Near Field Communications Handsets and Tags, NFC Pilots and Projects

New Parrot PARTY Black Edition speakers, equipped with NFC

Thursday, April 17, 2008

The new Parrot PARTY Black Edition Bluetooth speaker is now going to be offered with NFC capabilities. The speakers will have six watts of power, a 5-button user interface, eight hours of battery life and an auxiliary input.

Henri Seydoux, founder and CEO of Parrot commented, “The added value lies in the fact that NFC is fast and easy to use, while guaranteeing a high level of security.”

The PARTY Black Edition also has two audio effects developed by Parrot. Stereo Widening, gives the music a surround sound effect and Virtual SuperBass reinforces the bass frequencies. The speakers can be paired easily with any Bluetooth device including mobile phones, MP3 players, PCs or Macs.

Henri Seydoux added “Parrot welcomes and embraces any industry initiative such as NFC that helps improve the customer experience via simplicity of use and more user-friendly features: there is a wide range of applications in consumer electronics, from digital photo frames to music and car kits which will add real value to the consumer.”

The Parrot PARTY Black Edition will be available in the summer 2008 from Parrot retailers and online from www.parrotshopping.com at the recommended retail price of £79.00.

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