This month s New Products

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1 This moth s New Products Casio Ultra Short Throw Projector Over the past few years Casio has dedicated time to uderstadig the UK school curriculum ad where Audio Visual (AV) equipmet fits ito this. A recet study foud that eight i te UK teachers thik AV techology empowers more iteractive learig ad that it is essetial to learig i the classroom today. Casio s latest Ultra Short Throw Projector ca project a large 80-ich image from a distace as ear as 27 cetimetres. The UST projector ca be mouted close to the wall to create large, powerful presetatios eve i smaller rooms. The mai beefit of UST projectio is that it virtually elimiates shadowig o the scree allowig for more creative ad iteractive presetatios. Desiged to deliver a more egagig ad visually stimulatig learig experiece, the Casio UST gives teachers ad studets the ability to get up close ad persoal with their AV equipmet. Specificatios: Lamp-free, mercury-free, Laser & LED Hybrid light source techology 3,100 ANSI lumes Throw ratio 0.28:1 WXGA resolutio (XGA switchable for retro-fit istallatios) Five year/10,000 hour hardware ad light source warraty for total peace of mid Ideal for educatio ad busiess eviromets Reduced image shadowig allowig for a more dyamic ad egagig learig experiece Low total cost of owership (TCO) offerig sigificat savigs over the lifetime of the product Low maiteace reducig classroom dowtime/icreasig teachig time

2 This moth s New Products Vigle Omio 5 desktop PC The Omio 5 is a strikig ew All-i-Oe desktop PC from Vigle ad it hides some clever thikig uder its stylish black ad white exterior. Vigle s Omio rage lets you choose exactly the compoets you eed ad Vigle build your computers to order that way you do t have to leave out essetials for your classroom ad you do t have to pay for the bits you do t eed. There s a choice of 21.5 ad 23.6 LED-lit hard screes, both of which are clearly ad evely lit makig them ideal for geeral ad specialist use. The iards do t disappoit either Widows 8.1 is well supported by a full rage of Itel Core i3, i5 ad Core i7 processors, up to 16GB RAM ad your choice of solid state or mechaical drives (up to 1TB). Vigle iclude a full-sized classroom keyboard ad optical mouse, but you ca choose your ow istead. You ca also add i a webcam, WiFi ad optical drive too. Multimedia is well hadled by the default Itel HD graphics ad multi-chael audio (headphoe ad mic sockets are cleverly hidde behid the frot bezel) ad there s eve a HDMI port to coect to a projector or secod moitor. Istallatio is a breeze with just keyboard, mouse ad power coectios to worry about ad the Omio 5 ca be up ad ruig i miutes, straight out of the box thaks to smart desig ad Widows 8.1. If you opt for a wireless keyboard ad mouse set, you re ready to go with just the power cable coected. If you eed to protect your computers, Vigle have equipped the Omio 5 with a security cable moutig poit ad a solid-lookig security bracket which is almost uoticeable i day-to-day use. Alteratively you ca use the VESA mout o the back of the cabiet to mout the Omio 5 o a desk arm or wall bracket, complemetig the sleek stylig of the all-i-oe desig. Uder the covers, the desig shows off how Vigle have thought about the Omio 5 as a log-term project. You ca choose from a rage of mii ITX motherboards, a idustry stadard which esures that Vigle s stylish chassis has a clearly defied future.

3 This moth s New Products Acer Icoia W The Acer Icoia W is a bright, compact 8-ich Widows 8 slate tablet. With a full copy of Microsoft Office Home ad Studet ad almost 10 hours of battery life, it s a viable alterative to carryig a ultraportable laptop to class or meetigs. It s ot quite a laptop replacemet util you add extra accessories, but it ca give you more utility tha a mobile-os-equipped tablet if you eed to use older Widows-based programs like Microsoft Office (which is icluded). UIt measures 0.42 x 8.75 x 5.3 iches (HWD), ad a 1,280-by-800 pixel scree, with a desity of 189 pixels per ich. The microhdmi ad microsd card slot are o the right, uder the volume rocker switch. The microusb 2.0 port (for chargig the tablet) is o the bottom, ext to the headset jack. There s a Widows Start butto o the bezel uder the scree. Coectivity icludes dual-bad a/b/g/ Wi-Fi ad Bluetooth 4.0. The Icoia W lacks GPS capabilities, as well as 4G/LTE coectivity. It comes with a 64GB SSD. After the iitial setup, you ca eter the icluded key for Microsoft Office Home ad Studet to istall Word, Excel, ad PowerPoit. Iteral compoets iclude a Itel Atom Z3740 processor, 2GB of system memory, ad itegrated Itel HD graphics.

4 This moth s New Products Specificatio: Dimesios: 0.42 by 8.75 by 5.3 iches Weight: 14.6 oz Operatig System: Microsoft Widows 8.1 CPU: Itel Atom Z3740 Processor Speed: 1.33 GHz Scree Size: 8.1 iches Scree Type: IPS LCD Scree Resolutio: 1,280 by 800 pixels Scree Pixels Per Ich: 189 ppi Graphics Card: Itel HD Graphics Storage Type: SSD Storage Capacity (as Tested): 64 GB Additioal Storage: MicroSD Ports: micro HDMI Camera Resolutio: 5MP Video Camera Resolutio: 2MP Wi-Fi (802.11x) Compatibility: 2.4GHz/5GHz Bluetooth Versio: 4.0 GPS: No Battery Size: 4960 mah

5 This moth s New Products Xerox Phaser 7100/DN priter The Xerox Phaser 7100/DN ($1,599.99) is the best of a growig group of colour laser priters that ca prit at up to tabloid size, ad it comes at a relatively low price. The 7100/DN loses little time i duplex (two-sided) over simplex (oe-sided) pritig, eve though it has to flip each page over to prit the secod side. The blue ad white laser priter measures 16 by 21 by 19.7 iches (HWD) ad weighs 97 pouds, so you ll eed at least two people to move it ito place. It has a 400-sheet stadard paper capacity, which is split betwee a 250-sheet mai tray ad a 150-sheet secodary tray, both of which ca fit up to tabloidsize (11-by-17-ich) paper. Up to three additioal 550-sheet are available as optios, as are a wireless adapter ad a productivity kit whose cetrepiece is a 40GB hard drive. The 7100/DN has stadard Etheret ad USB coectivity. eough for pritig brochures or had-outs. As a budget duplexig colour laser priter that ca prit up to tabloid size, the Xerox Phaser 7100/DN offers good speed ad very good overall output quality. Specificatio: Priter Category: Laser Type: Priter Oly Colour or Moochrome: 1-pass colour Techology (for laser category oly): Laser Coectio Type: USB, Etheret Maximum Stadard Paper Size: Tabloid Number of Cartridges: 4 Number of Ik Colours: 4 Direct Pritig from Cameras: No Rated Speed at Default Settigs (Moo): 30 ppm Rated Speed at Default Settigs (Colour): 30 ppm Duty Cycle: pages per moth Iput Capacity (priter iput oly): 400 sheets Network-Ready: Yes Prit Duplexig: Automatic The 7100/DN s output quality is very good for a colour laser, with average text for lasers, ad above-par graphics ad photos. Together, the output is good