nReach Develops Kiosk For Mobile Phone Content
nReach, a Golden, CO-based leader in mobile content delivery, is deploying trials with major national consumer electronics retailers for in-store, self-serve Mobile Content Vending Machines. The vending machine allows consumers to personalize their mobile phones by purchasing content including ringtones, graphics, and games.
Through the Mobile Content Vending Machine, customers browse a comprehensive selection of mobile content products, preview what the product sounds or looks like, then purchase the product by entering cash directly into the machine. Once the customer has completed the purchase, the product is sent instantly, over-the-air to their mobile phone.
“Personalizing mobile phones with ringtones, graphics and games was previously for the highly technical crowd,” said Mike Stemple, CEO of nReach. “nReach’s innovations will expand the use of entertaining mobile content to a much broader audience while capturing new revenues for retailers.”
The kiosk is available as a freestanding or counter unit.
Astropower Kiosk Merchandises Solar Power
AstroPower, Inc., Newark, DE, is using this interactive kiosk to merchandise its residential solar electric power systems at The Home Depot.
The AstroPower interactive displays show consumers how easy it is to generate their own electricity with solar electric power systems. The systems are being sold and installed under The Home Depot’s “Installed Products” initiative, a full service program, which provides product sales, financing, installation, and service.
“We are excited to be working with The Home Depot to bring solar electric power to the mainstream consumer market,” said Howard Wenger, AstroPower’s V.P., Premium Power Business. Bill Patterson, Divisional Install Merchant at The Home Depot, said, “The Home Depot is pleased to be partnering with AstroPower in this exciting new product category.”
Fleet Rolling Out Online Banking & Investing Station
Fleet recently developed the Online Banking and Investing Station in response to growing consumer and small business demand for innovative methods to access banking and investment accounts.
The Online Banking and Investing Station provides fast access to Fleet’s online offerings including Fleet HomeLink with investment services for personal banking and investing, and Fleet OfficeLink for small business banking. Using the station, customers can bank online, pay bills, print statements, research banking, investment and insurance products, and conduct online trades.
Fleet currently has 46 Banking and Investing Stations at 25 locations and expects to add more than a dozen locations by year-end.
Digital Video Communications has introduced the WebSign Player (PD300), which mounts directly to the display device for digital signage applications. It combines the visual power of full-motion, full-resolution MPEG-2 video playback and HD-quality graphics with real-time information sources from the Internet. Utilizing the latest WiFi wireless networking technology the WebSign player provides flexibility and a low-cost of installation for the client devices. Coupled with the WebSign Server, which manages the distribution of content and schedules, DVC can provide a complete solution for Digital Signage. For more information, contact Digital Video Communications, 500 West Cummings Park, Woburn, MA 01801 (Tel) 781-932-6882; (Web) www.digitalvideocommunications.com.
Display Werks has launched “XC” Series LCD flat panel displays for digital signage. The XC series, which stands for “extended computer,” LCD displays allow computer signals such as video, touch screen, stereo audio, mouse and keyboard to be transmitted up to 750 feet. “This is a break-through for digital signage,” said Mark Harriman, President, Display Werks. “For years flat panel display technology has been limited by a six foot VGA cable. We have made the LCD displays more conducive to the retail and digital signage markets by allowing them to be easily extended out to the floor and around the retail area with less wiring.” Display Werks offers the XC displays in sizes 15" and 17" LCD screens. For more information, contact Display Werks, (Tel) 877-705-1319; (Fax) 360-709-9552; (Web) www.displaywerks.com.
CATEGORY:Permanent Displays
DISPLAY PRODUCER: The Display Link, Inc.
99 East Main Street, P.O. Box 758, Babylon, NY 11702
The Leviton Lighting Control Tower is an interactive kiosk which showcased its extensive dimmer lighting control line. The goal of the display was to attract potential customers by standing out in a typically cluttered retail lighting showroom. The result is this futuristic 360º monolith with working dimmers that allow consumers to "test drive" products.
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