To: Mel Spivak who wrote (64 ) 2/24/2000 12:09:00 PM From: Walter Morton Respond to of 92
Another Multi-format Music Player: 'Enco Deco' Music Player Provides MP3 Total Solution! HANNOVER, Germany--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 24, 2000--SanDisk Corporation (Nasdaq:SNDK - news) announced today that it will supply SK Global Co., Ltd. of South Korea with its MultiMediaCard for storage of MP3 audio in its Enco Deco Internet music players. SanDisk 16 mega byte (MB) Multi Media Card will be included with each Enco Deco sold. The announcement was made at the CeBIT 2000 show (SanDisk booth: Hall 13, C-41). The Enco Deco is an MP3 total solution that provides various types of digital music players. It provides a distinctive new product (ED-H10) that is a unique set of advanced features highlighted by the ability for users to digitize audio directly to the device's MultiMediaCards from an analog audio source, using the supplied audio cable, without requiring a personal computer. A built-in parallel port connector further enables users to quickly transfer existing, authorized MP3 files from the Internet. Users can also create their own MP3 files from their favorite CDs using the supplied Windows-based software. This makes the Enco Deco a versatile device to a wide range of users, including those with or without an Internet-connected personal computer. Measuring 60 x 87 x 20 millimeters and powered by a single AA alkaline battery, the Enco Deco ED-H10 offers five hours of playback and two and a half hours of recording. The device features a range of connectors including a built-in headphone jack, and audio line-in jack (analog). It also includes a bi-directional parallel port connector (digital) supporting both uploads and downloads of MP3-encoded music, a unique feature. Except ED-H10, Enco Deco has another four different types of digital music players. ED-M20 is multi-format (decoding MP3, WMA, AAC) portable music player. ED-S30 is a portable MP3 player with great quality of sound. Both two model support SDMI and fast download with USB. ED-K10 and ED-T10 are MP3 encoding systems, like ED-H10. ED-K10 is mini component with MP3 encoding and ED-T10 is Multi Memory Card encoding station. ``SK Global's selection of SanDisk's MultiMediaCard for its feature-rich Enco Deco Internet music player series further solidifies Multi Media Card's position in the music player market,' said Thomas Climer, SanDisk product manager. ``The growth of this market is beginning to accelerate with vendors pushing the envelope in terms of features, performance, size, and continuous usage time. The SanDisk Multi Media Card is fast becoming an industry standard as more than 40 vendors already have introduced Internet music players that use the MultiMediaCard as the music storage card.' biz.yahoo.com