Firefly in the NYTimes

[rakeshagrawal]

Firefly is in today's New York Times, Circuits section!

http://www.nytimes.com/2004/05/20/te...ts/20remo.html
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Tunes, Films and, Now, XP: A Remote Extends Its Domain
J. D. Biersdorfer

Published: May 20, 2004


Consumers now have another clicker to add to their blooming bouquets of remote controls. SnapStream Media has just released the FireFly PC Remote, which can manipulate not only computers running Microsoft's Windows Media Center operating system, but standard PC's using Windows XP Home and Windows XP Professional as well.

The FireFly package comes with a standard-size remote control and a transceiver that plugs into a U.S.B. port on the computer. It comes with SnapStream's Beyond Media Basic program for browsing the computer's content. Once set up, the FireFly can play, pause and maneuver through tracks in the computer's digital audio collection, play CD's and videos, and zip through photo slide shows on the PC's monitor. The remote can start programs with one button and includes a Mouse mode for navigating around the screen by cursor.

The remote can be used to control more than 80 existing multimedia programs, including RealPlayer, QuickTime, MusicMatch Jukebox, Windows Media Player, WinAmp, InterVideo WinDVR and iTunes; a full list and other technical details can be found at www.snapstream.com/products/firefly/.

The FireFly PC Remote sells for $50 and is available from the site and at major electronics stores.

Although fewer calories will be burned once you can manage your MP3 playlists from the couch, the missed exercise will probably be replaced by frantic searches when the remote, inevitably, goes into hiding. J. D. Biersdorfer

[Eric3a]

Seems PRGirl is doing a good job then!
Eric

[rakeshagrawal]

Definitely, we're lucky to have the great PR team that we have, both PRGirl and Samir...