First AT&T Experience Store Unveiled on the East Coast
This place has it all: more than 5,000 square feet; home entertainment; music, video and games; more than three dozen screens; and the latest, coolest, hottest wireless phones. This place also lets customers look at, touch and experience everything in the store.The more than 5,000-square-foot store will feature several new retail concepts, including six integrated “customer experience” stations that encourage customer interaction with cutting-edge wireline, wireless and converged services. In addition, knowledgeable store personnel will be on hand throughout the store and within each of the stations to guide consumers through product trials and purchasing decisions.In addition, a centrally located Personal Style Studio will showcase high-end accessories and will allow customers to purchase external wireless features, such as ringtones, crystal handset designs and phone “tattoos”, or pictures that customers can download to a laptop in-store, print on a sticker and apply to wireless phones.Other unique features include more than three-dozen screens located throughout the store. On these screens, visitors can learn about and experience a variety of AT&T products and services, including broadband, wireless, voice and video. Digital messages that inform customers about the variety of lifestyle, product and feature benefits will be displayed throughout the store on 32-inch LCD screens. A series of “Guided Selling Kiosks” also provide valuable information to assist employees and customers during the sales process.http://www.att.com/newsroom
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Traveling these days often entail people to carry around all the necessary chargers and adapters for the numerous gadgets one carries, but the Universal 150-Country Power Pack helps ease your packing woes by boasting the ability to power cellphones, iPods, PDAs, handheld game consoles, digital cameras, and other tiny electronic devices up to 96 hours despite the lack of a power outlet nearby. The unit’s power comes with four adapters that support 110 volts and 240 volts, while a universal mains charger lets you charge up the power pack in 150 countries worldwide. Alternatively, you can always juice up the Universal 150-Country Power Pack by hooking it to your computer’s USB port. This essential traveling tool can be purchased for $69.95 from Hammacher.
Fancy having a pen that stores whatever you highlight? The Quicklink Pen Elite does exactly that, capable of capturing up to 1,000 pages of text before being transferred to a computer, PDA, or smartphone for further reading. Great if you want to pull out whatever you have ‘highlighted’ before without carrying heavy tomes. The only drawback would be the ‘highlighting’ process which could get rather tedious, especially when you’ve got thousands upon thousands of lines of text to go through. There is even a Scan-to-PC feature that lets you scan directly into any Windows application, while a built-in electronic dictionary will be able to help you in expanding your word power. The Quicklink Pen Elite is a $149.95 device that comes in handy if you’re a voracious reader.
So let me get this straight - dogs love to chase after bubbles, but cats prefer to paw after insects? That is apparently the case with the Bug Jar Cat Toy that contains tiny ‘bugs’ that seem to fly around in a lifelike manner while contained within the jar. Your cat will definitely go wild at these rainbow-bright bugs flitting about as they try to claw their way through the jar (which is nigh impossible, but that won’t stop them from trying). I suppose the good old scratching post will be neglected for a while until your feline wisens up to the game and turns it’s attention elsewhere. The Bug Jar Cat Toy - driving cats nuts since the turn of the new millennium for £12.99.
Fisher Price has long been a household name when it comes to products for kids, and the Easy Link Internet Launch Pad certainly brings playing a step closer to the digital age. This device requires your kid to plug an Easy Link character smart key into the launch pad in order to fire up their favorite kid-friendly websites, free from the dangers of child-unfriendly elements that are all-too-present in the World Wide Web. It even blocks access to other sites, links, and pop-ups, as the only way to visit different sites is to insert a different Easy Link smart key. Navigation is done via the launch pad’s arrow keys, or your computer’s mouse and keyboard if they prefer. Access to your desktop and hard drive is also blocked, so you don’t need to worry about having your work wiped out by accident. The Easy Link Internet Launch Pad is now available for $30.
Fancy your personal vending machine at your desk? The 12 Can Vending Machine fits the bill perfectly, cramming in 12 cans of drinks across four rows. It works pretty much like its larger sibling, where pressing the selector button will dispense the beverage of your choice. A transparent window shows the dispensing motion that will mesmerize you and your co-workers (for the first few times at least until the novelty wears off). This vending machine will keep its contents anywhere between 68 to 77° F below ambient temperature. Too bad it only comes in one color - silver. If you’re interested in having one of these sitting in your cubicle, be prepared to fork out $159.95 from your pocket.
The Money Maze certainly makes spending money you’ve collected over a period of time pretty tough. Part money box, part puzzle, it comes with a slot on the outside for you to pop in your cash (coins or notes, it doesn’t really matter). The tricky part is getting your money out, as you are required to solve the Maze before it cracks open to help fund your latest purchases. Unfortunately, solving it isn’t as easy as it looks since it comes with plenty of dead ends and false leads that are guaranteed to frustrate and confound. As for me, I prefer to stick with the traditional porcelain piggy bank, where nothing but a satisfying whack of a hammer helps liberate my hard earned money only to end up in the hands of a nearby gadget store. To save money, you’ll need to invest money - which is why the Money Maze retails for £11.95.
Fancy getting some form of exercise for your pooch, only to find out that he hates chasing after frisbees? Fret not - there is always the Gazillion Fetch a Bubble Machine that will be able to keep your dog entertained for hours on end with a thorough workout. This is an automatic bubble blowing machine that requires half a dozen AA batteries to run, blowing out countless bubbles to keep Fido occupied while you go and about with your house chores. I wonder if this will be able to capture the attention of felines as well, since they love chasing butterflies and other flying insects. The Gazillion Fetch a Bubble Machine can entertain your dog for £14.95 today. Ah, if only mankind was so easily entertained.
