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Griffin debuts limited edition PowerMate

updated 04:00 pm EST, Fri November 8, 2002

 
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Griffin today announced the release of a to celebrate the product's one-year anniversary. Available exclusively online, the PowerMate combines "beautiful design and ease of use into a unique award winning multimedia controller that can be used as a volume knob, or programmed for any number of other uses such as a jog/shuttle wheel for movie editing or a scroll wheel for long documents." It is $45. (The standard version is available with a brushed-aluminum finish.) Update: Griffin reports that the company expects to sell out of these limited edition PowerMates by the end of this weekend.


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  1. noverflow

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    11/08, 01:19am | report spam | Reply |

    hmmmm

    did they not post this already?

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    11/08, 08:33am | report spam | Reply |

    ???

    Does anyone use one of these? I have yet to see how a single wheel is worth buying. For my editing, I have a Contour ShuttlePro. More options to customize, a wheel like this, and a frame by frame clicker also.

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    11/08, 09:34am | report spam | Reply |

    it rules

    I use mine for volume control and video editing. It works really nice, and makes all my pc using friends enviuos.;)

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    11/08, 09:52am | report spam | Reply |

    not essential, but nice

    I use mine for ordinary tasks...powering up the machine (the reason I bought it), adjusting volume, muting. Nothing spectacular, but I do miss it when I'm on another machine.

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    11/08, 12:42pm | report spam | Reply |

    Honestly ...

    I think the silver one looks better. The black ones look, at least in the Web photo, cheaply painted. Still, I'm half pondering ordering one here at work -- I don't know yet what I'd use it for beyond scrolling, perhaps, or scrubbing through video, but that's kind of the point -- figure it out as you go.

    I looked at them in the local Apple Store when it opened. It's smaller than I expected, but looks nice.

    As for envious PC users -- it looks to me, from one of the images on the site -- like they work in Windows too.

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    11/08, 12:55pm | report spam | Reply |

    Re: ???

    There's turn left and right, click, double-click, click and turn left and right - there's 6 functions that can be mapped, and it's the coolest looking input device I've ever seen.

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    11/08, 02:50pm | report spam | Reply |

    Does it..

    control volume on almost all apps? The reason I'm asking is because one of the most annoying things about my imac is that there are several apps (mostly my kids games) that start loud, yet when you go to turn them down they are all ready at the lowest setting.
    In other words, the difference between mute and the lowest volume setting is HUGE.
    Will this help that at all?

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    re: Does it

    Yep, you can customize the wheel to control volume in any program you like. It's a fabuluos piece of "not absolutely necessary" hardware...but I really like it and find it useful in every app I use. The pulsing blue light is cool as well...and programmable.

    And IMO, why would I want a black one when the silver one matches every other piece of Mac hardware on my desk. "They expect to sell out by this weekend" Doubt that. Sales hype.

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    Re: Oh Please

    I suggest you take your own advice, as I'm certain far more people care about Griffin products than care about you and your opinions. Go back to kindergarten... or did you flunk out?

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    Re: Oh Please

    f*** YOU whoever the f*** you are. I don't give a s*** what you say. Go to h*** and don't f****** come back, a******.

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