Astro Studios is an American design firm in

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. The company designed the original Compaq

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Pocket PC,

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Computers and

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and

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. In 1999, Astro Studios received two Design of the Decade Awards by BusinessWeek /

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(IDSA), one for the Kensington Computer Products Group Smart Sockets and the other for

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's first electronic products, and the original Triax SportsWatch series. Other designs include the Boxee Box, Zune HD, A spin-off organization, Astro Gaming manufactures gaming headsets. In 2008, the Astro Gaming A40 Audio System became the official licensed headset of

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. Astro Studios has received several awards including

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, the

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(AIGA) 365 Awards.

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Astro Studios

Astro Gaming

Inc 5000 list 2011
{{DEFAULTSORT:Astro Studios Industrial design firms Companies based in San Francisco American companies established in 1994 Design companies of the United States