FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
E.DIGITAL CORPORATION INTERNET MUSIC PLAYER DESIGN DEMONSTRATED BY TEXAS
INSTRUMENTS AT COMDEX
(SAN DIEGO, CA, November 15, 1999) - e.Digital Corporation (OTC: EDIG)
announced that its portable, secure, digital music player design will be
featured this week at COMDEX 99, one of the world's largest international
computer trade shows in Las Vegas. The unique design, based on e.Digital's
MicroOS(TM) file management system, will be demonstrated in the Texas
Instruments Internet audio suite at the Bellagio.
President and CEO Fred Falk said, "We are very pleased to have Texas
Instruments demonstrate our e.Digital/Lucent/Texas Instruments Internet
music player design in their suite. Our design includes all the features
customers expect in a high-quality Internet music player including superb
sound quality. This week's widespread exposure to potential licensees and
OEM customers-both at COMDEX and Webnoize in Los Angeles-launches the next
generation of Internet music players."
The portable digital music player prototype built by e.Digital also
features Lucent's ePAC(TM) music compression technology, Texas Instruments'
programmable Digital Signal Processor (DSP), QDesign's Music playback and
MVP software, and Liquid Audio's SP3 system. The design includes support
for virtually all known music codecs and supports several digital rights
management systems. e.Digital's design stores music files on removable
CompactFlash(TM) cartridges from SanDisk. The design is compatible with
Mac OS or Windows based PC's.
The company also announced that along with Texas Instruments, Liquid Audio,
RioPort, QDesign, SanDisk, I-Jam, Iomega, and RCA, it is co-sponsoring an
invitation-only party on Tuesday, November 16 at 8 p.m. featuring a live
performance by The Smithereens. The party follows a Texas
Instruments-sponsored Digital Music Roundtable.
e.Digital Corporation offers an engineering partnership for the world's
leading electronics companies to link portable digital devices to PCs and
the Internet. Engineering services range from the licensing of e.Digital's
patented MicroOS(TM) file management system to custom software and hardware
development, design and manufacturing services. For more information on the
company, visit www.edig.com.
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pricing pressures; and the uncertainty of market acceptance of new products
by OEM's and end-user customers.
Note to Editors: e.Digital and MicroOS are trademarks of e.Digital
Corporation. QDesign and MVP are trademarks or registered trademarks of
QDesign. Lucent, Lucent Technologies, and ePAC are trademarks or
registered trademarks of Lucent Technologies. All other product, company,
or service names are the property of their respective owners.
CONTACTS:
e.Digital Corporation: Robert Putnam or Wendy Ravenel, (858) 679-1504,
robert@edig.com or wendy@edig.com
The MWW Group (for e.Digital): Robert Ferris, Public Relations, (212)
704-9727, rferris@mww.com
Golin/Harris (for Texas Instruments): Stephanie Gosselin, (713) 513-9573,
sgosselin@golinharris.com
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Wendy Ravenel
Investor Relations/Public Relations
e.Digital Corporation
13114 Evening Creek Drive South
San Diego, CA 92128
(858)679-1504 PHONE
(858)486-3922 FAX
Note new area code (858) as of June 1999
edig.com
investor@edig.com
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