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To: Craig Freeman who wrote (8122)	11/15/1999 10:46:00 AM
From: Starlight	Respond to of 60323

Here's a press release on the music player which mentions SanDisk: E.DIGITAL CORPORATION PORTABLE INTERNET MUSIC PLAYER DESIGN FEATURED AT WEBNOIZE 99 Portable Digital Music Player Features Texas Instruments' Programmable DSP for Multi-Codec Support Including Lucent's ePAC (SAN DIEGO, CA, November 15, 1999) - e.Digital Corporation (OTC: EDIG) announced that the e.Digital/Lucent/Texas Instruments portable digital music player design will be featured today through Wednesday, November 17 at Webnoize 99, an Internet music industry trade show at the Century Plaza Hotel in Los Angeles. The unique design, based on e.Digital's MicroOS(TM) file management system, will be featured on the show floor by Texas Instruments (NYSE: TXN) in Booth #73 and Lucent Technologies (NYSE: LU) in Booth #48. e.Digital president and CEO Fred Falk announced, "We are excited about appearing at Webnoize with partners Lucent and Texas Instruments. These two highly-respected companies have been instrumental in helping us create what we believe is a groundbreaking product in the budding Internet music industry." Joyce Eastman, Vice President Audio Initiatives, Lucent Technologies, said, "We are pleased that music lovers will have the opportunity to hear the superb sound quality of ePAC in the e.Digital/Lucent portable music player. This design combines an attractive package and all the features customers will expect from a high-quality portable ePAC player." Bob McKune, Worldwide Marketing Manager of Texas Instruments, stated, "Texas Instruments' programmable Digital Signal Processors (DSP's) are ideal for the portable Internet audio market because they provide support for multiple codecs within a single device. This is the first time this unique player design will be widely shown and customers will be able to see and hear the unit firsthand." The portable digital music player design built by e.Digital features Lucent's ePAC(TM) music compression technology and Texas Instruments' DSP. The design also 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. 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. ### 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 Corporation. 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 Lucent Technologies: Wendy Zajak, (908) 582-4824, wzajack@lucent.com Golin/Harris (for Texas Instruments): Stephanie Gosselin, (713) 513-9573, sgosselin@golinharris.com _____________________________________________________ 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