Powerline HD Ethernet Adapter Kit (HDXB101), Skype? Wi-Fi Phone (SPH101), and Dual-Mode Cordless Phone with Skype (SPH200D), were selected based upon criteria that included outstanding engineering and design qualities, unique and novel features, user value, and contributions to consumers’ quality of life.
“With NETGEAR’s continued dedication to delivering consumer products that offer reliability, ease-of-use and best-in-class functionality, it is truly an honour to have our products recognised by the industry for outstanding design and engineering,” explained Vivek Pathela, Vice President of Product Marketing for NETGEAR.
“NETGEAR is attuned to the needs of consumers and has been working to drive the convergence of streaming media, Internet telephony, and mobility technologies into the home and small businesses. We are delivering solutions today that will provide consumers with the high-performance wireless and powerline network infrastructures that deliver the extended range and speeds required to support the bandwidth-intensive applications of the networked home. While our RangeMax NEXT Wireless-N family of wireless networking solutions continues to lead the industry by driving and improving the high-level of performance and interoperability that is promised by the final ratified 802.11n standard, we are simultaneously delivering high-quality video and audio streaming and voice-over-the- Internet mobile communications products that enable consumers to take full advantage of everything the networked world has to offer.”
About the NETGEAR RangeMax NEXT Wireless-N Router — Gigabit Edition (WNR854T)
RangeMax NEXT Wireless-N Router — Gigabit Edition (WNR854T) extends the possibilities of the wireless home network by providing up to 15 times more speed and 10 times the coverage of standard 802.11g networks. The WNR854T utilises multiple smart internal antennas to deliver superior bandwidth and range for multiple users and streaming applications and incorporates a four-port 10/100/1000 switch providing Gigabit support to maximise wired and wireless-to-wired LAN speeds. The factory tuned and configured internal antennas take the guesswork out of set-up and remain protected from damage or mis-alignment. The WNR854T, which is backwards compatible with all legacy 802.11b and g wireless products, incorporates Touchless Wi-Fi Security to simplify the establishment of the highest level of network security including WiFi Protected Access (WPA2) and provides easy setup through NETGEAR’s Smart Wizard.
About the NETGEAR Powerline HD Ethernet Adapters (HDXB101)
NETGEAR’s Powerline HD Ethernet Adapter Kit (HDXB101), which is comprised of two Powerline HD Ethernet Adapters (HDX101), provides users with speeds up to 200Mbps by simply plugging one of the elegant white Powerline HD Ethernet Adapters to a router and the other to any Ethernet-ready device — such as a PC, game console, print server, digital video recorder, or the NETGEAR Digital Entertainer. Its smart design also aptly blends into any home decor with ease, and does not take up any floor or desk space. Furthermore, the HDXB101 easily co-exists with other Powerline technologies, so that consumers could use their existing, slower units for basic applications, and the HDXB101 as an exclusive network loop for high-definition video and gaming.
About the NETGEAR Skype WiFi Phone (SPH101)
NETGEAR’s Skype WiFi Phone (SPH101), the industry’s first-to-market Wi-Fi Skype phone, enables users to call any of the more than 113 million registered Skype users around the world for free without the need to be tethered to a PC. The small, sleek SPH101 incorporates a built-in speakerphone and displays all of the users’ contacts (up to 200) on the phone’s high-quality color TFT display, letting them see at a glance who is online. Because users don’t have to be on the PC to be connected, they are more available for their friends to call. Users can even make calls to ordinary phones using SkypeOut for just pennies a minute with no monthly fees. The SPH101, which connects to any WiFi network that does not require Web-based authentication, supports secure networks (WPA-PSK and WEP) and features a speakerphone to further ease communication.
About the NETGEAR Dual-Mode Cordless Phone with Skype (SPH200D)
NETGEAR’s Dual-Mode Cordless Phone with Skype (SPH200D), the company’s first-to-market DECT cordless phone which combines landline telephony services and the Skype Internet calling on a single cordless handset, enables users to receive telephone calls from traditional phones, while taking advantage of being able to speak with any of the more than 136 million registered Skype users around the world for free without the need to be tethered to a PC. The Cordless Phone Base Station incorporates an Ethernet (RJ-45) connector which plugs into the home network router and a PSTN (RJ11) connector which plugs into a traditional telephone wall jack. The SPH200D can support up to four cordless handsets per household (additional handsets sold separately) and supports multiple languages. The small, sleek SPH200D handset incorporates a built-in speakerphone and displays all of the users’ contacts on the phone’s high-quality color TFT display, letting them see at a glance who is online. Because users don’t have to be on the PC to be connected, they are more available for their friends to call. One of the many advantages of the dual-mode SPH200D is that users can make outbound calls to traditional phones using either their existing landline service or SkypeOut for just cents a minute with no monthly fees.
About the NETGEAR Storage Central Turbo (SC101T)
NETGEAR’s Storage Central Turbo (SC101T) is the premier mirrored upgradeable way for consumers and small businesses to store music, photos, videos, and data files — and access them at Gigabit speeds. Easy to setup, install and share, users simply insert one or two 3.5-inch SATA drives of any capacity from any vendor (sold separately) into Storage Central Turbo, connect it to any router or switch, and Smart Wizard takes care of the configuration. Storage Central Turbo functions like a local disk drive making it easy and intuitive for family members to locate and access important files. Storage Central Turbo protects data by utilising advanced backup and synchronisation software to mirror data on two separate hard drives. Storage Central Turbo, which enables users to password protect each logical drive to optimise privacy, incorporates a Gigabit Ethernet interface to maximise data transfer speeds.
About NETGEAR, Inc.
NETGEAR (Nasdaq: NTGR) designs technologically advanced, branded networking products that address the specific needs of small and medium business and home users. The Company's product offerings enable users to share Internet access, peripherals, files, digital multimedia content and applications among multiple personal computers and other Internet-enabled devices. NETGEAR is headquartered in Santa Clara, Calif. For more information, visit the company's Web site at www.netgear.com or call (408) 907-8000.
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