- Griffin Technology
Infobox_Company
company_name = Griffin Technology
company_
company_type = Private
foundation =1992
location =Nashville, Tennessee
key_people = Paul Griffin, Founder
Dave Owens, CEO
industry =Consumer electronics
revenue = Unknown
num_employees = 150+
products =Cable s,Loudspeakers , iPod Accessories,Computer hardware
homepage = [http://www.griffintechnology.com/ www.griffintechnology.com]Griffin Technology is a privately-held U.S. company founded in
Nashville ,Tennessee in1992 by Paul Griffin. The company designs and manufacturescomputer peripheral s,consumer electronics , and accessories, the first products being primarily video adapters — In particular those to enable the connection ofDB-15 basedMacintosh computers to the more popular VGA based monitors of the time. June of1998 marked Griffin's entry intoUSB based computer peripherals with the introduction of theiMate , a device that allowed the use ofApple Desktop Bus (ADB) based devices with the newer, and increasingly more common, Universal Serial Bus (USB). Griffin introduced additional USB devices, such asiMic and PowerMate, over the next two years, and continued to enjoy moderate growth during this period.Griffin was one of the first companies to recognize the potential of Apple's
iPod , introducing their first accessories for iPod in January of2002 at the MacWorld held inSan Francisco ,California . This was just three months after Apple's release of iPod. One year later, at MacWorld San Francisco2003 , Griffin introducediTrip . iTrip is an FM transmitter that allows iPod owners to transmit audio from an iPod to a nearby FM receiver.The company experienced rapid growth fueled by the success of its iPod accessories, especially the iTrip. As evidence, the number of people employed by Griffin Technology increased by over 400% between
2003 and2007 . This growth allowed the company to take on more ambitious projects such as the Evolve wireless speaker system and to diversify the product line to include accessories for iPod competitors such as Microsoft'sZune , and SanDisk's Sansa.Awards
Griffin Technology was chosen unanimously by the editors of
iLounge as "iPod Accessory Maker of the Year 2005."Products
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iTrip
*iTalk
*radio SHARK
*Proxi
*Firewave
*iMic
*iMate
*PowerMate
*iClear
*iReflect External links
* [http://www.griffintechnology.com Griffin Technology]
* [http://www.ilounge.com/index.php/articles/comments/ilounge-announces-best-of-2005-awards-updated iLounge 2005 Award Page]
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