RICAVISION Debuts Microsoft Windows Vista SideShow Media Center Remote Control.New Windows Vista The current version of Windows for the desktop. It was released in late 2006 for businesses and early 2007 for consumers. Vista adds numerous features, including improved security and advanced multimedia capabilities. PC Allows Users to Manage Digital Movies, Television, Music, and More with RICAVISION's Bluetooth Remote Control NEWPORT BEACH Newport Beach, residential and resort city (1990 pop. 66,643), Orange co., S Calif., on Newport Bay and the Pacific Ocean; inc. 1906. It is a popular seaside resort and yachting center. Manufactures include electrical and medical equipment, computers, boats, and adhesives. , Calif. -- RICAVISION International, Inc., a leading provider of home digital entertainment solutions, today announced the launch of the RICAVISION 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. Vista SideShow See Windows SideShow. Media Center Remote Control, which makes use of the Vista SideShow auxiliary display platform to allow convenient access to information received from a Windows Vista-based PC. The Vista SideShow Remote Control has a built-in 2.5 inch color QVGA (Quarter VGA) A screen resolution of 320x240 pixels, which is used on handheld devices. Although 320x240 seems half the 640x480 VGA resolution, the "quarter" comes from the total number of pixels, which is one fourth the number (320 times 240=76800; 640 times 480=307200). LCD display that features Class 1 (100-meter) Bluetooth capability. Using Windows SideShow An auxiliary display capability in Windows Vista that can be deployed in different ways. For example, SideShow can be a tiny rectangular readout on the side of a laptop or a small screen on the lid. Lid-mounted SideShows can serve as multipmedia players when the laptop is turned off. , applications can send data to an ecosystem of devices that can then send control commands back to the application on the PC. For example, an e-mail application can send the last 10 received e-mail messages to one of the devices, or the user can schedule a TV program to record on a Media Center PC. RICAVISION Vista SideShow Remote Control package is also the only one that comes with an external USB USB in full Universal Serial Bus Type of serial bus that allows peripheral devices (disks, modems, printers, digitizers, data gloves, etc.) to be easily connected to a computer. RC6 receiver and with a Class 1 Bluetooth receiver. It turns the Vista PC into a Bluetooth computer capable of receiving data from any other Bluetooth device within a 100-meter range. The RICAVISION Vista SideShow Remote Control provides a set of four Gadgets that will be an extension of the Media Center for Windows Vista: * TV * Music * Pictures and Videos * Now Playing RICAVISION SideShow Remote offers more extensive Gadgets than ever, to enable the user to extract data from the Media Center in Windows SideShow XML XML in full Extensible Markup Language. Markup language developed to be a simplified and more structural version of SGML. It incorporates features of HTML (e.g., hypertext linking), but is designed to overcome some of HTML's limitations. format and send it through Windows SideShow to compatible devices, such as a remote control device, an LCD display panel, etc. It will also accept incoming navigation commands from the various devices and send them back to the Media Center. Due to the development timeframe, these Media Center Gadgets will not be available as part of Windows Vista, but the Gadgets will be available separately for release during the Windows Vista RTM (1) (RealTime Model) Refers to a system or architecture that performs operations in real time. See real time. (2) (Release/Released To M timeframe. The RICAVISION Vista SideShow Remote Control provides a range of different kinds of information that can be accessed by users on a remote control device: [TABLE OMITTED] The remote control device shows information about the current playing medium, such as the track title or the time elapsed e·lapse intr.v. e·lapsed, e·laps·ing, e·laps·es To slip by; pass: Weeks elapsed before we could start renovating. n. . The remote control device will also have access to any other Gadgets that have been enabled for this device through the SideShow Control Panel. Access other information * Select other Gadgets on the remote control device, and view information such as e-mail, calendar, and RSS feeds. Receive notifications * The remote control device shows notifications from Gadgets on the PC such as calendar reminders or instant messaging sign-ins. On the top-level menu, the options are laid out in a way similar to the options in the Media Center UI. The user navigates up and down among category headings (Gadgets). The menu will be "center locked," so that the selected category is always in the center of the screen, with the menu scrolling up or down as the user changes selection. The RICAVISION Vista SideShow Remote Control package also comes with an external USB RC6 receiver and with a Class 1 Bluetooth receiver as well. It turns the Vista PC into a Bluetooth computer capable of receiving data from any other Bluetooth devices within a range of 100 meters. RICAVISION's product line currently consists of two (2) groups: Microsoft Vista SideShow products and Microsoft certified Windows Vista Remote Control RC6 receivers. RICAVISION provides both Basic and Enhanced SideShow products for all custom applications, such as SideShow remote controls, SideShow keyboard, SideShow LCD monitors, SideShow HTPC (Home Theater PC) A PC that is used to play and store music and movies. HTPCs are connected to their own high-quality stereo system or to a home theater system. , and SideShow notebooks. RICAVISION is also one of the official OEM's for Microsoft Windows Vista green button remote controls. Its product range covers the standard Vista remotes, Multi-function Vista remotes, Universal control Vista remotes and SideShow remotes. The RICAVISION Vista SideShow Remote Control and Receiver Kit feature an MSRP MSRP Manufacturer's Suggested Retail Price MSRP Message Session Relay Protocol MSRP Multi-Species Recovery Plan (US Fish & Wildlife Service) MSRP Member of the Society for Radiological Protection (UK) of $199 and will be available in April of 2007. For more information please visit http://www.ricavision.com, or e-mail plix.info@ricavision.com. For a full overview of the SideShow Remote Control, please visit www.ricavision.com/sideshow/remotecontrol. |
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