AlphaGrip, Maker of the World's Fastest Handheld Keyboard, Takes the Lead in Yahoo! Ultimate Connection Contest.LORTON, Va. -- AlphaGrip, Inc., creator of the world's most comfortable, high-speed, handheld keyboard, is currently leading the pack of five finalists in Yahoo!'s Ultimate Connection Contest. AlphaGrip was the only technology company to be selected from over 9,000 entries by small businesses. The company now has an opportunity to become one of three winners to claim the prize package with a combined value of more than $100,000. The contest will culminate culminate, in astronomy, the maximum height in the sky reached by a celestial body on a given day. At the culminate the body is crossing the observer's celestial meridian and is said to be in upper transit. in an unusual 'power lunch' event high above New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. in July. Voting will take place online until June 24; to view a short video of the five finalists go to http://advision.webevents.yahoo.com/ultimateconnection/index.php?final ist=5. (Due to its length, this URL URL in full Uniform Resource Locator Address of a resource on the Internet. The resource can be any type of file stored on a server, such as a Web page, a text file, a graphics file, or an application program. may need to be copied/pasted into your Internet browser's address field. Remove the extra space if one exists.) The advent of mobile computing Using a computing device while in transit. Mobile computing implies wireless transmission, but wireless transmission does not necessarily imply mobile computing. Fixed wireless applications use satellites, radio systems and lasers to transmit between permanent objects such as buildings has shifted computers from offices to living rooms and pockets, but the keyboard and mouse have not adapted well to usage outside of a standard desk setting. AlphaGrip tackles this problem with its recently released, flagship product A primary product of a company, which is typically why the company was founded and/or what made it well known. For example, MS-DOS, Windows and the Microsoft Office suite have been flagship products of Microsoft. CorelDRAW is a flagship product of Corel Corporation. , the AG-5, which resembles a videogame controller and allows the user to type 50-70 words per minute Noun 1. words per minute - the rate at which words are produced (as in speaking or typing) wpm rate - a magnitude or frequency relative to a time unit; "they traveled at a rate of 55 miles per hour"; "the rate of change was faster than expected" while standing, walking, riding in a vehicle, leaning back away from a desk or in a recliner, or while lying in bed. In the future, an AlphaGrip smart phone, currently in the design stage, will represent a 200-500% increase in productivity. AlphaGrip recently test-marketed the AG-5 with great success, selling over 1,000 units by word-of-mouth alone to customers around the world and from all walks of life. The AG-5 is compatible with computers running Microsoft Windows See Windows. (operating system) Microsoft Windows - Microsoft's proprietary window system and user interface software released in 1985 to run on top of MS-DOS. Widely criticised for being too slow (hence "Windoze", "Microsloth Windows") on the machines available then. , Linux, or Apple's Mac OS X. It has received good reviews in well-regarded online technology publications (http://www.alphagrips.com/news.html) and has many satisfied customers (http://www.alphagrips.com/testimonials.html). Feedback indicates that AlphaGrip's portable, comfortable, and in some cases ergonomic ergonomic - Concerning ergonomics or exhibitting good ergonimics. , features are especially helpful to heavy computer users such as students, gamers, and knowledge workers, including programmers, desktop publishers, mobile workers, reporters, editors, bloggers, and analysts. The AG-5, available online at www.AlphaGrip.com, is priced at $99 plus shipping and handling ($10 in the U.S. and $20 for international shipments). The company offers a 30-day money back guarantee (less shipping) and its return rate is only 1%. |
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