LEIPZIG, Germany, Aug. 22, 2005 (PRIMEZONE) -- Everglide, the world's leading designer of gaming peripherals is proud to announce the launch of its suite of cutting edge gaming peripherals for fall '05. The Everglide s-500 Professional Gaming Headphones, Everglide t-1000 and t-1000/pro Ultrathin Professional Gaming Keyboards, and the Everglide Mouseglidez will be available worldwide in stores by fall 2005.
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Developed with leading gaming clans and professional gamers, Everglide's new suite of products is engineered with the demanding professional gamer in mind. The world's leading gaming clan, Fnatic and its stable of gaming stalwarts, Sander "Voo" Kaasjager the world's number one Painkiller gamer and many-time CPL Worldtour winner, were intimately involved in the development of part of the Everglide's fall '05 suite of gaming peripherals.
The Everglide s-500 features proprietary gaming technologies to optimize a competitive gamer's audio experience. The Everglide s-500 will be available worldwide in white and black and is expected to retail at an introductory price of US$99.99.
Bio-Cellulose Membrane for Instantaneous Audio Response
The Everglide s-500 Professional Gaming Headphones feature the world's first bio-cellulose membrane for instantaneous audio response. Faster than most conventional speaker drivers found in traditional headphones, the Everglide's s-500 is optimized for millisecond feedback to provide optimum gaming audio response.
Optimal Noise Isolation
Recognizing that most professional gamers often compete in high volume noise environments, Everglide's engineering team has designed the Everglide s-500 for complete noise isolation without compromising on audio quality. The Everglide s-500 gaming headsets have an oversized circumaural leather muff to reduce ambient noise. Coupled with a closed headphone enclosure, the Everglide s-500 is one of the quietest noise-isolated circumaural headphones in the world.
Enhanced audio positioning and gaming frequency response
The Everglide s-500 delivers top notch audio positioning sound quality by accentuating key gaming sound frequencies. From weapon sounds to footsteps, the Everglide s-500 provides crystal clear audio positioning quality, allowing gamers to pinpoint with pixel perfect accuracy the position of teammates and opponents on a map.
Designed for Comfort and Extended Wear
The Everglide s-500 has an unique circumaural earmuff design shaped around the human ear to provide for a comfortable fit. Designed to be used over an extended period of time, the Everglide s-500 Professional Gaming Headphones can be used for extended gaming marathons without subjecting its users to headphone fatigue or discomfort.
Optional Microphone
The Everglide engineers have created an optional microphone so as to allow professional team based gamers to use the Everglide s-500 during competitions for in-game reliable communications. The optional microphone is sold together with the Everglide s-500 and may be connected or disconnected according to the user’s requirements.
Everglide t-1000/Everglide t-1000/pro
The Everglide t-1000 and Everglide t-1000/pro keyboards are designed with key gaming features and enhancements. The Everglide t-1000 series of keyboards will be available in white and black and is expected to retail at US$19.99 for the Everglide t-1000 and US$39.99 for the Everglide t-1000/pro. The Everglide t-1000/pro Fnatic edition will also be available in the clan's distinctive dusky orange shade.
Everglide t-1000 Ultrathin Professional Gaming Keyboard
The Everglide t-1000 is the standard edition of the t-1000 series and features an ultra-thin profile of up to 0.55inches. The t-1000 ultrathin profile is designed to reduce the stress of constant competitive gameplay on professional gamers as well as for maximum comfort from extended gameplay.
Each key on the t-1000 is also engineered with a proprietary design structure to provide for minimum travel distance without compromising on key stability and response. Further, the keys of the t-1000 are also designed for minimal acoustic response so as to allow gamers to utilize the Everglide t-1000 in low noise environments.
Everglide t-1000/pro Ultrathin Professional Gaming Keyboard
The Everglide t-1000/pro is an enhanced version of the t-1000 series of keyboards from Everglide. The t-1000/pro version sports the same ultrathin profile and gaming enhanced keyset that define the Everglide t-1000 series of keyboards from standard keyboards.
The Everglide t-1000/pro also features an onboard headset and microphone port which allows competitive gamers to plug in their audio and communications peripherals without the inconvenience of plugging the same into the CPU. Further, each t-1000/pro keyboard also comes with an extended USB 2.0 port to allow gamers to plug in their high performance gaming mice.
The Everglide t-1000/pro also comes with 6 built-in multimedia hotkeys including full audio controls as well as internet surfing capabilities.
Everglide Mouseglidez
As one of the pioneers of enhanced mouse performance peripherals, Everglide has spearheaded this burgeoning industry. The Everglide Mouseglidez is a culmination of over 2 years of development in enhanced mouse feet.
The Everglide Mouseglidez are made of a high quality Teflon mix that provides for optimal surface to friction coefficient without compromising on precision. Each Everglide Mouseglidez are designed to replace the conventional feet of gaming mice.
The Everglide Mouseglidez were co-developed with the leading gaming clan – Fnatic, and differ from conventional replacement mousefeet by focusing on the key indicators of smoothness, accuracy and precision. Instead of compromising on precision and accuracy in favour of a smooth mouse movement, the Everglide Mouseglidez have been engineered to enhance smoothness of mouse movement as well as increase precision and accuracy in gaming.
The Everglide Mouseglidez are designed to replace most popular gaming mice including the Microsoft Intellimouse Explorer Series, the Razer Diamondback and the Logitech MX series of mice. The Everglide Mouseglidez are also available for the upcoming Razer Copperhead and Logitech G-5 and G-7 gaming mice. The Everglide Mouseglidez are available at a retail price of US$9.99 for 5 sets of replacement feet in each package.
About Everglide
Everglide, based in San Diego California, is one of the world's leading designer and manufacturer of enhanced gaming peripherals. Optimizing game play for a wide range of games such as Counterstrike, Quake and Painkiller, Everglide is also regarded as one of the leading brands in home and office peripherals.
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