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MOTOROLA BACKFLIP™
with MOTOBLUR™ and Android

* Always-on social networking
Sync with Facebook®, MySpace™, and Twitter™ from home screen

* Never-before-seen QWERTY flip design
Touch pad, touch display, and back-flip QWERTY with table top mode

* Up to date contacts
Contacts, including status and pictures, auto-populate from social networks

* "PC-like" web browsing
Best of the Web with full HTML web browsing on the nation’s fastest 3G network






MOTOROLA BACKFLIP™, AT&T's first Android phone, combines a revolutionary back-flip design with MOTOBLUR™ and Android to organize and sync your conversations, friends, and favorite content from multiple sources directly to your phone.
Details

* Web Browser: Android Webkit full HTML browser for "PC-like" web browsing
* Wi-Fi: 802.11b/g and AT&T Hot Spots for instant Wi-Fi access at over 20,000 locations
* 3G: Broadband data speeds on the nation’s fastest 3G network
* Touchscreen: 3.1-in. HVGA (320 x 480 pixels)
* Touch pad: BACKTRACK™ navigation tool behind screen
* Camera: 5 MP autofocus camera with LED flash
* Messaging and Email
o Text and multimedia messaging (SMS, MMS)
o POP3/IMAP (embedded), Corporate email synch, Push Gmail
o Google Talk™ and IM (AIM, Live, Yahoo)
* Music and Video
o PLAYABLE FORMATS: AAC, H.263, H.264, MP3, MPEG-4, WAV, MIDI, AAC+
o Video capture rate at 24 frames per second
o 3.5 mm headset jack

* PC Connectivity: USB 2.0 (High Speed) standard micro USB connector
* Location and Orientation: aGPS, Accelerometer and E-compass
* Bands/Modes: UMTS 850/1900/2100MHz, GSM 850/900/1800/1900MHz, HSDPA 7.2 Mbps (category 7/8), EDGE Class 12, GPRS Class 12
* Expandable Memory: microSD slot, 2 GB preinstalled (Up to 32 GB)
* Physical
o Weight: 4.7 oz.; 133 grams
o Size: (H X W X D): 53.0 x 108.0 x 15.3 mm
* Power
o Battery: 1400 mAh
o Talk time: up to 350 minutes (6 hrs)
o Standby time: up to 315 hours (13.5 days)
* U-Pick: Want another feature? Find and download the app that will do it from the Android Market!

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Motorola BACKFLIP™ with MOTOBLUR™ Fact Sheet

Bend the Smartphone Rules

Take smart in a whole new direction with Motorola BACKFLIP™ with MOTOBLUR™. BACKFLIP maximizes the multi-tasking potential of MOTOBLUR with unique design elements making it as smart as it is social. The reverse flip transforms BACKFLIP into a hands-free video player, music player, digital picture frame and alarm clock. It’s time to have some flippin’ fun with BACKFLIP with MOTOBLUR.

Flip, Tap and Be On Your Way

MOTOBLUR, Motorola’s Android-powered content delivery service, organizes all your favorite friends, feeds and messages and streams them to live widgets for immediate reply, so you can focus on what people have to say – instead of how they send it. Blast your status to Facebook®, MySpace and Twitter – all at once, right from the home screen or even send a group text and let everyone know where you're heading. Friend-feeds, status updates, wall posts, bulletins and photo uploads from your social media sites are automatically fed to the Happenings widget. Sign up for all your favorite news feeds, sport scores and celeb gossip and have it delivered to customized widgets so you never miss a breaking story.

A Whole New Perspective in Reverse

For those on the social edge, BACKFLIP with MOTOBLUR offers a new way to view your favorite content. With a reverse-flip design, BACKFLIP transforms into an entertainment powerhouse on a clear 3.1” hi-res screen. In table-top mode, watch your favorite YouTube™ sensation, reminisce through last night’s photos or lay back, relax and enjoy the show. Scroll quickly and easily through menus and features with BACKTRACK™, a touch panel located behind the home screen, offering you an unobstructed view of Web, texts, e-mails and news feeds. From back to front BACKFLIP puts your life in a new perspective.

BACKFLIP is BACKED-UP

MOTOBLUR’s secure server comes fully integrated with GPS tracking from the online owner’s portal and remote data wipe. So while you may lose your phone, you won’t lose the contacts and data that keep you connected. Now all your contacts, log-in information, home screen customizations, e-mail and social network messages are backed-up, so you can rest easy.

Apps, Photos and More

Access to more than 18,000 apps and widgets on Android Market™ gives you the ability to personalize BACKFLIP however you’d like. A 5 megapixel camera with flash takes sharp photos which show up brilliantly thanks to BACKFLIP’s 3.1” high-res display. Additional extras such as aGPS, Wi Fi, hotspot support1 and stereo Bluetooth1 assure that you will have everything you need always at your fingertips.


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Video Cameras Stop Loss

(Hidden Cameras Part 2)

In recent years, the National Retail Federation has reported that losses due to theft soared to more than $34.5 billion, which was attributed to theft by employees, customers and vendors. There was also a dramatic increase in the use of CCTV over the same period of the increase in theft. Unfortunately, this demonstrates that smarter thieves see traditional surveillance as a meager hurdle to great gains.

Mobile electronics, At&t Services, Custom Audio & Video and yes we do this solution also. Man sometimes I think we do too much - but since 1976 Cartronix, Inc has established our business model in offering latest technology to offer to consumers.

COVERT (Hidden) surveillance cameras - give YOU the advantage over those crooks, and the power to finally put a stop to your losses.



Here are 4 vulnerable areas in your business that make ideal locations for hidden surveillance cameras.


#1. The Cash Register
Transactions around the cash register often entail a lot of fast action. Seasoned shoplifters will look for the more busy registers, hoping the cashier doesn't recognized the items stuffed underneath the cart, in their coat, etc. What's more, employees operating the cash register pocket some extra spending cash for date night, and will even coordinate efforts with friends posing as customer so items can be undercharged or not charged at all.

#2. Back Door & Dumpster (Dumpster? Yep that's right)
Back doors and dumpsters are favorite places for thieving employees. It's easy for employees to camouflage valuable merchandise with trash leaving the building, even when prevention measure are employed. A camera disguised as a utility enclosure, loudspeaker or light blend in perfectly in these areas.

#3. Storage Rooms
Storage rooms are typically lacking supervision, and traditional surveillance cameras can be easy to avoid or even if the employee is good they can try to disable them. Store owners commonly uncover proof that this area is vulnerable, finding discarded packaging, empty boxes, etc long after the crime was committed. While dishonest employees find comfort in these backrooms, these areas also are the easiest to place hidden cameras.


#4. Self Serve Areas
Seasonal garden centers, Coffee & Soda dispensers, anything the public has access to are favorite areas for both dishonest employees and shoplifters. Hidden cameras placed near the most valuable items can provide close up shots at strategic angles for clear identification -


Video Cameras. IP Video. DVR's. Covert. home & commerical applications - We can handle all of your needs.

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At&t annouces First Device On Android Platform

This phone will be available from Cartronix on March 7th and comes packet with all the goodies you’d expect. 5 Megapixel camera, plenty of memory, and of course, MotoBlur.



Read on for a video, specs, and press release…

Key Features:

* Android OS
* Mobile email and IM
* Access to Android Market, which features thousands of available applications
* Pre-loaded applications include AT&T Maps, AT&T Music, Gmail, GoogleTalk, Google Maps and more
* MOTOBLUR™ synchronized contacts
* Customized news and social networking feeds

Specifications:

* Chipset: Qualcomm MSM 7200A
* Bands/Modes: WCDMA 850/1900/2100, GSM
850/900/1800/1900
* HSDPA 7.2 Mbps (Category 7/8), EDGE Class 12, aGPS
* Display: 3.1" HVGA 256k TFT
* Battery: 1400mAH
* Messaging: MMS, SMS, IM, POP3/IMAP4, Consumer/
Corporate Email
* Audio: AAC, AAC+, Enhanced AAC+, MIDI, MP3, WAV
* Video: Capture/Streaming, H.263, H.264, MPEG4
* Camera: 5 MP, Auto Focus, LED
* Memory: 512 NAND, 256 MB RAM, 2 GB inbox,
microSD™ (supports up to 32 GB)
* Connectivity: 3.5mm, USB 2.0 HS, BT Class 2 Version 2.0
* Browser: Android Webkit/HTML
* Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g
* Accelerometer, E-Compass





AT&T Announces Availability of First Device on Android Platform with Motorola

HSPA 7.2 – Capable Motorola BACKFLIP Coming Soon to AT&T Stores Nationwide


MOTOBLUR offers AT&T customers a new way to connect to their favorite people, content and applications, whether it’s work or personal email, messaging or social networking. Motorola’s exclusive Android™ experience syncs contacts, posts, messages, photos and much more — from sources such as Facebook, MySpace, Twitter, Gmail, Picasa, work and personal e-mail, and Last.fm — and automatically delivers them to live widgets for immediate reply, right from the home screen. And, for customers who prefer multi-tasking, AT&T’s 3G network offers the added advantage of talking and surfing the Web and accessing applications at the same time.

BACKFLIP features a unique form-factor with an original reverse flip design, spacious keyboard and BACKTRACK™ touch panel, allowing the display to be hands-free while one’s fingers work behind the screen. BACKFLIP runs on the nation’s fastest 3G network and is powered by MOTOBLUR™, Motorola’s Android-powered content delivery service created to make phones more personal and socially smart. Customers can see photos and learn more at www.att.com/backflip.

“Motorola BACKFLIP brings together the best of social networking with the nation’s fastest 3G network,” said David Christopher, chief marketing officer, AT&T Mobility and Consumer Markets. “With the ability to ride on our newest and fastest 3G network, access to more than 20,000 AT&T Wi-Fi hotspots, and the ability to talk and surf at the same time, BACKFLIP boasts a better Android experience.”

MOTOBLUR™
MOTOBLUR keeps track of contacts so it’s easy to keep up. Users can flip through messages and updates on the BACKFLIP and respond in a flash, without having to log in and out of applications. MOTOBLUR helps consumers keep a pulse on what’s happening on their social and news networks. Only MOTOBLUR can sync Facebook, MySpace and Twitter with phone book and email contacts, while threading status updates and profile pics through calls, messages and address book. From the home screen, consumers can update their status to Facebook, MySpace and Twitter at once.

Finally, MOTOBLUR provides users with simplicity and peace of mind, as lost devices can be located from a secure personal information portal and GPS can be used to locate them. One user name and password brings back a user’s contacts, messages and connectivity to previously configured networks and email providers.

”Motorola is proud to bring the first Android-powered device to AT&T’s 3G network,” said Mark Shockley, senior vice president, Motorola Mobile Devices. “AT&T customers will love the social media advantages MOTOBLUR offers as well as the innovative hardware design.”

BACKFLIP is the first Motorola device to feature the new and unique BACKTRACK™ feature which gives AT&T customers the ability to navigate quickly and easily through Web sites, menus and more with a touch panel located behind the screen when the device is folded open. BACKTRACK offers a new way to scroll through the Web, texts, e-mails and news feeds without obscuring the home screen. Flip the keyboard backwards into table-top mode to listen to music, watch videos, view pictures with the digital picture frame or to turn BACKFLIP into a digital, bedside alarm clock.

BACKFLIP comes with a full HTML browser that can be viewed on the 3.1” high-res, touch screen display and makes use of 7.2 HSPA 3G technology on the nation’s fastest 3G network. Android Market™ has access to more than 20,000 apps and widgets, in order to customize the device to fit each consumer’s personal style. Customers can easily shoot photos and video with the BACKFLIP’s 5 MP camera and flash, and upload them to their favorite photo sharing or social media site.

The Motorola BACKFLIP features Wi-Fi connectivity and AT&T customers receive AT&T Wi-Fi access at U.S. hotspots included as part of their unlimited data plan. AT&T’s has the nation’s largest Wi-Fi network with more than 20,000 U.S. hotspots.

Pricing and Availability
The Motorola BACKFLIP will be available March 7 at Cartronix for $99.99 after $100 mail-in rebate. (Pay $199.99 and after mail-in rebate receive $100 AT&T Promotion Card. Two-year agreement and smartphone data plan required.)

Give us a call today or stop by to reserve your new Backflip !
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Protect Record & Save. = Video Security




Cartronix, Inc Home & Commercial audio video

Many of our customers know that we are the largest at&t retailer in Northwest Indiana but we also have two other divisions that include:

Mobile Electronics Sales & Installation
Custom Audio & Video Sales & Installation for Residential and Commercial

So our next few blogs we are going to concentrate on the commercial audio/video side of things and most importantly we are going to discuss Video Surveillance

We offer a range of services for residential and commercial but I think this is a great starter topic and may even be helpful do any local business’s in Northwest Indiana

Discover how hidden video camera’s can double the effectiveness of your security system.

Like it or not, your losses from employee theft are likely to be almost double that from shoplifter’s. In fact, base on a recent study published by the by the University of Florida 47% of all retail loss is due to employee theft ……. and for businesses without a retail presence, virtually all loss is employee related.

So what should a local business owner do? I suggest getting all James Bond 007 and sneaky! You can call a local company like us to give you a free quote on a video security system which you can also record all live events – watch live from any location or follow some of these helpful tips listed below.


Some employees and customers will be determined to steal
To deal effectively with these individuals, consider adding one or two hidden cameras to your system. These cameras are built into what appear to be common items that you might find in a business setting – the may look like smoke detectors, wall clocks, electrical boxes, even sprinkler heads.

Hidden Cameras

No one but you ( and us ) will know these cameras are there

The best part about hidden cameras is they can be placed so that none of your employees will know they are there. ( After business hours installation is available)
One very successful strategy for using hidden cameras to increase the effectiveness of your security is to deliberately leave some areas of your sales floor and storage rooms uncovered by your traditional system. This gives employees and shoplifter’s the idea that get away with stealing in those parts of the store. Then you position your hidden cameras to catch the unsuspecting individuals in the act.


Time to record you

We design them to work with your system… or on their own

All of our hidden cameras are designed to easily integrate with our pre-configured systems, or with a system that you customized for your specific application. Or they can be used separately to give you backup coverage in case your regular system is somehow turned off or disabled. (We suggest UPC Battery Back-Ups for all Systems) And like traditional security cameras, hidden cameras provide high-quality video that can be turned over to the authorities for prosecution. When used effectively, these cameras have been known to help retailers put an end to thousands of dollars off additional theft and discourage remaining employees from stealing in the future.

Are hidden cameras legal? You bet your Profit’s they are!

That’s right – hidden cameras are completely legal. Of course, you must adhere to the same privacy laws that you would for traditional cameras. The general spirit of most state laws is that cameras that (both hidden and traditional style) cannot be places in areas where people have a reasonable expectation of privacy. These laws can vary slightly and change over time, so we recommend that your consult your legal counsel if you have any questions or concerns on this matter.

Stay tuned – More to come on Video Security for you and your business.


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219-548-2571
3000 N Calumet Ave
Valparaiso, IN 46383

Ask for Craig or Scott, they can give you a detailed video quote for your business.

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10 Smart Consumer Electronic Tips for the Home

10 Smart Consumer Electronic Tips for the Home

Here is the list:


1. Wire for everything now...even wireless – If you are building or remodeling a home, start with a plan for future wiring needs. Wire is necessary to support wireless applications. While no one can guarantee what the future will look like, professionals make it their business to stay current to offer expert advice about technologies on the horizon.

2. Insist on integrated systems – Make sure the electronic equipment you are buying can be hooked up together and operated with one, easy to use control system. Systems that communicate simplify your life and offer peace of mind by "watching" over your home.

3. Integrate lighting and heating control – Going green meets convenience. Get the most out of your system with the least amount of energy consumption. System integration provides automatic energy-efficient adjustments saving you time and money.

4. Think with your wallet, but lead with your head – Quality and long-term dependability are the most cost effective attributes that you can build into a home.

5. Buy an experience, not a box – Find an electronic systems contractor that allows you to test drive the entire system or at least experience the thrill of a high performance system. Few people have the time to research and evaluate all the hardware choices. It's smarter to focus on the end result and make your choices based upon overall performance and value.

6. Simplify your controls – Easy to use, all-in-one remote controls are available for any system. You can even have them custom programmed so they make perfect sense to you. New technologies offer control from other devices and even through Internet browsers anywhere in the world.

7. Increase your expectations – Your home electronics system is a big investment and you deserve to be satisfied with it. CEDIA professionals will provide you with extensive options, comprehensive designs, complete installation and especially, in-home service for your systems.

8. Think "green" – By utilizing green practices, you can save money by having a more energy efficient system and help save the planet. Ask a professional about how you can "go green" in your home.

9. Ensure the experts work together for you – Maximize your home's electronic systems capabilities by having your architect, builder or remodeler, and interior designer collaborate and partner with an electronic systems contractor from the beginning of the planning process.

10. Consult a professional – Today's integrated electronic systems grow, evolve and change over time, constantly adding entertainment, comfort and security features. Select an electronic systems contractor you can trust and who will support your electronic integration needs for years. Having a long-term relationship with one professional will maximize the reliability and enjoyment of your home's electronic systems.

Cartronix Home
(219)548-2571
3000 N. Calumet Ave
Valparaiso, IN 46383
www.cartronix.com


Our Services:

* Custom Home Theaters
* Residential Surveillance
* Universal Remote Systems
* HDTV Systems
* Whole House Audio & Video
* Smart Home Design
* Networking & Media
* Digital Media Integration
* New construction wiring systems
* DirecTV


* Commercial Audio & Video
* Business Telephone Systems
* Conference Room Design
* Commercial Surveillance
* Prewiring of buildings & boardrooms
* Commercial Installation & Maintenance
* Commercial Video Systems
* System Upgrades & Cleanup


Contact Scott or Craig at 219-548-2571 to set up a appointment.

Custom Home Entertainment Made Easy

These packages are designed to you and your family the latest and greatest technology without taking over your home. Your home deserves a high tech upgrade and with our amazing technicians everything will blend into your home.


Who We Are:

• We have a passion for music, we tinker with electronics, we love to show off our skills we put the magic behind the wires & put the movies in front of you.
• Cartronix Home works closely with architects, interior designers, builders, and directly with owners. We take responsibility for all aspects of our projects, from initial design through installation, maintenance, service and training.
• Our team is involved from the initial sale, installation and final training of your system

SUNBURST 1000 Package:

Affordable Performance for only $4,975
Includes the following:

High Definition 50" Plasma TV
Complete surround sound package with subwoofer
TV mount
Universal remote control programmed
All required parts & full custom installation


PANORAMA Package:
Great Value for only $7,995
Includes the following:

1080P LCD TV with HDMI
Upgraded Speaker package with subwoofer
Blu-Ray DVD player with internet streaming
TV mount
Upgraded remote control programmed
All requried parts & full custom installation

STARDUST Package:
Enjoy movies with the big picture only $11,500
Includes the following:

1080P DLP home theater projector with HDMI
Wall-mounted 92" projection screen
Complete surround sound packaged upgraded with subwoofer
All in-wall wiring
RF universal remote control programmed
Blu-Ray player with internet streaming
Remote control dimming of your lights
All required parts and full custom installation
Up to 2 free service/programming visits for the first year
Sound, Picture that will amaze your family & friends.

Call Cartronix home today for your consultation (219) 548-2571

Cartronix Home
3000 N. Calumet Ave
Valparaiso, IN 46383
www.cartronix.com

Our Services

• Custom Home Theaters
• Residential Surveillance
• Universal Remote Systems
• HDTV Systems
• Whole House Audio & Video
• Smart Home Design
• Networking
• Digital Music Integration
• New construction wiring systems

• New construction wiring systems
• Commercial Audio & Video
• Business Telephone Systems
• Conference Room Design
• Commercial Surveillance
• Prewiring of buildings & boardrooms
• Home Installation & Maintenance
• Commercial Video Systems
• System Upgrades & Cleanup