Byte Night’s Bright Light

My colleague, the bright and bubbly Lara McIvor will be sleeping rough for Byte Night on October 8, 2010. It’s an annual event where people sleep rough for just one night to raise cash and awareness for Action for Children, which aims to tackle the root causes of youth homelessness. Money raised by Byte Night will help keep thousands of young people off the streets, building better lives with secure accommodation, education and training opportunities.

Lara will be leaving behind her high powered day job as a sales manager for value added distributor of smartphone accessories, Z-Three, to sleep rough in London and  raise awareness and cash .

She needs to raise the charity’s minimum £2k by spending the night sleeping on the streets of London .

Lara was picked by colleagues to represent the company at the event, which will see 700 people sleeping rough, and despite only having been with the company for two months has taken the challenge in really good part.

If you’d like to sponsor her (if only to help save my hide for suggesting she might want to be involved) this is the link: Donations can be made at http://uk.virginmoneygiving.com/team/z-three.

Claire Thompson, freelance PR consultant, Z-Three

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News: Funkwerk Dabendorf Joins Z-Three Portfolio

July 12, 2010 – European in-car communications specialist, Funkwerk Dabendorf (FwD) has become the latest specialist supplier to join the rapidly growing portfolio of smartphone accessories’ distributor, Z-Three. Funkwerk Dabendorf has been helping phone owners go ‘hands free’ when driving for more than a decade, and Z-Three is the first distributor to bring its hands-free car kits to the UK.

“We now boast one of the widest ranges of high quality Smartphone accessories available to resellers and corporates in the UK,” said Phillip Gutzwiller, Commercial Director, Z-Three.

Funkwerk Dabendorf’s Audio 2000 range boasts a wide variety of cradles for different smartphones, including the BlackBerry, which allow phones to charge and to operate hands-free in a car.  Holders are simply placed on a base plate in the cabin, making replacing them quick and uncomplicated. A connected exterior antenna ensures good reception and voice quality, and radiation levels are reduced to a minimum. Radio mute, echo and noise suppression are included as standard. Read more »

News: Z-Three at Safety and Health Expo

Z-Three Reveals Plans and Products at Safety and Health Expo

May 10, 2010 – BlackBerry® accessory distributor Z-Three will be sharing stand Q3 with BlackBerry at this week’s Safety and Health Expo. It will be displaying its complete new range of accessories for BlackBerry smartphones for professional use. These products range from high quality protective covers to data protection, and improved input/ output on the BlackBerry.

They include:

-          tough OtterBox covers for protecting BlackBerry Smartphones from drops, water, dust and other damage;

-          the authentic BlackBerry SmartCard Reader (which offers optimal data security via two-factor AES 256 encryption technology, as approved for both US and UK government use)

-          hands free solutions for total mobility;

-          wired car kits to protect calls made from a vehicle.

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