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“The International Home & Housewares Show gives us exposure to all the premier international home retailers at one event,” said Jim Hart, Sumo’s co-founder. “Our distinctive Sumo logo is always well received, and fits perfectly into this channel. We are confident the attending retailers will love our products, and our brand, which will help us grow in this channel for years to come.”

Sumo has applied the same fresh approach it has taken in its other product categories and is bringing it to the home market. Sumo lifestyle cases fill a void in this category that today’s women are looking for. Their duffels and totes are stylish, but constructed of premium & durable water-resistant ballistic nylon to take whatever the road dishes out.

“The Sumo Lifestyle Cases expands this category and offer women more choices,” said G. David Cartwright, President and CEO of Mobile Edge. “We’ve combined functional designs with quality materials, in sizes and colors that compliment today’s active women’s lifestyle.”

The Sumo brand is well known for our Tough Love approach to design; offering innovative color options in alternative materials. Our San Francisco roots keep us on the leading edge of the latest consumer product trends. Our brand is quirky, funny, and resonates emotion with our customers. Our products are tough, unique, and fresh.

About Mobile Edge & Sumo
Mobile Edge is the industry leader in innovative and stylish laptop computer carrying cases and travel accessories. The company is committed to the highest quality standards in every case that it produces, from women’s briefcases, portfolios and totes, to men’s messenger bags, backpacks, Netbook cases and their new ScanFast? Checkpoint Friendly Laptop Collection. Recently acquired Sumo is a lifestyle brand with San Francisco roots focused on fashion forward products that break the mold and offer alternatives to the boring and mundane. Both Mobile Edge and Sumo offer the strongest product warranty in the industry. Available online at mobileedge.com and sumolifestyle.com

She mentioned Mobile Edge donates 10 percent of the retail sales price of every Komen Carrying Case sold back to Susan G. Komen for the Cure. Click on the video to see the review!

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“The International Home & Housewares Show gives us exposure to all the premier international home retailers at one event,” said Jim Hart, Sumo’s co-founder. “Our distinctive Sumo logo is always well received, and fits perfectly into this channel. We are confident the attending retailers will love our products, and our brand, which will help us grow in this channel for years to come.”

Sumo has applied the same fresh approach it has taken in its lifestyle carrying cases to the home market. Sumo has built a quality folding storage solution that is made of furniture quality fiberboard covered in a highly durable fabric, which offers over 2.8 cubic feet of storage space in a fun, colorful cube that will enhance any décor.

The Sumo Cubes offer a unique alternative to home storage,” said G. David Cartwright, President and CEO of Mobile Edge. “We’ve taken a simple design and made it colorful and fun, offering a furniture quality solution that works in any dorm room, kids room or even your living room.”

The Sumo brand is well known for our Tough Love approach to design; offering innovative color options in alternative materials. Our San Francisco roots keep us on the leading edge of the latest consumer product trends. Our brand is quirky, funny, and resonates emotion with our customers. Our products are tough, unique, and fresh.

Mobile Edge laptop cases are sold all over the country in a variety of retail stores, including University Computer Stores. Recently, Penn State University awarded Mobile Edge as their coveted “Vendor of the Month,” as the Penn State Computer Store is celebrating 20 years in business.

Channel Sales Manager, Herb North visited the Penn State Campus to show off just why Mobile Edge was given the prestigious award. He demonstrated what products are sold on campus highlighting all of the key attributes of each case. In between classes, students would stop by the Mobile Edge display to check out the cool products.

“The Penn State Computer Store has a very successful retail store and we here at Mobile Edge are proud to have a retail partner like Penn State to work with,” explained Herb North. “Paige Fyock, Campus Store Buyer is the one responsible for selecting the right products to suit her student’s needs, and has done an outstanding job doing so.”

Check out what Mobile Edge products are sold on the Penn State Computer Store website by clicking here.

By Michelle Higgins – New York Times

Since the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) began tightening security in response to the Christmas Day bombing plot on a flight to Detroit, travelers have faced increasingly rigorous screenings at airports. They’ve been forced to cope with extra bag checks, closer scrutiny of their identification, and full body pat-downs for children as well as adults.

The new measures come on top of the already arduous process familiar to any regular traveler: the ritual offering up of shoes, jackets, belts, watches, laptops, cell phones and keys. But it’s the inconsistencies in the security measures — from country to country, airline to airline and airport to airport — that have left many passengers exasperated and confused. Some say they have encountered the usual routine, while others tell of undergoing multiple screenings at various stages of the itinerary, mostly on international flights bound for the United States.

More changes are expected to come to airports around the world as governments explore new security technology, including the much debated full-body scanners, which will soon be used in more American airports. Passengers traveling within the United States may notice an increase in random screenings, behavior detection officers who look for signs that passengers may be hiding something, and a wider use of tools like explosives trace detection devices, not just at the checkpoint but throughout the airport.

For passengers, all of this means coping with an onerous, shifting security routine fraught with privacy concerns. But travelers are a resilient bunch and many are already adapting to the new realities. Here are a number of things you can do to navigate the new measures.

Pack carefully
Innocent items can appear to be potential threats on an X-ray image, simply by the way they’re packed. Tying up loose headphones and cell phone cords so your luggage doesn’t look like an ominous jumble of wires can help expedite screening, for instance.

Use a special laptop bag
These “checkpoint friendly” bags provide a clear and unobstructed X-ray image of the laptop, allowing travelers to keep the computers in their cases at airport security checkpoints. This eliminates the hassle of having to unpack the laptop, place it in a bin and repack it at the end of the conveyor belt.

Mobile Edge offers a huge collection of TSA compliant Checkpoint Friendly Laptop Bags they call their ScanFast Collection. They offer the largest selection of security approved laptop cases on the market for both men and women travelers.

Follow the rules

It may sound simple, but anyone who has been to an airport recently knows how frequently this point is overlooked. Shoes must be placed on the X-ray belt, as opposed to in a bin, to help security officers get a good look at them. Liquids, aerosols or gels must be packed in containers no larger than 3.4 ounces in one clear, quart-sized zip-top bag. A list of prohibited items is at www.tsa.gov/travelers.

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However, my favorite ad was from Audi. The Green Police Ad was brilliant. It was funny, totally over the top, however still demonstrated how Clean Diesel is good for the environment.

Many corporations are going green these days, and Mobile Edge is leading the way in the Laptop Bag category by introducing their new Sorona™ Material from Dupont® which is derived from corn. Look for new products to arrive this Spring using this Eco-Friendly material.

In the meantime, here is the Audi Green Police Ad from the Super Bowl. Enjoy!

If you have ever watched the show, you know it’s light hearted with a fun and cool element mixed in. Make sure you watch out for what carrying case Chuck uses. He likes the new Mobile Edge ScanFast Messenger Bag and will use it on several upcoming episodes. His co-star also uses the Mobile Edge ScanFast Element Briefcase in Pink. She even uses our new Sumo Professional Briefcase in a few shots.

Make sure you watch the new series tonight on NBC. Click here for more information about the show.

CES may be over but the sting in my wallet still lingers and not from the casino tables, but from Delta airlines! As we all know traveling is getting more and more expensive as well as time consuming. Delta has announced that they are raising their pricing for checking bags in to $23 for the first checked bag and $32 for the second checked bag.

However, you don’t have to be a sucker and these three bags will not only fit into the overhead compartment to avoid luggage fees, they’re also TSA approved and they are pretty stylish too. Now I only wish that the TSA knew themselves what bags they really approved of.

Mobile Edge TSA ScanFast Onyx Checkpoint Friendly Backpack – Just because we are done with school that doesn’t mean you can’t still backpack it and look professional. Mobile Edge has a wide range of TSA friendly bags meant to get you in and out security fast and be big enough to cram all your junk into it.

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CES, Las Vegas, – Jan. 7, 2009 – Mobile Edge, the industry leader in innovative and stylish laptop computer carrying cases and travel accessories has released four new Sumo Camo Messenger Bags. The exterior material utilizes a random mix of the Sumo logo in various sizes and colors to create a one of a kind urban camouflage pattern.

This new Messenger Bag Collection is both innovative and stylish. Unclasp the main flap and you reveal an ergonomic full length pocket, angled similar to the front pocket of your favorite jeans. The adjustable padded computer compartment allows you to tailor the bag to carry a 9” Netbook or up to a 16” PC Laptop or 17” MacBook Pro.

“We feel our design team has created the ultimate Messenger Bag,” said G. David Cartwright, President & CEO, Mobile Edge. “This new Collection will continue to expand the laptop case category while complementing our existing Mobile Edge and Sumo branded product lines.”

Other unique features include a padded shoulder strap that is adjustable on both sides of the bag. This means it does not matter if you are left or right handed, you can easily adjust the strap on the go without taking the bag off your shoulder.

“Our goal was to maintain the basic characteristics of a traditional messenger bag, but make it more compatible for everyday use off of a bicycle,” said Jim Hart, Sumo’s Founder, “our design is loaded with pockets and other features the average laptop carrying case user is looking for, while keeping it colorful and distinctly SUMO.”

The Sumo Messenger Bag Collection comes in four colors, Blue, Red, Silver and Pink Camo, all with a SRP of $79.99 and backed by a Lifetime Warranty.

Mobile Edge and Sumo continue to expand the laptop carrying case category by offering new, innovative and smart designs that fuse fashion trends with form and function, creating a brand that makes a positive statement about today’s mobile computing lifestyle.