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C o n s u m e r E l e c t ro n i c s D a i l y N e ws 6 7 M o n d a y, J a n u a r y 5 , 2 0 1 5 THREE CONSUMER ELECTRONICS HOTSPOTS From home to work and everywhere in between, consumers have overwhelming- ly embraced the digital life. Here's Ingram Micro's advice on three hot trends to watch: 1. Home Entertainment With binge-watching video and the cul- ture of gaming and sports fanaticism going strong, the home entertainment market continues its red-hot run. To fur- ther fuel demand, 4K ultra HD televi- sions are hitting the market, and 4K con- tent options are growing. The adoption of 4K televisions will spark a refresh cycle of cameras, media players, receivers and monitors. 2. Home Automation The smart home isn't just for tech enthu- siasts. The home automation market is predicted to experience double-digit growth and blossom into a $16 billion opportunity by 2019. People are plugging in thermostats, fire and safety systems, physical security systems and lighting to their home networks, and ruling them all from mobile apps. 3. Housewares In the past year, the U.S. small home appliance market has grown four percent to $19.6 billion. Innovation has been the key to driving sales in this area in recent years. As consumers demand products to support their healthy lifestyles and design aesthetics, small appliance manufacturers are offering smart, well-designed prod- ucts that fit their requests. Extend Your Resources Reaping the bounties of our increasingly digital lives means satisfying the expec- tations of demanding and educated cus- tomers. Customers may research prod- ucts online and then buy in the store, or they may play with the products in a store and then buy online. For sure, they are checking out the opinions of their peers through social media and comparing prices on their mobile phones. That means retailers need an omni- channel approach and a marketing strategy with social media chops. If you need help getting started, contact Ingram Micro. The com- pany can help you analyze your business to determine the right product lines and provide training and certification, profes- sional services and expert marketing sup- port to get sales clicking. Plus, as Ingram Micro's customer, you get access not only to the largest CE assortment in the U.S., but also its full portfolio of IT products to support converged solutions. For more information, call 800-733-6766. UNTRAP YOUR ENERGY WITH BIOLITE'S NANOGRID Light and power are at the center of our homes, giving us the ability to see, connect and do. BioLite now brings these benefits to off-grid environments with the BioLite NanoGrid™, a compact, powerful system of rechargeable lighting and power storage. An advanced energy hub, the PowerLight™ is a 3-in-1 USB powerbank, lantern and torch, creating shareable power in the palm of your hand. The daisy-chain SiteLights™ provide a home-like network of lighting never seen before in the outdoors. Central to the NanoGrid is the abili- ty to direct energy where it is needed. "Much too often we all carry energy with us, but it's locked in to the device. If your phone is dying but you have a healthy amount of battery in your lantern, you should have the freedom to choose where to use it," said BioLite Director of Industrial Design, Anton Ljunggren. The NanoGrid features custom edge- lit technology that emits a warm but pow- erful light while preventing hot spots. The combined PowerLight & SiteLight set puts 450 lumens in your pocket with a variety of intelligent modes that provide both task and area lighting based on the users' needs. "We designed for the outdoors, but we have also seen an increased interest from readiness/emergency prep audiences," said Ljunggren. "By creating a system that is easy to use and enables a vari- ety of activities, we see cus- tomers choosing this as their go-to lighting source for both camping and power outages." BioLite, makers of the award-win- ning BioLite CampStove, is proud to debut the NanoGrid at the 2015 International CES ® . "We are entering into a new category and CES felt like the per- fect platform to make this announce- ment," said BioLite CEO and Co- Founder Jonathan Cedar. "Access to mobile energy is inextricably linked to the growing portfolio of personal devices permeating our daily lives. The NanoGrid is our platform to provide innovative lighting and charging capabilities through thoughtful design." BioLite is also proud to announce that the NanoGrid will be the first BioLite product to be com- mercially launched in both the out- door recreational and emerging markets. Through its unique Parallel Innovation model, BioLite uses the near term revenue generated by its out- door audience and reinvests it into building scalable solutions for communities living in energy poverty. The company is current- ly selling its HomeStove products across India, Ghana and Uganda with plans to expand with new partnerships in 2015. Visit BioLite at booth #75617. For more information, go to www.biolitestove.com or email sales@biolitestove.com. REVOLUTIONARY PAYMENT TECHNOLOGY – NEVER LOSE YOUR CARDS AGAIN You may or may not have heard about a comparatively small, but highly innovative tech company called NXT-ID. They've been busily developing their Wocket ® bio- metric smart wallet since long before con- sumers had ever heard of Apple Pay. NXT- ID Inc. saw the evolution of the payment industry before it happened and stepped up to the plate. So if you haven't heard the name, pay attention – this smart security company is about to change the way we think about wallets forever. NXT-ID Inc. was recently listed on NASDAQ (NXTD and NXTDW), mak- ing its debut to technology investors that realize the payments industry as we know it is evolving. Smart money is looking for the next game-changer. The founders of NXT-ID predicted consumers asking, "Why do we need to carry a wallet full of plastic cards and cash to handle day-to-day commerce?" This massive opportunity has been virtually untapped, and while most of its competi- tors are targeting payments tied to mobile phones, NXT-ID is doing something quite special. Wocket™, its next generation smart wallet, is designed to replace your traditional wallet along with all the cards you carry in it, without requiring a smart- phone or internet connection. NXT-ID saw the need for protecting your identity, making secure payments and replacing all your credit cards, gift cards and ID with one single, secure card. The team's background in biometric security enabled them to approach the product development with an advanced knowledge of the threats that consumers may face in the future and the best ways to protect against them. This security- first thinking led the team to create a rev- olutionary wallet that they are calling the "smartest wallet you'll ever own." Analysts following the stock are bullish, with several "outperforms" if the company meets its 2015 milestones. Behind the scenes, the company's tech- nology team is working on the next evo- lution of its Wocket, knowing the pay- ment industry is not standing still. All the tech leaders are entering the digital wallet market; with its first mover advantage and standout team, NXT-ID Inc. aims to build on its success by put- ting Wockets in the pockets of people everywhere. The Wocket works anywhere credit cards are accepted and only works with your biometric stamp of approval. Learn more about the product and how you can order one for yourself at www.wocket- wallet.com. Visit NXT-ID Inc. at booth 21926. For more information, go to www.nxt-id.com. AUDISON INTRODUCES HIGH-RESOLUTION DIGITAL MUSIC PLAYER Audison, a manufacturer of car audio products sold worldwide, is introducing the Audison bit Play HD, the first high- resolution music player specifically for automotive applications. The bit Play HD is a hideaway component that can be used as part of a complete aftermarket package or added to most factory car audio systems as an enhancement. Intended to be professionally installed by any one of Audison's network of author- ized retailers, control of the bit Play HD can be managed from any Apple or Android phone or tablet. High-resolution digital music, avail- able from specialty online retailers such as HD Tracks, is often compared soni- cally to the studio masters that artists hear when making their recordings. Championed as the finest entertainment solution available by noteworthy artists such as Neil Young, David Crosby, Norah Jones and others, high-resolution digital music delivers levels of clarity and detail never before accessible to con- sumers. With the recent introduction of home and portable players to the market, Audison is the first to bring this format to aftermarket car audio. The Audison bit Play HD will play FLAC audio files up to 24-bit/96KHz as well as 16-bit/44.1 files (CD quality) and even MP3 files. To afford users easy access to their music collection, Audison has developed apps for Apple and Android devices that enable complete control of the bit Play HD from the phone or tablet millions of consumers already use every day. The bit Play HD generates a Wi-Fi signal within the vehicle for reliable wireless connec- tivity. For head units equipped with a video input, the bit Play HD can be con- nected via HDMI or Composite outputs, enabling users to view the interface and directly control file navigation functions and all internal settings of the bit Play HD via supplied remote control. For stor- age of content, the bit Play HD SSD comes standard with an internal 240GB SSD hard drive that is both fast and insensitive to the vibration and shaking that occur while driving. Users can also select the bit Play HD without the inter- nal hard drive if they prefer to supply their own storage. Both bitPlay models can be used with two drives connected simultaneously (one internal, one exter- nal) for expanded storage capacity.