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High-end devices from MS

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The products are priced between Rs. 2,010 and Rs. 10,570

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UPGRADING DEVICES: Mohit Anand, Country Manager-Entertainment and Devices Division, Microsoft India, launching new hardware products in New Delhi on Tuesday.

NEW DELHI: Microsoft on Tuesday announced the launch of high-end hardware products such as mice, keyboards, life cams and headsets, which are basically of input nature. The product portfolio, billed as the `2007 range of hardware devices,'' is priced between Rs. 2,010 and Rs. 10,570.

Addressing a news conference here, Mohit Anand, Country Manager, entertainment and devices division, said the company was introducing new categories of hardware products in India this year. These included `wireless notebook presenter 8000,' which functioned as a Bluetooth laser notebook mouse, slide presenter, laser and digital pointer and media remote. It featured high definition laser technology for more responsiveness, precision and tracking.

The Habu combines Microsoft's mouse design with Razer's gaming features with minimum response time and the LifeCam NX-6000 is a wired notebook webcam that integrates Windows Live Messenger service to deliver 7.6-megapixel quality still photography and high definition 2.0 megapixel video sensor.

Environment friendly

Mr. Anand said Microsoft made its debut in hardware in 1982 with the Microsoft Word mice and had since developed three product lines — mice and keyboard business, webcam and headsets. The latter two were entirely new products for the Indian market. The webcam featured four products, while the headsets would be in wired and wireless versions. The company had also made these products environment friendly by making them completely lead-free.

He said Microsoft was the first to introduce the scroll wheel and optical mice in 1996. The company decided to introduce the products in India after finding that many customers were opting for the high-end version, especially for notebooks.

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