Amulet Devices announced its 2nd Generation Voice-enabled Amulet Remote at CES, specifically designed for Windows 7. This should give you the ability to speak certain command to you remote to control your PC, such playing a music track by artist, album or song title, watching a movie or recorded TV show by saying its name, selecting a slideshow by naming the photo collection. Viewing a TV channel by saying the name of the channel, skipping forward to a specific point within a movie, scheduling a TV recording by saying the channel name and time. This surely will make the remote a much lazier device to use.
Press Release
Amulet Launch 2nd Generation Voice-enabled Remote at CES
Amulet Devices are exhibiting in the new EHX area at CES 2010, Las Vegas, from 7-10 January.
Las Vegas, Tuesday 5 January 2010. Amulet Devices will launch their new second generation voice-enabled Remote control for Windows Media Center at CES 2010 in Las Vegas, running from 7-10 January.
Fully compatible with Microsoft’s new Windows 7 Media Center, as well as supporting existing Windows Vista users, the Amulet Remote uses simple voice commands to provide instant access to any media item in your digital library – music, television programs, movies, home videos and photos.
Building on the company’s previous successful voice-enabled remote for Windows Vista, a CES i-stage nominee, the new product features a sleek new case design, improved voice capability and full IR learning capability.
CEO Garry McMullan said, “CES is the most important show we attend each year, and we can’t wait to let visitors get some hands on experience with our new model. I know they’ll be amazed.”
President, Amulet Devices US Pat Lawless added, “The early feedback from customers who have previewed the new Amulet Remote has been exceptional, and demand is very high. This is the remote Media Center users have been waiting for.”
In conjunction with product availability Amulet Devices are launching an Early Adopter Program (EAP) for a select number of end-users and resellers. Early adopters will have access to the newest Amulet® products and the opportunity to provide suggestions on the features of new products before they are released.
The Windows 7 Amulet Voice Remote is due to ship in Q1 2010 and will retail for $249. For more information, including demonstration videos, visit the company’s website at www.amuletdevices.com.
About Amulet Devices
Founded in Dublin Ireland in 2007, Amulet Devices designs, manufactures and licenses technologies that add voice control to home entertainment and home automation systems, allowing simpler, more effective control of these systems by end users.
Amulet Devices is a Microsoft Partner and a member of the Microsoft BizSpark Program. The company is self funded with support from Enterprise Ireland. Corporate headquarters are in Dublin, Ireland with their US office in Boise, Idaho.
