Microsoft hardware - cameras and VoIP sets

Microsoft has a ton of product ready for release over the next 12 months...and not just software, but hardware too. Today Microsoft announced LifeCam,  and LifeChat.

The LifeCam NX-6000 offers the highest-resolution video (2.0 megapixels⁴) and still photography (7.6 megapixels interpolated) on the market. This notebook webcam is uniquely designed for mobility and durability. The LifeCam’s lens is fully collapsible and retracts inside the body of the webcam when not in use. The built-in unidirectional microphone offers unprecedented audio performance, rivaling even CD audio quality.

The LifeChat ZX-6000 is Microsoft’s first wireless headset designed exclusively for the PC and features a range of up to 30 feet, noise-canceling microphone, competitively vibrant audio and unique industrial design. The LifeChat LX-3000 is a wired PC headset that offers in-line volume controls, pivotal boom microphone with 180-degree movement and a flexible 6-foot cord.

Microsoft also announced new multi purpose mouse/pointing devices, and ergonomic desktop hardware.

The product announcements will keep rolling out continuously over the next few months. This years marks the largest product roll out schedule in Microsoft's history.