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SAN DIEGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 6, 2000--e.Digital Corp.
(OTCBB:EDIG.O) today announced an agreement with RioPort Inc., a pioneer
in the digital audio download market, to integrate RioPort's secure
digital audio platform with e.Digital's Internet music player design.
As a result, e.Digital will be able to provide portable hardware
manufacturers with a secure, licensable solution for seamlessly
delivering digital audio content to consumers.
Atul Anandpura, vice president of research & development at
e.Digital, said, "While e.Digital's player can play multiple codecs
seamlessly and support major Digital Rights Management schemes,
e.Digital wanted to partner with a company that can provide a
complete, integrated solution for enabling the end user to easily
download secure digital audio content to the player without
encountering incompatibility issues. e.Digital's design will support
the RioPort Audio Manager jukebox software to allow seamless delivery
of secure digital audio content to the portable player."
RioPort will provide compatibility to e.Digital's designs through
its RioPort Audio Manager software and other related software tools
including the RioPort Media Device Manager API(R)MDM, allowing
consumers to easily transport digital audio content from the Internet
directly to portable devices that use the e.Digital design.
Fred Falk, president and chief executive officer of e.Digital,
added, "This is an appealing option for licensees because it makes it
easier for end users to locate and download a wide variety of secure
popular audio content from RioPort's network of digital audio
partners, in one easy step. The e.Digital music player design features
Lucent's ePAC music compression and is forward-compatible with several
music formats, which will allow consumers easy access to content today
and in the future as new compression schemes are adopted. This
design's flexibility will be a big benefit to both hardware licensees
and to end users."
Anthony Schaller, chief technology officer at RioPort, stated,
"Our relationship with e.Digital extends our capabilities to provide a
variety of hardware manufacturers with our integrated RioPort
platform. This partnership will result in an easier, seamless digital
audio experience for consumers, which will help expand the digital
audio market as a whole."
About RioPort
RioPort Inc. is redefining digital audio by delivering an
integrated, secure platform for acquiring, managing and experiencing
music and spoken audio programming from the Internet. A pioneer in the
digital audio market, RioPort partners with companies to provide them
with an easy-to-use platform that includes access to a wide range of
digital audio content, customizable software solutions and device
design services.
For consumers, RioPort provides easy access to a variety of
popular and innovative music and word programming through its
RioPort.com digital audio getaway site. In addition, RioPort markets
the RioPort Audio Manager, an easy-to-use jukebox application for the
acquisition, management and playback of digital audio content from the
desktop or RioPort compatible portable appliances, which the company
licenses to third parties.
RioPort also provides content companies with production services,
including encoding and secure packaging, allowing them to easily get
their content into the hands of digital audio enthusiasts. RioPort's
investment partners include Vulcan Ventures, Oak Investment Partners,
MTV Networks Online and S3 Inc. RioPort's Web site is at
www.rioport.com.
About e.Digital
e.Digital Corp. 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.
Safe Harbor statement under the Private Securities Litigation
Reform Act of 1995: This press release contains forward-looking
statements relating to future performance, technology and product
development that may impact on future results and the future viability
of the company. Actual results could be affected or differ materially
from those projected in the forward-looking statements as a result of
risk factors such as: future products and results; technological
shifts; potential technical difficulties that could delay new
products; competition; general economic conditions in the markets in
which the company operates; the ability of the company, its customers,
and suppliers to become Year 2000 compliant; 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 Corp. Windows Media Device Manager is a trademark or
registered trademark of Microsoft Corp. ePAC is a trademark or
registered trademark of Lucent Technologies. All other product,
company, or service names are the property of their respective owners.
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CONTACT: e.Digital Corp.
Robert Putnam or Wendy Ravenel, 858/679-1504
robert@edig.com or wendy@edig.com
Or
The MWW Group (for e.Digital)
Matthew Messinger, 201/964-2377
mmessing@mww.com
Or
RioPort Inc.
Brandon Talaich, 408/325-7386
brandont@rioport.com
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