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To celebrate the launch of our latest Evoke Mio by Orla Kiely the Pure PR team held a press launch last night and invited journalists from interiors and lifestyle press. The event was a great success and attended by 23 publications!

The launch took place at the Orla Kiely flagship store in Covent Garden, London. Guests who came along were able to check out the new Striped Petal buttercup edition DAB and FM radio, browse the retro styled store and enjoy canapes and drinks.

Designer Orla Kiely, known for her iconic prints, has blended colour and pattern with quality and playful design, to create a vibrant lifestyle brand including a successful line of womenswear, fashion accessories and homeware on show in the store. The radios looked great in the setting of the store and as you can see the Striped Petal design, in Buttercup, sits nicely alongside the Stem and Abacus Evoke Mio editions.

Pure Evoke Mio by Orla Kiely - Striped Petal Edition is now available exclusively at John Lewis and from Orla Kiely online and instore.

For hi-res images or samples, please contact sarah.riley@pure.com

Read the full press release on our website.

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Pure presents Evoke Mio by Orla Kiely – Striped Petal Edition, a custom designed luxurious digital and FM portable radio featuring Orla Kiely’s Striped Petal print in buttercup.

Evoke Mio – Striped Petal Edition is the third Pure radio designed by internationally renowned designer Orla Kiely and joins radios featuring the Abacus Flower print in slate grey and the designer’s hugely popular signature stem print.

Evoke Mio by Orla Kiely Striped Petal Edition (SRP £149.99) comes in buttercup and is finished with a mirror chromed handle, walnut veneered cabinet and cream fascia.

Benefitting from Pure’s ten-year heritage of British design and engineering, Evoke Mio by Orla Kiely Striped Petal Edition delivers the best possible sound quality and leading edge features including an input for an iPod/ MP3 player, alarm, 30 presets and a kitchen timer. The radio can also be taken out and about thanks to support for the optional rechargeable battery pack, which gives the user up to 24 hours of portable listening between charges.

The buttercup print is the perfect colour scheme for Spring/Summer and is now available exclusively at John Lewis and from Orla Kiely online and instore.

Please visit www.pure.com or call 08451489001 for more information. For hi res images or samples, please contact sarah.riley@pure.com

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Pure announces availability of Avalon 300R Connect, a high-performance, easy-to-use Freeview+ HD digital TV recorder. Avalon comes with a unique, state-of-the-art user interface, market leading features including leading edge versions of BBC iPlayer and YouTube, and full integration with Pure’s leading internet radio and music services.

Avalon 300R Connect is available in both 500GB and 1TB versions at an SRP of £299.99 and £349.99 respectively and is now available to purchase online at John Lewis and Amazon and will be instore at John Lewis and selected independent retailers later this week.

Using Avalon is both enjoyable and intuitive thanks to its high-performance user interface, which offers real depth and perspective, making the menus and channel guides a joy to interact with.

Says Nick Hucker, Pure’s director of marketing: “Entering the TV set top box market is a huge step for Pure, and we are delighted to be able to combine our award-winning audio heritage with parent company, Imagination Technologies’ market-leading PowerVR graphics to deliver the most engaging and attractive subscription-free TV viewing experience available.”

Read the full press release here.

Please contact the Pure PR department for more information and to request press samples.

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Pure has teamed up with Smooth Radio 70s for “Kid’s 70s Challenge “- a 10-question challenge where you can win a Pure One Mini  digital radio. If you think you know your ’70s trivia then Kid Jensen’s ’70s Challenge is the quiz for you! Click here to enter the prize draw which will end on Sunday.

Kid Jensen’s 70s at 7 show takes place every weekday from 7pm on both Smooth Radio and Smooth Radio 70s.  The show is one hour of the best tunes to take you back to the 1970s. Check out the legendary Kid Jenson holding one of our lovely One Minis below!

Smooth 70s is dedicated to bringing you your favourite songs from the 1970s and a host of genres including disco, Pop and Motown. From Stevie Wonder to Rod Stewart and Diana Ross, you can tune in and hear all the musical legends of a decade.

For more information on One Mini please click here .

You can also listen to Smooth Radio 70s now on Pure Connect.

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No sooner have we taken down the Christmas decorations and our thoughts are turning towards light summer evenings. British summertime begins on the last Sunday of March and that means the sun sets earlier and the evening walk home from school/work gets lighter too. In exchange for the extra sun we suffer the loss of one hour in bed on the night of  31st March. Zzzzzzzzzz.

But fear not, for an easy transition wake up to one of Pure’s easy-to-use radio systems. No need to sleepily re-set the time in the morning as the clock will automatically sync to GMT.

All of our radio sytems have at least two alarm settings and the Sensia 200D Connect comes with a countdown and sleep timer too.

As soon as you’re awake you have a cheerful colour touch screen to navigate your way through your favourite stations or stream your music from your iPod or android via the free Pure Connect app.

If you don’t need to jump out of bed straight away then make use of the handy remote to change modes.

The Twilight fully featured bedside digital radio could be the answer to everyones morning  nightmares. It combines an energy efficient lamp featuring flexible lighting options with a digital and FM radio alarm clock to deliver the ultimate bedside experience.

Twilight is also a fully featured digital and FM radio or you can plug in your iPod/MP3 player. You can set up to four alarms with optional dawn simulation, plug in USB accessories or charge your mobile using the handy PowerPort. Other features include a headphone socket, sleep timer, large autodimming LCD display, touch-sensitive controls and satin-touch finish.

For more information please visit our website – www.pure.com.

For high res images and review samples, please email sarah.riley@pure.com

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CES 2013 – the biggest consumer electronics show on the calendar in Las Vegas. It’s hard work but let us not forget how fun Las Vegas is. Here are a few snapshots from our recent trip to Paradise, Nevada where we showcased the new additions to our Jongo multiroom music system.

CES Unveiled might be the craziest press event but it has some fun elements (yes, really!). Colin Crawford, director of marketing, was interviewed for Dave Graveline’s Into Tomorrow radio show, we were all interviewed on camera and we also got to meet lots of US press and some familiar UK journalists.

Tuesday was the first day of the show and packed full of meetings with US journalists and UK press who we missed on Sunday at Unveiled. It was also the first time that Colin had been treated to a makeover for his interview with CNET on the Best of British panel!

We were really pleased with our stand at the Las Vegas convention centre and everyone was impressed by our Jongo wall. The colours of our Jongo products really drew people in and made for great video interviews for the likes of LAPTOP and CBS.

It was great to see so many UK journalists in Vegas and here are some pictures from some of our evenings out.

We also had great times with our colleagues at the show and at the Imagination Technologies company dinner.

We had a great CES 2013. We met some great new contacts, got great feedback and had some great nights out, so thanks to all of you who made it happen!

Cheers!

From Chloe and Vicky xx

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Mother’s Day, 10th March - it’s time to appreciate all the wonderful things our mums do for us and make them feel really special. Of course, a helping hand or a caring gesture goes a long way and so can the gift of music with a Pure radio system!

All you have to do is decide what kind of mum she is. Is she a gardening mum? action mum? sporty mum? We’ve got something for all the super-mums out there.

Fashionable Mum

Our latest addition to the Pure Evoke Mio Orla Kiely range has arrived just in time for Mother’s Day!

This custom designed luxurious digital and FM portable radio features the stylish Striped Petal print. Perfect for Fashionista Mum’s, the Evoke Mio Striped Petal channels Orla chic and adds a glamourous touch to any room. It also has an aux input for an iPod or MP3 player so you can listen to your own music as well as 30 presets on digital and FM radio. For the Mums who love to cook, the Evoke Mio has a handy kitchen timer. It also takes an optional E1 Charge PAK for go anywhere listening for up to 24 hours!

For more information on Evoke Mio – Striped Petal, please click here. (SRP £149.99)

Traditional Mum

The Evoke-1S  is still our most iconic radio to date. The wooden cased digital/FM radio boasts a host of features which includes the option to preset up to 30 radio stations; a dedicated kitchen timer button and the ability to connect your iPod/MP3 player amoungst others.

Fit the optional ChargePak and the Evoke-1S is ready to take away. (SRP £99)

Sporty Mum

For sporty mums out there we have the Move 2500, a take-anywhere pocket sized DAB/FM radio.

Ideal while jogging, walking or travelling to work, the uncomplicated and stylish Move 2500 is great for anywhere where she wants to listen without disturbing others. (SRP £79.99)

Gardening Mum

For the keen gardener, consider the Jongo S340B. This  is great portable wireless speaker with  Wi-Fi and Bluetooth connectivity and 360° sound.

Once connected to the wi-fi network she can enjoy synchronised music, radio and much more, streamed from her smartphone, tablet or compatible Pure products. For more casual audio streaming, she can also use Bluetooth to stream one-to-one from a huge range of mobile devices. The first product in our Jongo multiroom family, the S340B can be placed wherever she likes thanks to its built-in rechargeable battery pack and the sound can be boosted for outdoor listening. (SRP £149.99)

Gourmet Mum

The Evoke Mio is ideal for the keen cook. This classic easy-to-use digital and FM radio is available in ten striking two-tone colour schemes: teal, grape, cherry, noir, rose, paprika, seagrass, pepper, sage and mustard. An extensive colour range designed to complement any style of kitchen finish.

The Evoke Mio features a handy kitchen timer, alarm, auto-dimming OLED display and an input for her iPod. (SRP £129.99)

Action Mum 

A rugged compact DAB digital and FM radio, Move 400D is a go-anywhere radio with superb battery life. Great for picnics, walks and camping trips, this little chap boasts good looks and a punchy sound. (SRP £89.99)

Designer Mum

For all those design concious mums out there this is truly a  unique version of our Evoke Mio radio featuring the signature Stem print and styling from the internationally renowned fashion designer, Orla Kiely. Features a clear OLED display, an input for her iPod/MP3 player, Intellitext and textSCAN. Takes an optional ChargePAK E1 for portable listening. (SRP £149.99)

If you would like high res images  then please contact sarah.riley@pure.com.

Please see the link below to view our current gift guide.

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At CES 2013 (Las Vegas) we are adding Jongo T640B, a powerful, wireless stereo speaker, and Jongo A140B, a wireless hi-fi adapter to our Jongo multiroom music system. Both new products, which will be available in the first half of 2013, will sit alongside the Jongo S340B portable wireless speaker.

Costing just £249.99, Jongo T640B comes with built-in Bluetooth and Wi-Fi and packs 100 Watts of room-filling, stereo sound. Ideal as the main audio system in a large living room, Jongo T640B delivers rich, detailed and expansive audio using two custom designed, five inch full-range drive units with dual-concentric tweeters. An optional stand is available to position the speaker in a landscape or portrait orientation to suit any environment and there is also a bracket accessory kit that can be used to mount the speaker on the wall.

Pure’s new Jongo A140B wireless hi-fi adapter costs just £99.99 and allows users to transform any audio system, from a simple micro to a high-end hi-fi, into a music streamer and bring it into their multiroom system. Like all Jongo family products, Wi-Fi and Bluetooth are integrated, and Jongo A140B comes with a high-quality 24-bit DAC (digital to analogue converter), optical and coaxial digital and dual phono analogue audio outputs.

The Jongo system offers users the choice to stream audio content via Bluetooth or Wi-Fi. Bluetooth allows users to stream content from any audio app on their smartphone or tablet, including locally stored music, to a single Jongo product. Using Wi-Fi along with the free Pure Connect app, users can get the additional benefit of listening to multiple, tightly synchronised Jongo products in a single room or in a multiroom environment. The new Pure Connect app gives users access to local music on their smartphone or tablet, thousands of radio stations, on-demand programmes and podcasts, as well as millions of music tracks via the Pure Music subscription service. Users can simply add extra Jongo speakers or adapters on the same Wi-Fi network to build their multiroom system.

In addition, compatible Pure products such as Sensia 200D Connect and One Flow can seamlessly synchronise with members of the Jongo family and can even be used to control the system for a truly class leading multispeaker and multiroom experience.

All Jongo products come in black, or white with black speaker grilles, and all have optional user-fit coloured grille packs or clip on covers in burnt orange, lime green, mango or white (from £12.99). The Pure Jongo T640B (SRP £249.99) and the Jongo A140B (SRP £99.99) will be available in the first half of 2013 from all good electrical retailers. The Jongo S340B portable wireless speaker (SRP £149.99) is available now.

To view the press pack (release and high res images) please go to http://imagebank.pure.com/libraryhome.tlx and enter the following username and password:

Username – cespress2013
Password – Pure2013

For more information please contact sarah.riley@pure.com or jenny.robinson@pure.com

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We are delighted to announce that our Chief Executive Officer, Hossein Yassaie, has been awarded a knighthood by the Queen in Her Majesty’s New Year Honours 2013. The award was given in recognition of his services to technology and innovation.

Hossein said, “I am absolutely delighted and deeply humbled to receive such prestigious recognition. This distinguished honour means a great deal to me both personally and professionally. I have always wanted to make a real difference by what I do and I see this honour not only as a major recognition for past effort but as a real encouragement for the future.

“I strongly believe success in life also depends on support and commitment from family, friends, work colleagues and business partners. I have been very fortunate in this respect and see this honour as much theirs as mine.”

Hossein Yassaie is the Chief Executive Officer of Imagination Technologies, which designs and licences key technologies used by the world’s leading semiconductor and consumer electronics companies in some of the most significant, iconic and exciting consumer electronics products. Imagination Technologies is also the parent company of Pure.

Imagination Technologies which is listed on the London Stock Exchange, has a market capitalisation of over £1bn, employs more than 1,300 people worldwide, and develops and licenses key technologies used in over one billion products, from the most advanced smart phones to tablets, televisions and digital radios.

A British national, Hossein gained a BSc degree (1979) and PhD degree (1982) from Birmingham University in Electronics and Communication Engineering as well as serving as a Research Fellow.

He worked for Inmos and ST Microelectronics before joining Imagination Technologies as CTO in 1992. Hossein refocused the business on advanced technology development and created Imagination Technologies’ successful silicon intellectual property (IP) business model.  He became Imagination Technologies’ Chief Executive Officer in June 1998.

To read the press release please visit – http://www.imgtec.com/news/Release/index.asp?NewsID=715

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Pure is pleased to announce the winners of the RSPB’s 2012 Wildverse poetry competition for young people, in partnership with Fun Kids Radio.

The annual competition invited children and young people aged up to 19, to get creative and submit poems of any length on any aspect of nature and wildlife.

Head judge Julia Donaldson selected the winning entries which will be recorded by pupils of Burgoyne Middle School, Potton in Bedfordshire and broadcast on Fun Kids Radio between 21st and 24th December.

The overall winner from the under-8’s category was Nyle Evans, aged 7, from Shropshire with his poem “Swift”.  Julia gives the following reasons for picking Nyle’s poem: “I chose this poem as the winner because, although simple, it was so successful in linking the description of the migrating swift to the emotions of the girl and her family.  The poem was well shaped, with three verses in the same rhyme scheme, and had a real sense of direction.  In particular I thought the ending was strong: ‘I can’t wait till you’re back’.”

Imogen Cassels, 16, from Sheffield was selected as the winner of the eights and over category with her “Crow’s Sonnet”.  Julia says of Imogen’s entry: “An ambitious and successful sonnet about the love of one crow for another. The poet captures the clumsiness and comic characteristics of the birds as well as their beauty. There was some wonderful descriptive language in this poem ‘oily jewel’ and ‘ragged croaking’, which really brought the birds to life.”

Both overall winners will receive a Pure Sensia 200D Connect music streaming and radio system so they can listen to their poems on Fun Kids.

The runners up in the under eights category include “What’s in the wood” by Kit Sunderland and “Toad” by Hetty Life. In the over eights category, the runners up include “Evolution” by Oliver Knight, “The Food Chain” by Iona Henderson, “Autumn Owl” by Billy Life and “Nature Box” by Rebecca Elsworth. All runners up will receive a Pure One Flow portable music streaming and radio system.

To listen to the winning poems, please listen to Fun Kids Radio (online or through DAB Digital Radio in London and the South East) between the 21st and 24th December. See www.funkidslive.com

The audio files are also available to listen to on Pure Connect – Pure Connect is our online gateway to a world of live radio, on-demand content (podcasts, listen again programmes and ambient sounds) See http://connect.pure.com/p#!/uk/content/podcast/6565368-wildverse-poetry-competition-2012

The RSPB is urging families to connect with nature. Find out more at www.rspb.org.uk/getoutdoors

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