EDIG----> e.Digital's Portable Internet Music Player Design Incorporates IBM
Microdrive; New 5 1/2-Hour-Capacity Design Debuts Today in IBM Technology Suite
at CES 2000
LAS VEGAS, Jan 6, 2000 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- e.Digital Corp. (OTCBB:EDIG)
announced today that its portable Internet music player design, using
IBM's 340 MB Microdrive(TM), will debut today in the IBM Technology
Suite inside the Las Vegas Convention Center and will remain on display
through Saturday during this week's International Consumer Electronics
Show (CES).
The design is capable of holding over five and a half hours of
compressed, high-quality music downloaded from the Internet or a user's
personal CD collection.
Fred Falk, president and chief executive officer of e.Digital, said,
"The enormous capacity and small, standard form factor of IBM's
Microdrive immediately attracted our attention, not only for music
applications, but also for future video applications in our portable
player designs. We are dedicated to integrating the latest standards
and technologies into product designs for our OEM customers and we are
happy to demonstrate the huge potential of the Internet music market
using the Microdrive in this design."
Michael Kuptz, IBM Microdrive Products business line manager, added,
"IBM's Microdrive, a tiny, removable, 340 MB hard drive the size of a
matchbook, is suitable for use in all sorts of portable devices.
e.Digital is one of the first companies to seize the opportunity to
incorporate the Microdrive into a portable device where smaller size,
greater capacity, and quick access to data are of benefit to the end
user."
For a press meeting about IBM Microdrive, please leave a message for
Wendy Sullivan, IBM Corp., at 408/256-6751. Television crews are
welcome.
e.Digital's portable multi-codec Internet music player design is
available for licensing by consumer electronics manufacturers and other
OEM partners. The flexible design can be adapted to customer
specifications and includes options for music codecs, removable memory,
and security features. The design is SDMI compatible.
About Microdrive
The IBM 340 MB Microdrive for portable handheld devices is housed in
an industry-standard CF+ Type II one-inch format. It is ideal for a
variety of portable handheld electronic devices. The Microdrive is a
winner of several awards including PC Magazine's Technical Excellence
Award, November 1999, and the Best Mobile Storage Award, Mobile
Insights Conference, February 1999.
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