Mario Armstrong: Hey SBTV.com it’s Mario Armstrong your favorite tech guru at the international CES 2009. So much activity so many devices. We can’t get away from the Motorola booth because we just found some new technology for you small business owners out there. Joining me now is Paul Nicholson from Motorola and Paul. What is this booth we’re standing beside here it looks pretty cool?
Paul Nicholson: This is our CrystalTalk Plus cone of noise.
Mario Armstrong: Cone of noise.
Paul Nicholson: Cone of noise. So in here it’s playing really loud music as so you're in a rock concert. It could be like on the construction site, really loud, noisy environment. And CrystalTalk Plus technology takes all that background noise away. So that when you’re making a phone call the person on the other end can still hear what you’re saying even though you’re in a really noisy environment.
Mario Armstrong: Okay, small business owners in noisy environments, you can’t make business calls. Now you can if you are using the clear talk technology. Open the doors so we can hear just how loud it is. He is then going to demonstrate this.
So, I’ll bring the mic in, do you hear all that noise? It’s like simulating a stadium right now like I’m in a ball game. You know like baseball or like football, now I'm going to place where it’s like just a bunch of conversations a lot of noise maybe a metro station. Maybe just in a business environment. A lot of people talking. And now that cool concert. My cell phone is ringing and I want to take the call. We’re going to demonstrate right now how this actual technology actually works.
So I’m going to bring Paul in to take me out. Alright so Paul, you’re going to head into the cone of noise and I’m not supposed to hear those noises on my phone call. Okay, here we go, this is what's it’s all about at the International CES show we are actually going to test this live using the cone of noise. Go ahead Paul, explain this technology to us and let’s see if we hear the noise.
Paul Nicholson: I'm in the cone of noise. This is the technology that makes way even it’s very loud, loud in here.
Mario Armstrong: Okay, thanks so much for the demonstration. Okay, the bottom line is it works. So they call it noise reduction and one other quick little point here that I wanted to probably share really quickly here. Paul thanks for that demonstration. Really quickly this phone is ruggedized. Right?
Paul Nicholson: It is ruggedized. It’s actually a military spec. US military specification.
Mario Armstrong: What’s the name and model of that?
Paul Nicholson: This is the Tundra VA76r. It’s available at AT&T later in the month. You can abuse it, you can throw it against anything and it will still work.
Mario Armstrong: I don’t now if you got that. These is a scene of just in case you know, it’s just 1, 2, 3—a very rugged device. Can it go to water?
Paul Nicholson: It’s resistant against blowing rain, so again for construction workers on really a full force based environment very tough rugged device.
Mario Armstrong: And how much?
Paul Nicholson: We do not announce the retail price yet. It will be available at AT&T later in the month, and we will announce pricing then.
Mario Armstrong: Paul Nicholson thank you so much for your time. I really appreciate you taking me in to the cone of silence.
Paul Nicholson: Or the cone of noise.
Mario Armstrong: Cone of noise which actually created silence. Your technology created the silence. Alright that’s International CES 2009. It’s Mario Armstrong, small business TV. Don’t touch the dial. So much more to cover, there’s three or more football fields of technology here at this show. Stay tuned.
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