Kensington intros Bluetooth cellphones, SlimBlade Trackball mouse, Notebook Power Adapters

Thursday, January 8, 2009, 8:57
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Kensington announces a series of new products, which are a hands-free car kit to be used with Bluetooth cellphones, its SlimBlade TrackBall mouse as well as a couple of 2 space- and environment-friendly notebook chargers. The Bluetooth speaker, clipping on the sun visors of the vehicle, are not just capable of pairing up with 3 different handsets, however it can hold 3 often-dialed phone numbers for each cell phone.

Exchanging between the 3 cell phones or calling any of the pre-set numbers is carried out by just pressing a single button. Besides, the device has got noise-cancelling technology, which boasts of making the calls clear and loud. It also has 2 battery packs, which offers users 10 hours of continuous talk time.

The second from the arsenal of Kensington the SlimBlade Trackball mouse, with built-in top-mounted trackball which allows users to provide higher control of web surfing, multi-media as well as other jobs on their PCs. The users, with Media, View, Navigation modes and an on-screen display, can control their Mac OS 10.5X, Windows Vista or Windows XP PCs.

Third from the same arsenal are Ultra Thin Notebook Power Adapters, which have been designed taking into consideration of the eco-sentient travelers, as they make use of around thirty three percent less energy than the traditional power adapters, so touts the company.

Besides, they are touted to be the 1st notebook adapters, which brag of Energy Star certi-fication. Though both come integrated with a USB port to charge of other personal elect-ronics, the Wall/Air Ultra Thin Notebook Power Adapter has a travel pouch, a mini-USB cable as well as an Empower cable, which claims to work well with sockets that are come across in airplanes and airports. The two adapters boast of offering around 90W of power.

The wireless Bluetooth speaker and SlimBlade Trackball are likely to be made available by the end of January; the former will be sold for $120, while the latter can be yours for $130. The Wall/Air Ultra Thin Notebook Power Adapter can be availed at Amazon for $ 140, while the Wall Ultra Thin Notebook Power Adapter is available for $120.