Mar/100
NV3 Technologies Featured on BMORE Media
A startup technology company that counts Toyota and United Airlines as clients is moving next month to Canton’s Emerging Technology Center. Business partners Ryan Doak and Scott Calhoun say they hope the move from their current office in Fells Point to the business incubator will give them the resources they need to grow NV3 Technologies LLC.
Mar/100
Kioskcom and Digital Signage Show
NV3 Technologies is proud to announce that we will be exhibiting at the show. We will be located at booth 238 so please come see us. We will have our new products on display and will be offering financial incentives at the show.
For 14 years, KioskCom & The Digital Signage Show have delivered strategic, marketing and technical business solutions for organizations focused on enhancing their customer engagement programs through digital media such as kiosks, digital signage, self-service, digital out-of-home/place based media and other customer-facing technologies.
Feb/100
IDEA GUYS: COMBINING TALENTS
In June of 2008, two gentlemen met at a popular Canton bar/restaurant located in Baltimore City. Mr. Calhoun was looking to market a new type of kiosk design that charged cell phones while providing (DOOH) digital out-of-home media on a 17” LCD screen to a captive audience. Mr. Doak, at the time, was the President of a highly successful marketing and business/software development company called Digital Matrix Studio. Two years prior, Mr. Calhoun was in the research and development stages of his company called Cellular Solutions. He helped in the production and engineering of the first “Cell Phone Charging Kiosk” for the North American Market. During the meeting, an immerging issue of deploying content remotely would soon be resolved by a solution provided by Mr. Doak’s expertise. At the time, content was loaded on a compact flash or hard drive and played in a file library coded on a chip powered by a small circuit board. The missing puzzle piece to the kiosk was being able to manage the content remotely to one or all “Charging Kiosks” in the field. One year later, the two would create a company called Nuvo Digital Signage transitioning into NV3 Technologies by the beginning of 2010. Mr. Calhoun explains, “NV3 Technologies was created by combining all three companies into one successful and innovative entity. We took our sweat equity from our past business ventures and fine tuned our products, putting everything under one roof.” Mr. Doak concludes that “NV3 Technologies can provide an affordable price point through our reseller programs because we manufacture our own equipment including custom built solutions based on our clients’ needs.” Mr. Doak and Mr. Calhoun are currently working with several Media and Advertising firms deploying a network through their reseller programs. Their client list includes Toyota, Herman Memorial Hospital and United Airlines to just name a few.
Feb/100
NUVO BECOMES NV3 TECHNOLOGIES
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
CONTACT: Ray Weiss or Jessica Trzyna
443-451-7144 or rweiss@weissprassociates.com
NUVO BECOMES NV3 TECHNOLOGIES
New Name Reflects Focus on Charging Kiosks,
Digital Signage, Digital Information Displays
BALTIMORE, MD (2/24/10) — Baltimore-based Nuvo announced today that it has renamed itself NV3 Technologies.
“The new name reflects the fact that we are the only company that brings three key functions – cell phone charging kiosks, LCD screens for digital information displays (DID), and digital signage software – all under one roof,” explains NV3 Managing Partner Ryan Doak.
According to Doak, NV3’s charging kiosks are capable of charging 95% of all mobile phones in 15 minutes or less. “This can be a tremendous resource for hotels, convention centers, and airports, providing visitors with an alternative source of power that allows them to stay connected with clients, co-workers, or friends and family members,” he notes.
This is particularly important when you consider that smart phones can now host thousands of applications, each of which potentially represents another drain on the life of the device’s battery.
“The latest generation of iPhones has some users complaining that a full charge won’t last an entire day,” says Doak’s Business Partner Scott Calhoun. “Throw in watching videos or listening to MP3s, and invariably a user will be shut down when his charger is miles away at the home or office.”
This will become increasingly important as smart phones add even more apps and mobile operators move to implement a cross-industry standard for a universal charger. Last year, the mobile industry set a goal of making a universal charging solution available worldwide by 2012 – a goal that has already been accomplished in parts of Asia.
Beyond phone charging, NV3 kiosks can be used to carry dynamic multimedia messages and digital signage. This has proven to be particularly effective when used in hotels (for lobby wayfinding systems, room and event schedules, and guest check-ins); transit (for arrival/departure and weather/news displays, as well as ticketing, check-in, and wayfinding systems); restaurants (for electronic menu boards and self-service food ordering); and banks (for waiting area displays, product information, and transactional kiosks).
To celebrate its new products, NV3 Technologies has unveiled a new logo and website, both of which will be on full display when the company presents at the prestigious KioskCom and Digital Signage Conference, to be held in Las Vegas April 13-15.
For more information about NV3 Technologies, contact the company at 410-394-5500 or visit its website at www.NV3tech.com.
Feb/100
Number of Cell Phones Worldwide Hits 4.6B
(AP) The number of mobile phone subscriptions worldwide has reached 4.6 billion and is expected to increase to five billion this year, the U.N. telecommunications agency said Monday.
Mobile phone providers in rich countries offer advanced services and handsets, while people in developing countries increasingly use the mobile phone for health services and banking, said the International Telecommunication Union (ITU).
“Even during an economic crisis, we have seen no drop in the demand for communications services,” said the agency’s Secretary-General Hamadoun Toure.
“The simplest, low-end mobile phone can do so much to improve health care in the developing world,” Toure said in a statement, citing examples of patients receiving reminder messages on their mobile phone ahead of a medical appointment or text messages instructing them how to take complex medication.
The number of mobile broadband subscriptions worldwide is expected to exceed one billion this year, the agency said. There were around 600 million such subscriptions at the end of 2009, it added.
Web access by people on the move, including through laptops and smart mobile devices, will probably surpass web access from desktop computers within the next five years, the agency said.
Dec/090
New Models New Year
We have been as busy as little elves here at Nuvo Tech. As I sit here on Christmas Eve in the snow covered mountains of Vermont I reflect on a great year at Nuvo Technologies. As you can see there has not been a post for some time on our blog. There are many reasons to this but mainly we have been very busy perfecting what most said could not be done. Scott and I have spent a lot of time redesigning the kiosk to incorporate all of the features that clients want. This took time in research, design travel and development. We have set up a full production line that is capable of manufacturing some simply amazing charging kiosks. They have been under cover on our website but we do have a brochure that is available to serious customers. We have also launched our new media player that has enhanced cooling and we will be releasing a new set of video drivers that enhance the 1080 flash video. We look forward to 2010 as we have some great things planned for first quarter. Merry Christmas
Sep/090
The Case For Cell Phone-Charging Kiosks
Just a few short years ago, a cell phone was just that: a cell phone.
If you had one (and not everyone did), you used it to make calls
and not much more. With such limited use, battery power generally
was not an issue. Every few days you plugged in the phone and kept an
eye on the bars in the interim.
Now, however, phones have such diverse functionality that actually
talking on them is a secondary use for some people. Smartphones, as
the new generation of mobile devices are called, can host thousands of
applications, each of them another drain on the battery, especially where
connecting to the Internet via a 3G network and taking photographs are
concerned. The latest generation of iPhone has some users complaining
that a full charge won’t last an entire
day. Throw in watching videos,
taking videos and listening to MP3s,
and invariably a user will be shut
down when his charging cord is
miles away at the home or office.
The Case For Cell-Phone Kiosks (PDF)
Jul/090
Digital Signage Software Overview
(Video)
Imagine incorporating live news feeds, video, Flash movies, weather, sports scores, stock ticker, or even live T.V., all on one screen. Our software allows for flexibility, with an easy to use drag and drop interface. Nuvo Technologies’ creative service department can develop custom apps for you business needs. Competitively priced at only $30 a month. If the video does not appear, please click on the heading.
Jul/090
How can text marketing be used to promote your product or service?
A hair stylist sits in the salon awaiting the next appointment and they never show. A few days later the customer calls in and says I completely forgot about my appointment. Solution: Have the salon signup with a txt messaging system that will send out interactive reminders. The stylist can send a message to the customers and ask them to reply with A) I will be there. B) I need to reschedule
You can also begin grabbing unique info such as, hair color for targeting specific clientele to market a new product line.
This is also a great system for Doctor offices or any establishment that requires an appointment.
Promotions: We have implemented the system into a local bar called Bay Cafe that allows patrons to text-in and join the list to be notified of specials and current events. Radio Stations love the idea of texting for promotions as well.
TXT to Screen: So you want to get everyone involved. Our system will allow you to send a text displaying on a large LCD screen. View it as a large whiteboard fused with Twittering. Imagine digitally graffiti on the side of a building or any size projector screen, but easily removable. This is just one of the many apps that we offer in our digital signage software called Nuvo DS for short. Our platform is very similar to the Iphone. We can customize an application that is customer specific and pull it into our dashboard to be utilized with our online program. That app can then be loaded and display on any LCD screen in the world or a network of screens in one/several geographical area(s).
TV Stations: Does your local TV station want to do live polls. We can have people text-in and show the results in real time on live TV.
To see a short animation and/or signup, go to: www.nuvollc.com