The world’s largest software developer, Microsoft Corporation, said today it expects to have shipped over 10 million Xbox 360 game consoles to retails by the conclusion of the 2006 end-of-year holiday season. And moer surprisingly, the company said it expects to sell a million of it’s not-well-received Zune music players by mid-2007.
Microsoft’s Xbox 360 predictions are in line with previous statements the company has made: the numbers actually indicate the number of units sold into retail channels and inventory, not units actually purchased by customers. Microsoft is touting that up to 160 high-definition games should be available for the Xbox 360 platform by the end of the year.
Microsoft’s sales goal for the Zune media player might seem ambitious, but will put Redmond’s first entry into the portable media player market far, far behind the iPod, which sold nearly 40 million units in the twelve months leading up to September 2006. However, by mid-2007, it’s reasonable to expect Microsoft will start marketing Zune players to international markets (it’s currently only available in the U.S.) and possibly begin announcing followup Zune devices.
Few things ruin a quiet evening faster than a robot vacuum roaring through the living room. Most of us end up pausing the cleaning run, which defeats the whole purpose of owning one. Matic thinks it has the answer with its new Serene robot vacuum, and the big selling point is how little noise it makes.
The Matic Serene runs at 52 decibels even when cleaning at full power. To put that in perspective, Matic compares it to the hum of your refrigerator. It is available now for $1,695, which is $200 more than the original Matic’s current price.
Outdoor security cameras are not always practical if you live in an apartment or rental. Drilling into an exterior wall may be off-limits, while pointing a regular indoor camera through a window can create another problem once reflections start showing up after dark.
Baseus is trying to solve both issues with the new PrimeSentinel W1, a $69.99 security camera designed specifically to monitor the outdoors through glass. It mounts directly to a window without drilling and uses a 4K Starlight sensor with an F1.0 aperture for full-color monitoring during the day and at night.
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