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Non-Tech : Any info about Iomega (IOM)? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Alan Rosen who wrote (52332)	4/13/1998 8:57:00 AM
From: RoadWarrior	Respond to of 58324

Some good monday morning news... Fujitsu PC Corporation Offers Iomega's Modular Notebook Zip As Standard in New Retail Line Notebook Computers; LifeBook 270Dx and 280Dx To Bundle Removable Zip Drives Business Wire - April 13, 1998 08:46 ROY, Utah--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 13, 1998--Iomega Corporation (NYSE:IOM) and Fujitsu PC Corporation (FPC), the seventh largest notebook manufacturer in the US market, today announced that modular notebook Zip drives will be bundled as a standard feature into the new retail line of the popular LifeBook notebook computers. With the LifeBook 270Dx and the LifeBook 280Dx, Fujitsu PC Corporation is bundling Iomega's removable Zip drive into their retail line of notebook computers, offering consumers unlimited capacity to save, back up, transport and store files. "High capacity, multimedia storage that is removable is becoming a necessity in today's computing environments. Iomega's Zip drive is a cost-effective and leading-edge solution to address our customers needs," said Sara Nelson, senior manager of product marketing for FPC. "Zip gives our users the ability to maximize and back-up today's popular applications." Iomega's notebook Zip drive uses highly durable Iomega genuine Zip100MB disks -- offering 70 times the capacity of traditional floppy disks. In addition, with more than 12 million Zip drives sold, consumers can conveniently share information with friends, family, colleagues and business partners. Iomega's notebook Zip drives offer a complete solution, with software utilities such as Zip Tools that allow users to initialize, write-protect and format disks, as well as test and repair them. Also included is Iomega's 1-Step Backup software for quick and easy backup from your hard drive to your Zip drive and RecordIt software that enables customers to capture, record and save live or pre-recorded music and voice audio for up to eight hours on one genuine Zip 100MB disk. "FPC's forward-thinking decision to include Iomega modular notebook Zip drives in their new retail line of LifeBook notebooks offers customers desktop performance and high-capacity removable storage in a value notebook," said Andy Grolnick, general manager of Zip OEM at Iomega. "Mobile customers expect the leading technologies to be included with the purchase of their computer. They expect it to replicate desktop capabilities and notebook Zip makes that a reality." Iomega notebook Zip drives are already offered as a standard or optional feature by many notebook computer manufacturers, including Acer, Compal, Chicony, Clevo, Hitachi, IBM, NEC and Siemens Nixdorf. The notebook Zip drive is also available from CNF Technologies for notebook computers manufactured by Compaq, IBM and Toshiba; and from VST Technologies for notebook computers manufactured by Apple and IBM. Zip Built-In drives can be found as a standard or optional feature in selected desktop computers manufactured by the world's leading computer maker, including Apple, Compaq, Dell, Gateway, Hewlett-Packard, IBM, Micron, Motorola, Packard Bell/NEC, Power Computing, Sony, UMAX and Unisys. Regards, -RoadWarrior