Many of our customers who bought Ventuz in the last couple of weeks had to wait longer than usual for their dongles being shipped. Usually we try our very best to make sure the dongle is in your hands within two business days after placing the order. Unfortunately, because production period of USB-sticks are very short, the dongle-model we used so far was not available anymore. We were forced to evaluate its successor, a black model with 1GB of memory.
We ordered a large number after testing the technical parameters and quality.
This now becomes the 3rd Generation (3G) of Ventuz Dongles!
1st Generation (1G) was the silver dongle with the transparent cover and VENTUZ print. This dongle was delivered with all copies of Ventuz 2006.
2nd Generation (2G) is the silver dongle with STEC print and 128MB of memory. This dongle is necessary in order to run Ventuz 2008 and was so far shipped when you purchased Ventuz 2008.
The 3rd Generation will be the new black STEC dongle with 1GB of memory and no print. Since STEC postponed the delivery of those dongles several times, we already had a pretty long waitlist for dongles. We finally received the 3G dongles last week and immediately started shipping them to customers. If they are not already sold out before we are able to do it, we will customize the dongles with a VENTUZ print.
Life could have been perfect. BUT shortly after we placed the firm order for 3G, we received the information that STEC increased the minimum quantity for further orders to an incredibly large number.
Therefore we had to start looking for a new device once again. After a long and hard evaluation process, we decided to go for a very compact Verbatim based model in our beloved Ventuz CI color.
After the customization process, this dongles will become the 4G Ventuz dongle. So far the dongle has the Verbatim print, but it will be shipped with the VENTUZ logo print. We are currently evaluating lanyards to be used with the dongle, in order to make it better visible. The specs of the dongle are 30 x 12 x 2 (mm) and the weight is 1.2 gramm.
4G is not implemented in Ventuz yet and will only work with Version 5.17 (not released) and newer. Shipping of 4G starts after 3G is sold out or on special request after the dongles are back from customizing and branding and 5.17 has been released!
4G will last very long….. we ordered A LOT
May the force be with you!
Best
Marc
Halleluja,
the fact that it´s [VENTUZ]-orange is very convenient, plus – I like orange – so good choice!!! BUT…. IT´S TINY!!!! AAARRRGGGHHH!!! How am I ever gonna get my boys to not loose the things everywhere and anywhere, under their tables, in the depth of their not very well organized backpacks, in their buttcracks…??? Lanyards is a good idea but how about something even bigger, a brick or a bike, or maybe an elephant. Well I guess I am just going to have to program my own Ventuz dongle alarm system, with a tracking device or something… Good work ahead! Bye kids!
They will not loose them if they attach the dongle to their keyring. Or do they loose their key on a daily basis? Then you should consider something like this -> http://www.pixelshifter.de/photoweb/pw_pictures/nasenring.jpg
If they still loose them…. move further down!
Nice dongles … i like the new small form factor! Is there gonna be a gold/yellow one for the Broadcast Edition Buyers ??
You really ordered A LOT!
Looks very nice and it is our color too….
How much for exchanging old dongles?
@mbeekay
We only ordered orange! We will have something else to indicate Professional or Broadcast, Designer or Presenter/Runtime. Surprise, surprise….
@krix
Dongle Exchange…. I would suggest you buy new licenses and we pay you a small “Abwrackpämie” (cashback) if you return the old license!
can i change into internal ones?
btw how much is the “abwrackprämie” when i change my old 2006 dongle in an new one?