Circuit City Launches the Parrot Car Kit Line Nationwide.AUSTIN, Texas -- Parrot, Inc. (Paris:PARRO) today announced that one of the largest consumer electronics retailers in the world, Circuit City, has launched nationwide the company's hands-free Bluetooth[R] car kit line. Three Parrot car kit models, the Parrot CK3000 Evolution, Parrot CK3100 LCD (Liquid Crystal Display) A display technology that uses rod-shaped molecules (liquid crystals) that flow like liquid and bend light. Unenergized, the crystals direct light through two polarizing filters, allowing a natural background color to show. and Parrot 3200 LS-COLOR, will be available in more than 600 Circuit City stores and Parrot's entire car kit line will be available online at www.circuitcity.com. "Having Circuit City launch the Parrot car kit portfolio nationwide will help consumers more easily find the hands-free Bluetooth car kits they want. And, Parrot will also be the largest line of installed Bluetooth car kits that Circuit City offers," said Ed Valdez, president and COO (Cell Of Origin) See mobile positioning. of Parrot Inc. "With an increasing number of states banning the use of hand-held cell phones while driving, Circuit City will be well-positioned to respond to consumers' needs to make a smart choice in using hands-free car kits with the wireless convenience of Bluetooth technology," said Valdez. "Already New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of , Connecticut, New Jersey and several cities require hands-free devices in vehicles, and by July 1, 2008, California and Washington will join them. This will create a huge market totaling nearly 80 million consumers and more than 65 million vehicles." The Parrot CK3000, Parrot CK3100 LCD and Parrot 3200 LS-COLOR are professionally installed car kits that are hard-wired into a vehicle's audio system and offer true hands-free, voice-controlled phone capability, excellent audio quality and automatic mute mute (my t), in music, device designed to diminish uniformly the loudness of a musical instrument. of the
vehicle stereo when making or taking a call.
The Parrot CK3000 has a small control unit that allows it to be mounted discretely on the instrument panel, and features audible A protected MP3 file format from the Audible.com audio download service. See Audible.com. caller ID A telephone company service that sends the caller's telephone number between the first and second ring of the call. If the calling number is not blocked, the calling number is displayed on the handset or base station of the called party. when voice tags Voice tags are used in automated speech recognition in a voice command device. e.g. Voice commands to an automated device. Use in phones One typical use is to make phone calls in phones equipped with speech recognition. Any spoken word or words can be a voice tag. have been assigned to contacts in its phone book. The Parrot CK3100 LCD features a combination control/display unit that displays caller ID, if voice tags have been assigned to the contacts in its phone book, while the Parrot 3200 LS-PLUS has color caller ID, and displays both the phone number and caller's photo if they have been assigned voice tags. Parrot is the world's largest manufacturer of installed hands-free car kits. In addition to its automotive products, Parrot also manufacturers and markets a growing line of Bluetooth-based digital photo viewers and wireless stereo sound systems. Information on the complete line is available at www.parrot.com. ABOUT PARROT Founded in 1994, Parrot has rapidly established itself as a pivotal global player for wireless mobile telephone accessories. Drawing on its tried-and-tested expertise in voice recognition and signal processing See DSP. technologies, Parrot was one of the very first companies to produce Bluetooth[R]-based wireless hands-free car kits, having identified this standard's vast potential as early as 1999. In 2006, Parrot sold about 3 million units. Determined to accompany wireless peripherals breakthrough into consumer's day-to-day lives, Parrot has been developing since 2006 a new wireless range of sound and image products. Today, Parrot truly has a major international focus: 90.5% of its sales are generated outside of France, and a large percentage of its production is outsourced to carefully selected partners, enabling it to achieve the best possible level of quality and responsiveness. Parrot is now particularly well positioned to capitalize on Cap´i`tal`ize on` v. t. 1. To turn (an opportunity) to one's advantage; to take advantage of (a situation); to profit from; as, to capitalize on an opponent's mistakes s>. the bright future opening up for mobile telephone devices. Parrot has achieved strong growth in its consolidated revenues, up from 80.9 million euros pro forma As a matter of form or for the sake of form. Used to describe accounting, financial, and other statements or conclusions based upon assumed or anticipated facts. The phrase pro forma in 2005 to 166.9 million euros in 2006. www.parrot.com Euronext Paris Euronext Paris is France's securities market, formerly known as the Paris Bourse, which merged with the Amsterdam and Brussels exchanges in September 2000 to form Euronext NV, which is the second largest exchange in Europe behind the London Stock Exchange. - Eurolist, Compartiment B: FR0004038263 - PARRO [R]The Bluetooth word mark and logos are owned by the Bluetooth SIG, Inc. and any use of such marks by Parrot S.A. is under license. Other trademarks and trade names are those of their respective owners. |
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