Prestigio newsletter

Facebook Contest Winner announced!

2011-08-10T05:15:00.000-07:00

Little more than a month has passed since we launched "Post your favorite quote contest" and we are glad to finally announce the winner. Congratulations to Singer Karina from Germany on winning this contest with her favorite quote by Paulo Coelho and on receiving Prestigio eBook Reader PER3162B!

The quote Karina has won with, is taken from the novel "Brida", the story about a young Irish girl and her quest for knowledge. All the way searching for the mysteries of life, Brida is being lead to people of great wisdom, who begin teach her about the world.

"Wenn jemand seinen Weg gefunden hat, darf er keine Angst haben. Er muss auch den Mut aufbringen, Fehler zu machen" (When you find your way you cannot be scared. You need to be brave enough to take wrong steps. The deceptions, failures, lack of enthusiasm, are tools that God places in our way to reveal the path).

This is an amazing book and a very wise quote, Karina, no wonder your quote got all 2058 "likes"!

We want to express appreciation for the activity, zeal, keenness and passion about the contest to Claudia Stanescu from Italy, who was so close to winning with 2029 "likes" and to unimer john Sta Ana whose quote had 1850 "likes".

We’re overall stoked with how well the contest went - we got hundreds of entries from around the world, all with amazing, smart, inspiring and beautiful quotes, and a ton of people passionate about reading.

We want to thank absolutely everyone for entering the contest and for all the great comments you made on our Facebook page - much appreciated!

There will definitely be more contests this year, so make sure you keep an ear out for those!

Dear Karina, you'll be contacted via email with instructions on how to get your new Prestigio eBook Reader.

As for everyone else, don't fret you haven’t won because we'll hold another contest very soon and you all will have chance to win more amazing prizes from Prestigio. As they say "A winner never stops trying" Tom Landry .

Prestigio MultiPad PMP3084B has reached EMEA wide availability

2011-05-10T00:23:00.000-07:00

Prestigio has launched its entry level model of Tablet PC - Prestigio MultiPad PMP3084B about 10 weeks ago, and it has already proofed to be a big shot throughout EMEA region, exceeding all expectations.

There are good reasons for the success of the MultiPad PMP3084B. With hardly unbeatable price, the 8.4" Tablet PC offers a great performance and usability.

Prestigio MultiPad PMP3084B runs on Android 2.1 and has everything you need for daily task: web browsing, eBooks, videos, photos, music, games and many other applications.

The MultiPad PMP3084B has many benefits, key to which are its sleek design, gorgeous 8.4 inches color display and especially the 4:3 form factor, which is best for reading eBooks.

Numerous users of the PMP3084B gave their highly appreciated positive feedback. Prestigio recommends using a stylus pen of the single-touch screen for best comfort and precision.
The PMP3084B is the first Android Tablet PC of the MultiPad 3series by Prestigio. To have a look at the entire Multipad family, please visit

Prestigio publishes new firmware V2.1.2 for MultiPad PMP3084B

2011-05-10T00:13:00.000-07:00

In February Prestigio launched the first model of the MultiPad Android Tablet PC Family: PMP3084B. Now we are giving to the tablet a further boost by introducing a new firmware V2.1.2

The new firmware includes two important improvements:

The single touch display responses significantly better and more precisely
OTA - Over The Air - firmware upgrade capability. From now on the device can automatically check for updates and inform you about the latest PMP3084B firmware release. You can download and install all future updates without using a PC. We strongly recommend to backup all data before processing a firmware update.

Please find the firmware and upgrade instructions on our website

For any questions, please contact the Prestigio Support Team

Living in the world of typed words, is there a place for a pen?

2011-04-18T07:14:00.000-07:00

It’s true, that today almost every aspect of our life is dominated by technology. When it comes to communication with others, we write emails, we skype, we tweet, we facebook or send text messages. In the world full of typed words, is there a place for a pen?

Prestigio knows there is. Handwriting still is an essential part of our daily life, your signature is the personal identification of yourself. Like a fingerprint. Your handwriting style reflects your personality and mood. We do need a pen for signing a birthday card, for writing checks, leaving notes on the desks of colleagues or signing contracts. Briefly, the pen is not something we can easily give up. At Prestigio, we added usability to the original functionality of a pen, offering the option to store and transfer your most valuable and personal files: pictures, music, and all sorts of documents.

Therefore Prestigio Pen Flash Drive, our recent groundbreaking concept, has been so popular among users.

Prestigio’s Pen Flash Drive is the elegant and luxurious product of artistic imagination. Prestigio offers you a choice of three different styles of pens. The models PFD3SI04 and PFD3SI08A are made of the unique material created from carefully woven carbon fibre. The models PFD4BK04 and PFD4BK08A feature a beautiful black leather insertion, picturing the Geo design with with white lineaments, while models PFD5SI04 and PFD5SI08A will attract everyone by the gleaming silver metal with an exclusive guilloche pattern. All three models feature a sophisticated modern design with a lacquer metallic finish which makes Prestigio’s Pen Flash Drive both aesthetically pleasing and nice to hold in your hand. Coming in a precious box, Prestigio’s Pen Flash Drive makes an impressive gift. Or express your own style with this stylish accessory.

Make a statement with the Prestigio Pen Drive.

Prestigio’s Pen Flash Drives are very easy to use: By unscrewing the body of the pen, you find a USB flash memory module that works exactly like any regular USB Flash Drive. Prestigio’s Pen Flash Drive PFD3SI0x, PFD4BK0x and PFD5SI0x have a high-speed USB2.0 interface and capacity of 4GB and 8GB. You won’t need to install any drivers, just plug and play. Besides that, all 8GB models will offer you a free one year subscription of the AVG Internet Security 9.0. Prestigio’s Pen Flash Drive PFD3SI0x, PFD4BK0x and PFD5SI0x are also compatible with virtually any computer and supports Microsoft Windows 2000/XP/Vista/7, Mac OS and Linux.

Small and perfect. In-ear Headphones with Microphone Prestigio PEP1 and PEP2

2011-04-13T01:56:00.000-07:00

In-ear headphones have become the most popular choice for portable mp3 players and Smartphones nowadays.

Prestigio PEP1 and PEP2 should be the prime choice for those who are on the market for the product.

Being small, portable and convenient, it provides you with high dynamics, balanced tones and deep low notes for an impressive, accurate, realistic sound. Prestigio earphone is fitted with in-line microphone with answer/end call button, making your phone calls fun and easy. Also, the microphone is robustly built, but at the same time it is so elegantly designed in the cable that makes it almost invisible. The model is fully compatible with all mp3 devices, iPods, iPhones, Blackberry, HTC and a whole bunch of other Smartphones. When it comes to comfort, the models are supplied with 3 different size ear tips that would perfectly fit and stay very securely in your ear. So do experiment and choose the tip that’ll work best for you. You’ll also find a neat handy pouch; this will protect your headphone while carrying or not in use. Along with a a choice of 2 colors bronze (PEP1BR & PEP2BR) or anthracite (PEP1GR & PEP2GR), you can match the earphones both with your mobile device and your own style. Besides the outstanding design and compatibility, Prestigio PEP1 and PEP2 convince by an excellent price performance ratio. Look no further for a maximum comfort, optimum sound management, and a personalized fit.

Choose your model of eBook readers

2011-01-09T23:58:00.000-08:00

2011-01-09T23:51:00.000-08:00

Prestigio signs strategic partnership with Internet Tablets specialist Archos

2011-01-04T04:18:00.000-08:00

Prestigio has signed today a partnership agreement with Archos, an award winning technology innovator and leader in the portable media player and internet tablet market.

First results of this partnership will materialize in February 2011 with range of Android based Prestigio MultiPad internet tablet PC 7” and 10” . The new products will be a merge of the innovative and technical expertise of Archos and the design-focused lifestyle statement of Prestigio. Despite competitive benchmark parameters, the new Prestigio MultiPads will offer an excellent price-performance ratio. The partnership covers the regions of Center East Europe and Former Soviet Union.

“With Archos we have found the perfect partner to extend our product portfolio. We already claim leading positions in many countries with GeoVision GPS navigation devices and Prestigio eBook readers. Tablet PCs and MIDs in the Prestigio look and feel and performance are the logic next step.”, says Yuri Antoshkin, COO of Prestigio.

“Prestigio will allow Archos to leverage its technology in new territories”, states Loic Poirier, COO of Archos.

The Prestigio MultiPads will come with a wide range of applications and multimedia content, either pre-installed or ready to download from AppsLib and Media.PrestigioPlaza.com.

About ARCHOSARCHOS introduced the hard-drive-based MP3 player with the Jukebox 6000 in 2000, and since that time has revolutionized consumer electronics devices. The company introduced the portable video player in 2003 and was the first to bring TV recording, wireless and touch screens to the portable media player. In 2008, ARCHOS introduced the first Internet Media Tablets, offering consumers’ uncompromised access to the Internet, movies, photos, video, music and television anytime, anywhere. Now, ARCHOS introduce Internet Tablet, PC Tablets, Netbooks and MP3/MP4 Player. Established in 1988, ARCHOS has offices in the United States, Europe and Asia, and is quoted on Compartment C of Euronext Paris, ISIN Code FR0000182479.

New catalogue

2010-11-09T23:18:00.000-08:00

Review of GPS navigator GeoVision 5120BT

2010-06-18T00:26:00.001-07:00

New Notebook Sleeves

2010-06-18T00:23:00.000-07:00

Prestigio launches Suite 2010 on Kubuntu

2010-04-29T01:57:00.000-07:00

Prestigio Plaza Ltd. and Canonical Ltd., the commercial sponsor of Ubuntu, present Prestigio Suite 2010 on Kubuntu.The one-step-installation suite combines the operating system Kubuntu and various applications such as OpenOffice, more than 70 optional widgets, web applications (e.g. Google Finance, Skype, BBC weather, Firefox, YouTube Video-Hosting) and media applications (for slide shows, video/music playback, FBReader and a complete media center XBMC). The Prestigio Suite 2010 on Kubuntu will be the optional OS on Prestigio PCs, Notebooks, Netbooks and Nettops and is ready for download at suite.prestigio.com and prestigioplaza.com.

The IT online magazine ITsvet.com had an exclusive look at our new MacBook sleeves

2010-04-23T05:38:00.000-07:00

At the moment to write these lines the price for this sleeve was still unknown, but whatever it is, we believe owners of MacBook laptops (which are probably already accustomed to slightly higher prices for peripherals aimed to complement their Apple computer) will certainly want to buy it.

New lineup of Prestigio gamer mice

2010-04-23T05:29:00.000-07:00

Protective cases for your iPod Nano

2010-04-15T05:42:00.000-07:00

iPod/iPhone protective cases

2010-03-24T03:09:00.001-07:00

Review of ION Nettop Super Slim 230

2010-03-24T03:08:00.000-07:00

Review of external HDD Data Racer III

2010-02-23T00:27:00.000-08:00

GPS Navigator. How does it work

2010-02-18T00:29:00.000-08:00

Speakers for iPod and iPhone

2010-01-20T00:49:00.000-08:00

its latest lineup of iPod speakers/docking stations. These stylish and convenient gadgets provide a direct access to your digital music, enhanced sound quality, and power source for you iPod. Read the description of speakers' models

Catalogue 2010

2010-01-01T00:43:00.000-08:00

Photo Contest 2009: Click below to see the winners!

2009-12-03T01:52:00.000-08:00

Results of Prestigio Photo Contest will be announced on 3d December

2009-12-01T23:24:00.000-08:00

The winners of Prestigio contest will be announced with small delay. The list will be published on the 3d December.

Prestigio team is voting...

2009-11-26T02:41:00.000-08:00

21 persons from Prestigio team have been taken part in 1st stage of voting. We are different. We live in different countries. There are people from Cyprus, Netherlands, Czech Republic, Russia, Croatia, Italia and even Taiwan. Usually we have problems on the 1st stage to pick photos as so many people so many minds. But it was surprise to me that this year we have evident leaders in selected photos on the first stage. Sorry I couldn't tell you know who are they. Now all selected photos from 1st stage were sent to team. We will have results not earlier then on Monday. We just need to wait for while. I could tell now that there are 78 in Elegance nomination, 61 in Insipiration one and 83 in Performance.

Some words about Public Choice.

2009-11-20T05:08:00.000-08:00

We had about 10 Art contests already – photos, caricatures, wallpapers, postcards. We have Prestigio and Professional Jury’s prizes but as well we leave the chance to tell their opinion to the users of Art site. “Public choice” is usually the most questionable nomination. Last three years we practice to mix it with Prestigio team opinion to avoid cheat. There is one point in rules that let us to do it – users will choose 20 photos and Prestigio team will choose the one from them. So you need to vote to the good photo that is the closest to Elegance, Performance or Inspiration.

Viktoria Kletskova
Contest coordinator

New deadline for Public voting!

2009-11-19T00:59:00.000-08:00

This year contest is very popular. To be honest we were surprised with it. But there are not ideal system so we had some technical problems last days. That's why we decided to add some days to Public voting. You could vote for your favorite photo until 25th November.

Prestigio Team and Professional Jury panel will have some additional days to choose photos in the second round of voting. There are too many good photos....

Holiday Gift Ideas

2009-11-16T23:50:00.000-08:00

With Christmas and New Year at the door, it is shopping time! Do not wait until last minute toget the perfect gifts for your friends and family. Be inspired by Prestigio’s holiday gift ideas, and you will surely find a personal, thoughtful gift for your loved ones.

Catherine
Communications Manager

New product

2009-11-16T23:45:00.000-08:00

Prestigio introduced a second webcam to its portfolio, the PWC213. Featuring five-layered lens, a real 1.3 megapixels resolution and an impressively sharp focus, webcam PWC213 meets high standards and requirements. It provides you with detailed images and a superb video quality for your IP Telephony at home or at the office. It is compatible with the latest operating system from Microsoft, Windows 7. Visit our website for more details on the new PWC213.

Catherine
Communications Manager

Prestigio Photo Contest a Success - Time to Cast your vote for Public’s Choice!

2009-11-16T07:24:00.000-08:00

Over 450 amateur and professional photographers from all backgrounds and levels of experience were invited to submit their pictures to Prestigio’s International Photographic Contest 2009. The contest closed on Sunday, 15th of November at midnight, with around1900 pictures submitted from around the world. The voting process started, and the competition is surely fierce! The final results will be revealed on the 1^st of December 2009.

"We are pleased to say that we received almost four times more pictures than last year", confirmed Catherine Lazure-Guinard, Communications Manager at Prestigio. "The quality and creativity of the submitted photos is impressive, and this year’s participants definitely raised the bar!"

During the next two weeks, the Prestigio corporate team and the professional Jury panel, composed of Brian Ypperciel, Mark Goldstein, R. Madhu Gopal Rama and Barbee Cain, will make their selection among pictures in each category e.g. Elegance, Performance and Inspiration. The photo with the most votes, all categories confused, will become the 2009 Grand Prix winner.

Visitors to the website http://art.prestigio.com can also vote for their favorite pictures until the 22^nd of November, at a rate of once a day. The picture that will score the most points will receive the Public’s Choice award. Everybody is welcome to vote!

"Despite Prestigio’s experience with over 10 artistic contests", said Viktoria Kletskova, Online Marketing Coordinator at Prestigio, "the voting process is always challenging. Moreover, the popularity of the Prestigio contests is growing and as more and more participants submit their art, choosing winners is also increasingly difficult."

Catherine

Communications Manager

DataSafe

2009-11-10T23:49:00.000-08:00

The DataSafe combines advanced Serial ATA technology and ultimate functionality, but without compromising on style and sophistication. This 2.5” external hard disk drive (HDD) offers a high-speed USB2.0 interface and a capacity of up to 500GB for an impressive performance and efficiency. With its durable housing and modern design with aluminum detailing, the DataSafe is surely a great accessory to complement your successful contemporary lifestyle. Click here for detailed specifications on this new model from Prestigio.

Catherine
Communications Manager

Boost to Redline!

2009-10-21T03:19:00.000-07:00

First month

2009-10-14T06:09:00.000-07:00

The first month of Prestigio contest has been ended. There are about 250 photos that have been sent from more then 15 countries.

For today “Inspiration” is still the most popular theme and “Performance” is the hardest. And it means only that it will be easier to win in section “Performance” )) Participants, think about it )

Viktoria Kletskova - contest coordinator

One week - 100 photos.

2009-09-23T00:11:00.000-07:00

We received already about 100 photos to Prestigio Photo Contest I would like to tell that this year the level of photos is higher. 41% of photos are presented to the theme Inspiration. It's interesting but the most part of photos in this category is black-and-white. Usage of black and white photos helps to concentrate attention on the composition and underline the structure. This effect was used by Prestigio designer's too in Catalogue 2010 (by the way I could recommend to see this catalogue to participants of contest as so the theme of contest was born with new catalogue in the mind)

Viktoria Kletskova

Prestigio contest coordinator

Prestigio's Photo Contest - Day 1

2009-09-16T08:00:00.000-07:00

The 2009 Prestigio International Photographic Contest will definitely be a success!
Within the first day of the launch of the contest, close to 60 pictures we submitted to http://art.prestigio.com/index.php?cat=2 !!
This is definitely promising!

Participantas have until the 30th of November to present their creative work.

Good luck to all of them!

Catherine
Communications Manager

2009-09-14T23:41:00.000-07:00

Today Prestigio starts new Photo Contest http://art.prestigio.com/ It's the 4ph Photo Contest.

Prestigio Contests has been started with small regional ones in countries where we have representative offices. The biggest one has been taken 4 years ago in Russia. One year later we have participants from 32 countries already - from Canada to Maynmar. As so theme "Elegance. Perfomance. Inspiration" is very wide it will not be very strong rules for approving of photos. They have to be qualitative and don't break a law. But we don't promise that it will be easy to win.

There are 5 possibilities to win.

The first one is Grand Prix. It's the best photo from all nominations. Photo will be chosen by proffessional jury

Winners in the other 3 nominations will be chosen by Prestigio team. I could give you small advice how to be closer to win in these nominations. Every contest's album has cover image from Prestigio catalogue: Elegance Perfomance Inspiration - they are the closest photos that demostrate as Prestigio team see the theme. Be sure that we are open to see your vision as well.

And the 4th nominations is user choice. There is ambiguous nomination as so there is way to cheat usually. That's why we decided to complicate it. And the winner in this nomination will be chosen by ... Prestigio team too. But from 20 photos that will be chosen by users

Welcome aboard!

Always yours Viktoria Kletskova - contest coordinator

New collection

2009-04-07T09:55:00.001-07:00

Prestigio have recently launched its Carbon Collection, which offers products in an attractive color scheme with fire red and carbon fiber detailing. The brand is happy to introduce a new lineup of unique computer mice to the collection. These accessories do not only stand out with their looks, but also with their advanced specs and features.
The first model is the PJ-MSL2B, a high performanceBluetooth wireless laser mouse which provides you with the speed, efficiency and responsiveness you have been looking for. It offers advanced laser technology with a switchable resolution level of up to 1600 DPI. It also features Bluetooth® technology for reliable wireless connectivity.The second model is an advanced wireless laser mouse with five practical buttons and a switchable resolution level of up to 1600 DPI. It also features Radio frequency technology of 2.4GHz for responsiveness and speed, and it comes standard with a mini USB dongle to provide a wireless connection with your PC or notebook.
The third model in this new lineup of mice also delivers high performance, speed and efficiency. It offers five practical buttons and advanced optical technology with a switchable resolution level of up to 1600 DPI.

For more information on these products, please visit ourwebsite.