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To: Wayne Rumball who wrote (21542)	5/27/1998 8:52:00 AM
From: Don Powrie	Respond to of 34592

>>>>NEWS!! Nasdaq:LINK LINK & SONY!! Interlink Electronics' VersaPad Touchpad Chosen by Sony for New VAIO 505G Notebook PC CAMARILLO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 27, 1998--Interlink Electronics Inc. (Nasdaq:LINK - news), Wednesday announced that the company's patented VersaPad touchpad has been integrated by SONY Corp. into its new super slim VAIO 505G notebook PC, to be introduced in the United States later this month. ''SONY's integration of Interlink's new VersaPad touchpad benchmarks our introduction of this product in the United States,'' said Bill Yates, senior vice president of marketing and sales. ''VersaPad is not only the world's thinnest OEM touchpad, but also the first to support graphics input applications using an ordinary stylus. VersaPad offers OEM's a whole new set of options including document annotation and signature capture. ''The new SONY VAIO 505G,'' Yates continued, ''weighs less than three pounds and is less than one inch thick. It is one of the new generation of super-thin, downsized notebook PCs. Interlink's VersaPad, also integrated into the SONY PCG 505 introduced in Japan, is an ideal input device for this new class of subnotebook. ''It requires a surface integration depth of less than 1 millimeter, and its sleep-mode firmware helps to extend battery life in portable devices.'' About the VersaPad Touchpad Interlink Electronics' VersaPad OEM touchpad (0.7mm thick) is available in two standard sizes (55.5mm x 39.5mm for PCs and keyboards and 25.5mm x 25.5mm for cell phones and pagers) and is also easily scaleable to meet custom dimension requirements. Fingertip and stylus input modes are supported with a touchpad resolution of 1000 lines per axis, and a firmware resolution of 200 counts per inch. Hardware interfaces include PS/2, RS-232 and custom, with energy consumption of 2-5 milliAmps (dropping to only 0.1 microamps with the touchpad at rest). The VersaPad touchpad has a tested lifetime of 5 million strokes. About the SONY VAIO 505G The VAIO 505G notebook is the lightest and smallest PC ever from SONY. Weighing less than three pounds and measuring less than an inch thick, the VAIO 505G features an Intel 200 MHz Pentium Processor with MMX Technology, a 2.1 GB hard drive, 32 MB SDRAM and a 10.4-inch TFT SVGA screen. The VAIO 505G notebook offers connectivity with a built-in K56flex modem (33.6 kps, upgradeable to V.90), Universal Serial Port, infrared port and a port replicator. About Interlink Electronics Interlink Electronics is an industry leader in the design and manufacture of computer pointing device technologies, with products including touchpads, pointing sticks and wireless hand-held remote controls with ''mouse'' capability. The company maintains offices in Camarillo and Tokyo. Its Force Sensing Resistor (FSR) technology is protected by more than 65 patents worldwide and has received international awards for engineering innovation. Additional information is available from the Web site at interlinkelec.com. From time to time the company may issue forward-looking statements that involve a number of risks and uncertainties. The following are among the factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from the forward-looking statements: business conditions and growth in the electronics industry and general economies, both domestic and international; lower than expected customer orders; delays in receipt of orders or cancellation of orders; competitive factors, including increased competition, new product offerings by competitors and price pressures; the availability of third-party parts and supplies at reasonable prices; changes in product mix; significant quarterly performance fluctuations due to the receipt of a significant portion of customer orders and product shipments in the last month of each quarter; and product shipment interruptions due to manufacturing problems. The forward-looking statements contained in this document regarding industry and revenue trends, new product acceptance and future business activities should be considered in light of these factors.