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CeBIT 2007

15 Mar. 2007 -- Newton Peripherals, the developer of the revolutionary MoGo Mouse™, today announced a new generation of the award-winning mouse, specifically designed to work with ExpressCard/54-equipped laptop computers.

The MoGo Mouse X54T is a Bluetooth-enabled wireless mouse designed for mobile computer users whose laptops are equipped with an ExpressCard/54 slot, including those manufactured by Acer, Dell, Fujitsu, Gateway, HP, Lenovo, NEC and Toshiba. It folds flat, stores and recharges in the ExpressCard/54 slot, and delivers an exciting range of enhancements over the first generation of MoGo Mouse. Among them:

• Built-in center scrolling capability through an integrated scroll pad;
• No software drivers required;
• More user-intuitive feel, with deeper finger depressions for more natural operation; and
• “Auto-on” functionality when the mouse is removed from the laptop’s ExpressCard/54 slot.

In addition, the MoGo Mouse X54 also incorporates the latest in Bluetooth technology, enabling millions of laptop users to go wireless without requiring the use of adapters."One of the primary goals of the ExpressCard® standard is to open the door to innovation in the computer industry," said Brad Saunders, chairman, PCMCIA, the standards organization that developed both the PC Card and ExpressCard standards. "Products such as Newton's MoGo Mouse X54 illustrate the adaptability of this technology to a wide variety of applications."

For more information, contact:
Steve Friedberg
MMI Communications
+01-610-518-7474
steve@mmicommunications.net

Weitere Informationen für DACH
Melanie Promberger
Interprom Werbe GmbH
+49-89-121 584 0
mpromberger@interprom.de

CeBIT 2007

“Set it and forget it” capability specifically designed for 250 million older laptops without Bluetooth capability, allowing use of MoGo Mouse, other wireless devices

15 Mar. 2007 — Newton Peripherals, the developer of the revolutionary MoGo Mouse™, today announced the MoGo Dapter™, a breakthrough in Bluetooth™ adapters that makes it easier than ever for millions of laptop users to use Bluetooth-enabled wireless devices.

The MoGo Dapter is the world's smallest Bluetooth adapter, specifically designed for "road warriors" and other mobile computer users. Newton Peripherals' engineers designed the Dapter, miniaturizing and encapsulating the patent-pending technology so that the adapter simply plugs into any free USB port and virtually sits flush, without protruding like standard adapters. In doing so, the Dapter delivers "set it and forget it" Bluetooth functionality, eliminating the current requirement of unplugging and carrying a bulky adapter when traveling.

The market for such a device is tremendous. Figures from IMS Research and the Bluetooth Special Interest Group indicate that there may be as many as 250 million older laptops still in daily use worldwide, without embedded Bluetooth support. The MoGo Dapter now enables owners of those laptops to use the award-winning MoGo Mouse, recently named as one of IT Week magazine's "Products of the Year," as well as other Bluetooth-enabled devices. More importantly, the MoGo Dapter essentially becomes an integrated part of the laptop, giving users one fewer device to misplace or lose.

For more information, contact:
Steve Friedberg
MMI Communications
+01-610-518-7474
steve@mmicommunications.net

Weitere Informationen für DACH
Melanie Promberger
Interprom Werbe GmbH
+49-89-121 584 0
mpromberger@interprom.de

CeBIT 2007

16 Mar. 2007 -- ID Smart Inc., a Las Vegas-based biometric security system manufacturer and provider, announced today that it has successfully designed a new smart card using state-of-the-art semiconductors from Fujitsu Microelectronics America Inc. (FMA). Fujitsu will provide fingerprint sensor ICs, CPUs, and related engineering and programming support for ID
Smart's biometrically enabled smart card.

ID Smart will use the Fujitsu MBF200 Fingerprint Touch Sensor providing 500 dpi AFIS compliant sensor with MB91460 series, 32-bit FR processor, high-performance RISC core that targets 100MIPS applications and beyond, in conjunction with ID Smart's own proprietary fingerprint-matching algorithm. The FR processors have an exceptional processing speed with a large internal memory capacity of 1MB (flash) and 64KB (SRAM), including 8KB of instruction cache. The combination of these features enables ID Smart's products to achieve processing speeds 2.5 times faster than other products on the market, along with a storage capacity of more than 30 fingerprint templates.

In addition to the "match-on-card" feature provided in all its biometric smart cards, ID Smart has its own decentralized secure system architecture, MIST(TM). ID Smart is the exclusive worldwide licensee of the SmarTEC OS for use with biometric cards. The SmarTEC OS by TEC Solutions, Inc., provides secure multi-application abilities.

Visit the company website, www.id-smart.com for more information.

CeBIT 2007

15 Mar. 2007 -- Linksys today announced six new fully managed Layer-2 switches designed specifically for the small business market. These new switches, part of the Linksys Business Series line-up, include:

Stackable
• 24-Port 10/100 + 4-Port Gigabit + 2 SFP Managed Switch (SFE2000)
• 24-Port 10/100 + 4-Port Gigabit + 2 SFP + PoE Managed Switch (SFE2000P)
• 24-Port Gigabit + 4 SFP Managed Switch (SGE2000)
• 24-Port Gigabit +4 SFP PoE Managed Switch (SGE2000P)

Standalone
• 24-Port 10/100 + 4-Port Gigabit Switch with WebView and PoE (SRW224G4P)
• 48-Port 10/100 + 4-Port Gigabit Switch with WebView and PoE (SRW248G4P)

According to the latest 5-year Ethernet Switch forecast report released by leading market research firm, Dell’Oro Group, the small business segment has been much slower to upgrade their networks to Gigabit because of the high price premium associated with these products. Furthermore, given that many small businesses do not have an IT staff, they have shied away from fully managed switches due to the complexities associated with a lot of the managed offerings currently on the market.

The Linksys small business switches address these issues by providing switches that start at around £15.99 a port and dual Fast Ethernet and Gigabit Ethernet ports for addressing today’s customer while also enabling the technology for tomorrow’s network. The additional software features Linksys added helps small businesses set up and manage their own networks while the PoE and QoS features provide the ability to add Voice and video service that can help them further save money on infrastructure and service costs.

Linksys fully managed switches are optimised to help maximise the system availability with fully redundant stacking, redundant power option and dual imaging for resilient firmware upgrades. Linksys managed switches provide an intuitive, simple to use management interface enabling administrators and VARs to better utilise the advanced features to help enable a highly secure and optimised network.

For more information please contact:
Mélodie Testelin (Southern Europe), mtesteli@cisco.com
Mike Duin (Northern Europe), miduin@cisco.com

CeBIT 2007

15 Mar. 2007 -- Linksys today announced its newest PowerLine networking products that are designed for HomePlug AV, the next generation of PowerLine standards from the HomePlug PowerLine Alliance. The Linksys PowerLine AV Ethernet Kit (PLK200) includes two PowerLine AV Ethernet Adapter (PLE200) units, enabling consumers to purchase a complete solution to connect their computers, networked entertainment products, or peripheral devices utilising the existing power lines at data throughput speeds up to 100Mbps* around their home.

The Powerline AV Ethernet kit comes with two Powerline AV Ethernet Adapters and two Ethernet cables. The first adapter can connect with the included Ethernet cable into a broadband wired or wireless router via the LAN port on the router, then the adapter plugs into a power outlet in the wall. The second Powerline AV Ethernet Adapter can then be plugged into a computer or another networked device with the Ethernet cable via the Ethernet port and the other end of the adapter is then plugged into a power outlet within the home. Two powerline adapters are required to share a broadband connection and access other devices connected to the network. Up to 16 other computers or devices on a network utilising a PowerLine AV Ethernet Adapter can access the Internet connection or each other.

Linksys PowerLine AV solutions incorporate a robust, highly secure and reliable means of transferring data and high definition content around the home. Because they are designed for the HomePlug AV standard, the new products can combat electrical noise generated by appliances, electronic devices and halogen lights, as well as facilitating secure networking through the built-in encryption techniques to help reduce the risk of neighbors on the same power grids gaining access to sensitive data or the Internet connection.

For more information please contact:
Mélodie Testelin (Southern Europe), mtesteli@cisco.com
Mike Duin (Northern Europe), miduin@cisco.com

CeBIT 2007

16 Mar. 2007 -- Linksys today announced its first line of small business network attached storage solutions. This new line of Small Business Network Storage Systems (NSS) includes the:

• 4 Bay Advanced Gigabit Network Storage System Chassis (NSS6000)
• 4 Bay Advanced Gigabit Network Storage System Chassis With 1.0TB RAID (NSS6100)
• 4 Bay Gigabit Network Storage System Chassis (NSS4000)
• 4 Bay Gigabit Network Storage System Chassis With 1.0TB RAID (NSS4100).

Linksys Small Business Network Storage Systems chassis do not include hard drives, so the small business can choose the capacity that best addresses its business needs. Installation is quick and easy with no installation CD required. Linksys does not place proprietary code or drivers on the hard drives, enabling easy “hot swapping” or interchanging of the drives.

On-disc file encryption makes highly secure offsite backup, archiving, and data migration possible for small businesses with stringent requirements for data integrity, such as healthcare, law offices, or accounting firms. Additional options like Journaling, Hot Spares, RAID Set Failure Handling, and Redundant Power Supply Units (RPSU) provide an added level of superior data integrity.

Along with all of the features of the NSS4000 and NSS6000, the NSS4100 and NSS6100 also include four 7200 RPM 250GB hard drives for a total unformatted capacity of 1.0 Terabyte (1.0TB). The systems come pre-configured with RAID 5 to ease the installation process.

For more information please contact:
Mélodie Testelin (Southern Europe), mtesteli@cisco.com
Mike Duin (Northern Europe), miduin@cisco.com

CeBIT 2007

16 Mar. 2007 -- Linksys today announced its new Networked DVD and Media Player (KiSS 1600) at CeBIT in Hannover. Based on award-winning technology, the KiSS 1600 provides consumers with an enhanced media experience by bringing high definition video, audio, pictures and other forms of digital content to a user’s television and/or entertainment center.

The Linksys KiSS 1600 was designed to create a seamless digital entertainment experience for consumers. The KiSS 1600 has networking capabilities and an easy-to-use interface to access, view and play a variety of digital media formats on a television or entertainment center. Content can come from the Internet, or from devices attached to the home network. Additionally, the DVD player will upscale standard definition DVDs to 720p resolution to provide a high definition video experience using the HDMI connection.

With integrated wireless 802.11G and Ethernet networking capabilities, the KiSS 1600 enables users to access and stream media files from a PC, NAS or other devices on a home network and view the content on a television or flat panel display. In addition, the player is equipped with a USB port to connect, view and play content stored on external hard drives, MP3 players, USB memory sticks or digital cameras.

Additionally, the KiSS 1600 DVD and media player is designed to harness the power of the Internet. With its leading-edge internet connectivity capabilities, users can access the Linksys online service which includes internet radio stations, online gaming, among other applications and services. The KiSS 1600 bridges the traditional PC and CE divide by enabling users to the bring Internet content to a home theatre system.

For more information please contact:
Mélodie Testelin (Southern Europe), mtesteli@cisco.com
Mike Duin (Northern Europe), miduin@cisco.com

CeBIT 2007

16 Mar. 2007 -- Linksys today announced the newest addition to its iPhone® family: the Linksys iPhone® Dual-Mode Internet Telephony Kit with Integrated Skype® (CIT400). T

he Linksys Dual Mode Internet Telephony Kit for Skype can be used with an analog connection via DECT cordless technology but also embeds the popular communications client Skype into a phone base station that is attached directly to the home network router via an Ethernet cable.

Because the Skype client resides on the base station and not on the PC or the phone itself, users can place calls to other Skype users, mobile phones or landlines without having their computer being turned on. This new cordless handset gives the user the choice to decide which connection can be used for each call. The CIT400 was designed for the consumer in mind with its hands-free functionality, graphical color display, high quality sound and automatic updates for the Skype client. The base station can also be expanded to support up to four handsets.

For more information please contact:
Mélodie Testelin (Southern Europe), mtesteli@cisco.com
Mike Duin (Northern Europe), miduin@cisco.com

CeBIT 2007

16 Mar. 2007 — Siber Systems Inc., a leading productivity provider, today announced that its highly acclaimed password management and form-filling products, RoboForm® and RoboForm2Go, offer full support for the Microsoft Windows Vista operating system.

RoboForm makes logging into Web sites and filling forms faster, easier, and more secure. RoboForm memorizes and securely stores each user name and password the first time you log into a site, then automatically supplies them when you return.

Using RoboForm’s powerful Logins feature is like using Bookmarks on steroids. With one click RoboForm will navigate to a website, enter your username and password and click the submit button for you.

The manual process of filling-in long registration or checkout forms is also eliminated. With RoboForm, you will complete online forms with just one click.

RoboForm organizes your passwords, bookmarks, and contacts and uses strong AES encryption for complete data security. All your passwords are secured using your Master Password, so you remember one Master Password, and RoboForm remembers the rest. This allows you to use stronger passwords, making your online experience more secure.

RoboForm protects you from identity theft, fights phishers and defeats keyloggers. Easy to use, RoboForm is the most downloaded Password Manager. RoboForm is PC Magazine’s Editor’s Choice and CNET’s “Best Software of the Year.”

PRESS CONTACT:
Belinda Banks
S&S Public Relations
(908) 685-2300
belinda@sspr.com

CeBIT 2007

Intellon Continues to Win Business with Global Service Providers Distributing Carrier Grade IPTV Content with No New Wires® Technology

15 Mar. 2007 – Intellon Corporation, the world leader in standards-based powerline communications (PLC) integrated circuits (ICs), today announced that 13 service providers in Europe and Asia are now using products based on Intellon’s HomePlug ICs for in-home IPTV distribution. Operators now deploying Intellon’s ICs for IPTV include 1&1, Chung Hwa Telecom, Club Internet, France Telecom, Free, Hanaro Telecom, neuf cegetel, PCCW, Simmin, Tele2, Telecom Italia France, TPSA and ya.com.

As with any pay television service, IPTV has to be carrier grade in terms of performance. Service providers in Europe and Asia typically began installing IPTV service by running new Ethernet cable to distribute the broadcast TV and video-on-demand content from the residential gateways to the IP set top boxes near customer televisions. Before deploying Intellon’s solution, operators were consistently reporting that 10 to 30 percent of its customers were canceling the newly ordered IPTV service when new Ethernet wiring was required for the installation.

Intellon’s HomePlug 1.0 with Turbo technology essentially turns the electrical wiring in customers’ homes into an instant Ethernet network without the need to install new wires. The service provider industry is quickly adopting Intellon’s solution because it is easy for customers to install themselves without a truck roll, offers carrier-grade in performance and retains customers who would otherwise cancel service due to the inconvenience of new wiring. Operators are reporting that their new service cancellation rates have dropped from 10 to 30 percent to less than 1 percent as a direct result of using Intellon’s HomePlug solution.

Press Contacts:
Nancy Robbins
Intellon Corporation
(408) 501-0320 x110
nancy.robbins@intellon.com

Christoph Muellers
PR Konstant
49 (0) 21 53 - 910 85 - 0
muellers@konstant.de

CeBIT 2007

Leading European Manufacturer of HomePlug-based Powerline Products Introduces Consumer-Ready Products Based on Intellon’s 200 Mbps HomePlug® AV IC

15 Mar. 2007 – Networking specialist devolo AG, based in Aachen, Germany, introduces the latest from their dLAN range of products: the dLAN 200 AV, based on Intellon’s INT6000 HomePlug® AV IC.

This power-plug sized adapter represents the latest generation of in-house powerline devices which transfer data at up to 200 Mbps over the household power circuit. Based on the international HomePlug standard, this adapter provides users with a broadband network connection at every power socket in the house, and there's no need to lay a single new cable. All that is needed for use is a household power socket. With integrated quality of service, even HDTV streams distributed to any room in the house can be played back smoothly.

The latest addition to devolo's popular dLAN line, the dLAN 200 AV is based on HomePlug AV, which transforms any power socket into a 200-Mbps network connection. HomePlug AV is an international standard adopted just last year by the HomePlug Powerline Alliance, which includes member-companies such as SONY, Intel, Motorola and Samsung. This standard represents the latest generation of in-house powerline technologies and greatly increases the range of potential applications.

Just the size of a power plug, the dLAN 200 AV offers a smart and simple way to set up a home network. Heiko Harbers, CEO of devolo AG, aims to please users and meet their needs: "Even the shape of the dLAN 200 AV helps the customers. All they have to do is look at it and they know that installing the power plug will be straightforward and problem free." The dLAN 200 AV features an Ethernet connector for quick and simple integration of PCs and other Ethernet-capable devices into a home network.

Press Contacts:
Nancy Robbins
Intellon Corporation
(408) 501-0320 x110
nancy.robbins@intellon.com

Christoph Roesseler
devolo AG
49 (0) 241-18 27 964
christoph.roesseler@devolo.de

New Products Based on Global 200Mbps HomePlug AV Standard Support Triple-play and High Definition, Multi-media Home Entertainment Applications

CeBIT 2007

15 Mar. 2007 – Solwise LTD and Intellon Corporation today announced the Solwise HomePlug Ethernet Adaptor with Intellon’s INT6000 high-speed powerline chipset targeted for residential users. Solwise is one of the largest UK distributors of the revolutionary Networking HomePlug products that use the existing main wiring in a building to carry network signals between rooms.

With transfer rates of 200Mbps, Ethernet HomePlug AV can easily support full multimedia home networking throughout the whole house, including simultaneous high definition (HD) and standard definition (SD) video distribution, whole-house audio, voice-over-IP and high speed Internet, in addition to data networking. It uses the main wiring already installed in a home as a path to transmit digital data, voice, audio and video between devices without the need for additional wiring.

Press Contacts:
Nancy Robbins
Intellon Corporation
(408) 501-0320 x110
nancy.robbins@intellon.com

Louise Barrett
Solwise LTD.
+44 845 458 4558
louise@solwise.co.uk

CeBIT 2007

15 Mar. 2007 – Driving the worldwide acceptance of high-speed networking over power lines, the HomePlug® Powerline Alliance today announced it will showcase HomePlug AV and 1.0-compliant products from numerous international HomePlug member companies at CeBIT and PressExpoUSA at CeBIT.

The member companies include Arkados Inc., D-Link Systems, devolo AG, GigaFast, Intellon Corporation, Linksys, MainNet Communications and Spidcom. “The HomePlug Powerline Alliance believes that the European market continues to play a vital role in the global adoption of broadband powerline technology,” said Mathew Theall from Intel Corporation, who also serves as president of the HomePlug Powerline Alliance. “HomePlug is the only industry group that has been able to offer a true global standard, and the impressive level of interest in the European market demonstrates the need for technologies that work seamlessly with other standards-based products.”

Founded in 2000, the HomePlug Alliance is the only powerline communications organization to offer an open-standard based technology backed by multiple silicon providers. With more than eight million HomePlug-enabled products in use on six continents, HomePlug technology is the leading global standard for high-speed powerline networks. Further, the HomePlug Powerline Alliance is the only powerline standards organization that ensures interoperability and compatibility through a strict product certification process that was developed by product manufacturers worldwide.

Press contact:
Megan Novak
The Ardell Group for HomePlug
(858) 792-2939
megan@ardellgroup.com

CeBIT 2007

How does Bill Gates see things? With three monitors attached to his PC, allowing him to view more of the information he’s working with and making it dramatically easier to move data from one application to another. Now, DisplayLink brings that same capability to everyone who’s not a mogul with the simplicity of USB, Wi-Fi and wireless USB.

At PressExpoUSA at CeBIT, DisplayLink will demo the first USB-connected display, along with groundbreaking Wi-Fi and wireless UWB network display technology, show how this technology is being used to deliver excellent image quality and high-performance monitor/mouse/keyboard interactivity over either a wireless or a USB connection to a PC.

According to Dennis Crespo, DisplayLink’s executive vice president of marketing and business development, “The consumer’s demand for more screens – be they monitors, photo frames or other application-specific displays - is driving the shift to network display technology because it delivers multiple monitors with simplicity and low cost. There’s a huge ‘wow factor’ when people see the performance and image resolution of our technology, which is why it’s a great to have the opportunity to show it off to European journalists at CeBIT.”

For more information, go to www.displaylink.com or contact David Rodewald at david@davidjamesagency.com or at +1.805.428.6346.

CeBIT 2007

New USB-Connected Monitor can be Daisy-Chain Connected for Adding More Than One Display to a PC

14 Mar. 2007 – DisplayLink Inc. today announced that Samsung, a world leader in computer displays, has chosen DisplayLink’s USB graphics networking technology for its SyncMaster 940UX, the world’s first display that delivers crisp, high-quality graphics across a USB 2.0 link

The SyncMaster 940UX is a 19-inch display powered by the DisplayLink DL-120 chip, a network display chip that powers high-quality, fully interactive SXGA (1280x1024), 32-bit true-color graphics and real-time video playback across USB. With a four-port USB hub built into the display, up to five additional SyncMaster 940UX monitors can be daisy chain connected to a PC while consuming only one USB 2.0 port on the computer.

The SyncMaster 940UX meets the demands of knowledge workers and consumers for more screen area for their applications and data without increased complexity. DisplayLink’s graphics software matches the simplicity of USB by leveraging Windows display configuration tools and remembering monitor configurations, providing an “instant install” capability for connecting or reconnecting multiple displays to a PC or laptop.

Press Contact
David Rodewald
The David James Agency
805 494 9508
david@davidjamesagency.com

CeBIT 2007

Display Connectivity Leader to Demonstrate World’s First USB-Connected Display, and Wi-Fi and Wireless UWB Connected Monitors at PressExpoUSA

16 Mar. 2007 -- DisplayLink Inc. today announced it will demonstrate the first USB-connected display, along with groundbreaking Wi-Fi and wireless UWB network display technology at CeBIT 2007 in Hannover, Germany, March 15-21.

The demonstration will show how the company’s technology is being used to deliver excellent image quality and high-performance monitor/mouse/keyboard interactivity over either a wireless or a USB connection to a PC.

The company will demonstrate the world’s first USB display, the Samsung SyncMaster 940UX which integrates DisplayLink technology directly into the display, instead of VGA or DVI technology, to connect to a PC via USB 2.0. The demonstration will show how using DisplayLink’s software allows the display to come online instantly, with all of the proper display settings, every time it’s connected to the computer. The demonstration will also highlight the performance of the solution, including real-time interactivity, DVD-quality video playback and crisp 32-bit true-color graphics.

Press Contact
David Rodewald
The David James Agency
+1 805 494 9508
david@davidjamesagency.com

CeBIT 2007

Includes new antivirus engine, improved anti-spyware and more

Check Point® Software Technologies Ltd. (NASDAQ: CHKP), the worldwide leader in securing the Internet, demos ZoneAlarm Internet Security Suite 7.0 at PressExpoUSA.

This latest version includes a new award-winning antivirus engine that detects and removes a wider variety of threats with hourly signature updates to ensure that users have the industry’s most rapid and effective protection against emerging attacks. More robust anti-spyware provides an additional layer of defense against blended threats. And ZoneAlarm’s innovative OSFirewall – the only firewall-based proactive prevention feature in a suite today – has been updated with new malware blocking capabilities, stopping spyware, rootkits, keyloggers and more from ever infecting a user’s PC.

A new Auto-Learn mode automatically configures security settings based on the user’s unique PC environment and behavior, making ZoneAlarm even easier for new users by greatly reducing the number of alerts a user may experience.

Media Contact: Investor Contact:
Allison Wagda Anne Marie McCauley
Check Point Software Technologies Check Point Software Technologies
415.633.4524 650.628.2040
awagda@zone.checkpoint.com ir@us.checkpoint.com

CeBIT 2007

New Design and Easy User Interface Provide Industry’s Best Portable
Navigation Experience

15 Mar. 2007 – Magellan, creators of the Hertz® NeverLost® and a leading global innovator of outdoor and vehicle navigation solutions, announced today the introduction of Maestro in Europe. Maestro is a family of three new portable vehicle navigation devices, which offer best design and navigation experience to the driver.

Available mid-May, the new Maestro series introduce a newly designed user interface with a 4.3” WQVGA touch screen, Bluetooth hands-free calling capabilities and real-time traffic services. The Maestro 4050 is the first portable vehicle navigation device to be voice command enable.
Maestro also lets users enjoy more content such as the Marco Polo travel information which includes sight seeing locations with detailed content, descriptions and photos, or upgrade to the CrossoverGPS™ technology.

Maestro is Magellan’s latest generation of turn-by-turn, voice-prompted portable vehicle navigation devices, newly designed inside and out to usher in a thin, sleek style with a 4.3” WQVGA full-colour, anti-glare touch screen plus refined functionality that’s destined to set a new standard. The Maestro 4010, Maestro 4040 and Maestro 4050 offer the most simplified, intuitive user interface designed to minimise key strokes. The clutter-free menu and map screens feature stylish icons and map graphics that are clear, crisp and easy for drivers to see in all lighting, with Menu icons that are prioritised so drivers have faster access to the features they use most.

Editorial Contact:
Benedicte Ennis
bennis@magellangps.com
+44 (0) 779 527 5227

CeBIT 2007

This is the world’s first rugged, IPX-4 waterproof device designed to provide
navigation for both driving and outdoor adventures, with Street, base map and
Marine Maps, IPX-4 Waterproof Design, Best-In-Class Battery Life and More.

Magellan, a leading global innovator of outdoor and vehicle navigation solutions, demos at PressExpoUSA its new Magellan CrossoverGPS. This is the world’s first rugged, IPX-4 waterproof device designed to provide navigation for both driving and outdoor adventures. Available for less than £300 / 449 euros, the traffic-ready Magellan CrossoverGPS is a cross between two products, delivering the same superior car navigation experience as the award-winning Magellan RoadMate™ line, plus the functionality of a handheld GPS receiver for the outdoors, from the company that first brought the technology to the consumer market.

Preloaded with both street maps and topographic contour maps, the Magellan CrossoverGPS guides users from door-to-door in a car and from point-to-point where the road ends - so they can enjoy driving, off-roading, hiking, geocaching, boating, fishing and more, all with one GPS device!

Editorial Contacts:
Benedicte Ennis
Magellan Navigation, Inc.
Bennis@magellangps.com
+44 (0) 779 527 5227

CeBIT 2007

Cards Will Be Bundled With Free MicroMate USB 2.0 Reader

15 Mar. 2007 -- SanDisk® Corporation (NASDAQ: SNDK) demonstrates at PressExpoUSA an 8-gigabyte (GB)1 SanDisk Ultra® II SD™ High Capacity (SDHC™) card to meet the growing demand for more photo and video storage. The new cards can store over 4,000 high-resolution pictures or up to 15 hours of MPEG 4 video2.

The SanDisk Ultra II SDHC card features write speeds of 9 megabytes (MB) per second and read speeds of 10MB/sec.3 The cards are targeted at digital photography enthusiasts with 5 megapixel or higher resolution cameras or videographers with camcorders that require significantly faster flash storage cards. The card carries a Class 44 speed rating.

The SanDisk MicroMate™ USB 2.0 reader, which normally retails for $19.99, will be included with the 8GB SanDisk Ultra II SDHC card at no extra charge. SDHC cards require an SDHC-compatible reader to transfer images from card to computer, and the MicroMate readers work with both SDHC and SD cards.

SanDisk Corporation
Ken Castle
408-801-2195
Ken.Castle@sandisk.com

CeBIT 2007

New Pro-Level Memory Cards In SDHC and Memory Stick PRO Duo Formats
Have Fast Read/Write Speeds, Store Thousands of Photos And Hours Of Video

15 Mar. 2007 – Ready for the newest digital still cameras and camcorders, SanDisk® Corporation (NASDAQ: SNDK) demos at PressExpoUSA its award-winning SanDisk Extreme® III pro line with a 4-Gigabyte (GB)1 SDHC™ (SD High Capacity) Class 6 memory card and a 4-Gigabyte Memory Stick PRO Duo™ card. As an added bonus, the SDHC card will be packaged with a SanDisk MicroMate™ USB 2.0 Reader – a $20 value – so that users have a one-stop solution for capturing, storing and transferring their images.

A 4GB SanDisk Extreme III card can store more than 2,000 high-resolution pictures or up to 8 hours of MPEG 4 video2.

SanDisk Corporation
Ken Castle
(408) 801-2195
ken.castle@sandisk.com

CeBIT 2007

Expanding Its SSD Line, SanDisk Brings Durable, High-Performance Storage To The Entire Range of Portable PCs

12 Mar. 2007 – SanDisk® Corporation (NASDAQ: SNDK) today broadened its solid state drive (SSD) product line for the portable computer market with the introduction of a 32-gigabyte (GB) , 2.5-inch Serial ATA (SATA) interface model, compatible with most mainstream notebook designs. Coming just two months after SanDisk introduced a 1.8-inch SSD for ultraportable notebooks, the 2.5-inch SSD is now available to PC manufacturers as a drop-in replacement for hard disk drives.

SanDisk demos the new SSD at PressExpoUSA during CeBIT in Hannover, Germany.

“The SanDisk 2.5-inch SSD brings the extreme durability, outstanding performance and low power consumption of solid-state flash memory to the entire notebook computer market,” said Amos Marom, vice president and general manager of the Computing Systems division at SanDisk. “As SanDisk continues to drive innovation in flash memory, the per-gigabyte price of SSD storage will come down and SSD capacity will go up. PC manufacturers and consumers will find it easier and easier to move away from rotating hard disks to the superior experience of SSDs.”

The vast majority of notebook computers manufactured today use 2.5-inch hard disk drives. The SanDisk 2.5-inch SSD fits in the same internal slot as 2.5-inch hard disks, so notebook manufacturers can switch to the SanDisk SSD without altering their hardware designs.

SanDisk Corporation
Ken Castle
(408) 801-2195
ken.castle@sandisk.com

CTIA Wireless 2007

27 March -- The National Crime Prevention Council’s McGruff the Crime Dog®, a champion for crime prevention and safety and one of the most recognizable icons in America, teams up with The Wireless Foundation to raise awareness about the importance of the Wireless AMBER Alerts™ Initiative and other child safety measures at ShowStoppers during CTIA WIRELESS 2007®.

To date, AMBER Alerts have helped to safely recover more than 320 children. The wireless industry, in partnership with the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC) and the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), launched the Wireless AMBER AlertsTM initiative in May 2005 as a way to extend the AMBER Alert program to more than 230 million wireless subscribers.

AMBER stands for “America’s Missing: Broadcast Emergency Response” and was created in 1996 when Dallas-Fort Worth broadcasters teamed with local police to develop an early warning system to find abducted children. The AMBER Alert program was soon adopted across the nation and is a legacy to Amber Hagerman, a 9-year-old girl who was kidnapped while riding her bicycle in Arlington, Texas, and then murdered. All 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands have since established AMBER Alert programs.

Signing up to receive Wireless AMBER AlertsTM is simple and free. All you have to do is log on to www.wirlessamberalerts.org or your wireless carrier’s website and complete an easy registration form. You’ll be notified via text message when an AMBER Alert has been issued in your area, which will allow you to serve as valuable additional eyes and ears for law enforcement in the search effort.

For more information on the Wireless AMBER Alerts™ campaign, check out www.wirelessamberalerts.org or contact Shannon Nix at snix@ctia.org.

Also, check out the National Crime Prevention Council’s new Cyberbullying campaign at www.ncpc.org or contact Michelle Boykins at mboykins@ncpc.org.

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Imagine a world where every mobile user can receive secure and synchronized emails and data without the expense of owning a BlackBerry™! emoze (www.emoze.com), the world’s first free global email and data synchronization service, is allowing for this dream to become a reality.

Launched in January 2007, the emoze service is compatible with nearly all mobile devices. By simply downloading the emoze service from www.emoze.com, mobile users with a data package from their carrier can transform their devices to send and receive mobile email and personal information management (PIM) data in real-time - anytime, anywhere. And because emoze does not store emails, they are received quickly and securely straight from the user’s PC…or now, being introduced at ShowStoppers, a new central server solution that doesn’t require users to leave their PCs on to receive their emails and calendar events.

On the show floor, emoze will be challenging BlackBerry, for the second time, to a western style “Ultimate Showdown” to prove which company is able to deliver emails the quickest (www.ctiashowdown.com). The initial showdown, which took place at 3GSM World Congress in 2007 in Barcelona, Spain, resulted in a “win” for emoze.

For info, contact Christa Conte [cconte@kcsa.com]

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27 March -- Visa will discuss its mobile strategy, which includes global pilots, a mobile platform and partnerships with wireless carriers and mobile-device manufacturers. Visa's mobile platform includes contactless payments, over-the-air personalization, couponing, mobile banking, and person-to-person funds transfers.

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27 March -- FlipStart Labs will demonstrate the FlipStart® at ShowStoppers CTIA. With a design based on extensive user preference research and usability studies, FlipStart is the only compact PC (under two pounds) with a clamshell design. FlipStart coalesces everything mobile professionals expect from their laptops — full Windows® application usage, communications, entertainment and constant connectivity — in a convenient form factor. Whether sitting at the office, standing in line at the coffee shop or traveling between destinations, FlipStart is comfortable to use in people’s hands, on a desk or mounted in a vehicle. FlipStart is the first commercial product from FlipStart Labs, a Paul G. Allen company.

FlipStart will be delivered with the choice of Microsoft® Windows® XP Professional or Microsoft’s new operating system, Windows Vista™ Business, delivering support for the business applications needed by today’s mobile professionals for full productivity wherever they are. With FlipStart’s bundled port replicator, professionals can connect to full-size monitors and keyboards in an office setting or plug in a projector to present at a meeting. FlipStart also facilitates entertainment. Users can play their favorite games, watch movies or listen to music with their favorite media player.

“People want a device that is easy to use, packed with the power to run their vital applications and that enables ongoing connectivity to e-mail and the Internet,” said Robin Budd, senior director of FlipStart Labs. “FlipStart accomplishes all of this --- taking the quality of mobile computing to the next level.”

Click here or for more information contact: joscelyn.zell@edelman.com or martha.mendillo@edelman.com.

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27 March -- At ShowStoppers CTIA, CellTrust Corporation demos CellTrust WALLET™ beta, its automated, secure software and subscription service offering for cell phones.

CellTrust WALLET gives consumers the ability to use their cell phones to proactively prevent fraud and identity theft; manage personal account information including real-time flight and travel information, finances/banking, as well as retail accounts; and to securely purchase goods and services anywhere, anytime. CellTrust WALLET is now immediately available to consumers as a “free” beta download at www.celltrust.com.

Consumers worldwide are becoming more dependent on extreme transparency and mobility to maintain control of their private and commercial lives — but not at the expense of security. Moreover, a recent InfoTech: Telecom Intelligence Group Mobile Information Management survey found that 87 percent of respondents indicated that they “Always” or “Usually” use the same mobile communications device for both personal and business activities and 79 percent of traveling executives stated that their mobile communication device was “Absolutely Necessary” or “Very Important” in managing their personal affairs while on the road for business.

Satisfying this growing consumer and business demand, CellTrust WALLET is built on CellTrust’s advanced, Internet-based Secure Mobile Information Management platform which comprises CellTrust’s patent-pending Micro Agent Technology together with the CellTrust Personal Portal to provide consumers with a secure software and services offering to better mobile-enable life.

For info, contact Lee Rech, lee@lbrcommunications.com.

CTIA Wireless 2007

27 March -- Wilson Electronics announces several new products today, including a new line of SIGNALBOOST™ dual-band amplifiers and SOHO dual-band amplifiers that work with all Cellular/PCS carriers and have up to 3 watts of output power to increase your cellular signal for either voice or data service.

Wilson amplifiers significantly improve data communication rates needed for the latest 3G technologies, which is a real boost for people using laptops in a portable office environment. The Wilson antenna/amplifier combination increases data rates for data users in shadowed or weak signal areas and helps reduce dropped calls and disconnects by increasing cellular signal quality and range.

Wilson amplifiers’ advanced circuit design and high receiver sensitivity allow them to receive weak signals that would go undetected by most cell phones. Wilson’s amps also have a higher quality transmitter that is much more powerful than what is in a cell phone or laptop data card, which allows better voice and data communication with distant cell sites. Wilson’s boosters work great on cars, trucks, boats, RVs or most any other application and can be adapted for home or office use. Wilson amplifiers work with all generations of CDMA, TDMA, GSM and the latest high-speed data technologies. If you need better cellular signal, either on the go or at a home office, then visit Wilson Electronics.

For info, contact Alan Preston, alanp@wilsonelectronics.com

CTIA Wireless 2007

Vringo is launching a video sharing community which allows you to share video ringtones (or Vringo's) with your buddies each time you call them.

You choose the clips you'd like your buddy to see and they chose the clips they'd like you to see. These Vringo clips are licensed content from the best of movies, TV, music or are user generated and created from your own mobile phone. Vringo will make sharing viral videos as easy as calling your friends.

Vringo allows for a personalized media sharing content community through video ringtones. Technologically, enabling ring-forward video tones is an exceedingly complex task. Getting an application to essentially control the call process (by dictating what is displayed and how), is almost unheard of, and Vringo has done so very effectively in a wide, and growing, set of handsets.

For info, contact Benjamin Levy [benjamin@vringo.com]

CTIA Wireless 2007

3rd Dimension (www.3rdDimensionTech.com), a mobile marketing and application company, recently launched its Mobile Traffic Cam (www.freetrafficcam.com), which enables users of compatible, data-enabled cell phones to view real-time traffic conditions from traffic cameras. This free, innovative service launched in New York earlier this month and has already attracted thousands of users throughout the New York, New Jersey and Connecticut areas.

Now, users of Windows Mobile smart phones, including such popular models as the Motorola “Q;” Samsung Blackjack; Palm Treo 700w, 700wx and 750; Verizon XV6700; Cingular 8525 and 8125; T-Mobile Dash, SDA and MDA; and Sprint PPC-6700 can also view from the 480 traffic cameras along major crossings in the region, stretching from New Haven, Connecticut to Southern New Jersey and including New York City’s five boroughs. The service was previously available to data-enabled cell phone, as well as BlackBerry and Palm Treo devices.

For info, contact Jennifer Handshew [jhandshew@kcsa.com]

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27 March -- At ShowStoppers CTIA, MobiMate Ltd. announces its next generation mobile travel service code named “WorldMate i10”. The service is the first of its kind, designed to empower the tens of millions of business travelers and frequent fliers when they are in need of real-time information. It combines context-based push and pull services culminating in a "Personal Travel Assistant" experience. A public beta to follow later this year

WorldMate i10 is comprised of downloadable mobile client and server, a Microsoft Outlook ® Add-In and an accompanying website. The Outlook ® Add-In automatically pieces together the travelers’ itinerary details - flights, hotel, car rental and meetings, for immediate inspection on their mobile phones or through the WorldMate i10 website. Just prior to the trip, WorldMate i10 starts tracking the itinerary in real-time pushing details and suggestions when required. For example, when a flight is delayed or cancelled, the user is notified immediately and then presented with alternative flights for the desired destination. When arriving at a new destination, WorldMate i10 greets the user with a message outlining the next few items on her itinerary along with the local time and weather as well as maps/directions to her hotel.

The WorldMate i10 service also includes many of the popular services from MobiMate’s longstanding WorldMate product franchise including flight schedules, world clocks, currency exchange rates, travel information and more.

For info, contact Aaron Katz [aaron@mobimate.com]

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27 March -- At ShowStoppers, Smith Micro Software Inc. (NASDAQ: SMSI), a leading provider of a wide range of software and services for the wireless market, demos QuickLink Media, an intuitive, all-in-one, PC-based multimedia manager for mobile devices. Designed for end-users and wireless carriers, QuickLink Media Simplifies the Mobile Media Experience by delivering Music, Photos, Video and More to End Users, Wireless Carriers and Device Manufacturers.

Smith Micro also demos QuickLink Mobility, a suite of connectivity and security applications designed for the enterprise mobile workforce and provides seamless network roaming and a secure wireless solution for mobile PCs and smart devices. QuickLink Mobility allows users to always be connected and always on!

And, the Mobile Device Management solution is designed to help carriers, device manufacturers and service providers solve complex device-related issues such as end-to-end device management, open standards solutions, broad device support, and offer subscribers an improved experience while significantly reducing costs.

For info, contact Nisha Kapoor [nkapoor@smithmicro.com]

CTIA Wireless 2007

Do you have friends at your college or university? Well, don’t despair, because Fun Friends is going back to school. As of October 2006, Fun Friends has received licensing for eight different college schools from the Collegiate Licensing Company (CLC).

Fun Friends is busy at work producing mascots for the major universities and schools in the U.S. In production now are mascots for University of Alabama, Auburn University, University of Georgia, University of Tennessee, University of Florida, University of Kentucky, Louisiana State University and University of Miami. These flip and bar-style covers will be available for purchase in Spring 2007.

Don’t see your alma mater? Fun Friends is still in the process of receiving licensing for more colleges and universities. There’s no better way to show your school spirit than to sport Fun Friends’ college mascots.

Founded in 1999, Fun Friends are plush animal cell phone covers created for both flip and bar-style phones. Seven years later, Fun Friends has experienced growth of more than 300 percent since 2003 and expected 2006 sales of $6 million. The covers are currently sold at Verizon Wireless stores and Claire’s Boutiques. With more than 100 styles of cell phone covers, remote control, stapler and iPod covers, Fun Friends has endless ideas for more.

For more information, please visit www.funfriends.com, or contact 1-877-203-7185.

CTIA Wireless 2007

27 March -- TeleNav will showcase its award-winning GPS navigation application for mobile devices at ShowStoppers CTIA.

TeleNav GPS Navigator includes GPS-enabled voice and on-screen driving directions - all on mobile phones and PDAs. The service also includes Biz Finder - with more than 10 million business listings, cheapest gas price finder, WiFi hotspot finder, full-color 3D moving maps, and traffic alerts and one-click rerouting. For consumer, small business or enterprise mobile customers, TeleNav GPS Navigator brings the features and convenience of navigation all to the mobile device. TeleNav GPS Navigator is now available internationally in the U.S., Canada, Asia, Europe and Latin America. U.S. carriers offering TeleNav GPS Navigator include Sprint Nextel, Cingular, Alltel, Qwest, Boost Mobile and SouthernLINC. Earlier this month, Sprint Nextel also announced "Sprint Navigation, powered by TeleNav" which will be bundled into a data plan with other popular applications including Sprint TV, music, radio and email.

TeleNav will also feature TeleNav Track which is its mobile resource management (MRM) solution, providing businesses and government organizations with a powerful tool for monitoring mobile assets. TeleNav Track includes real-time GPS tracking and reporting, wireless timesheets, wireless job dispatching, wireless forms, wireless barcode scanning, and GPS-enabled driving directions. Cingular recently launched TeleNav Track on the BlackBerry 8800, the HP iPAQ 6925 and the Motorola MC35. TeleNav Track is also available on multiple Sprint Nextel mobile devices.

For info, contact Lowell, MaryBeth [marybethl@telenav.com]

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27 March -- BeVocal's demos and ShowStoppers CTIA solutions that address the significant domestic and global requirements for wireless operators to reduce costs, increase revenue and improve mobile customer satisfaction.

Through the recent the acquisition by Nuance Communications, BeVocal brings to Nuance a portfolio of highly repeatable applications, proven success within major reference accounts and a predictable, recurring revenue stream derived from software-as-a-service (SaaS) and subscription-based offerings. BeVocal's customers include Cingular, Liberty Wireless, Metro PCS and Virgin Mobile.

Driving revenue with customer care techniques is possible with BeVocal products and services. Based on specific criteria pre-set by the carrier to define demographics and other telling information to offer anything from ring tones, games, accessories and more, voice-activated sales suggestions are presented and responses tracked - giving carriers valuable insight into their customers' likes and dislikes. These tools include real-time reporting and an Intelligent Management System, which grows more accurate with every call, making target marketing and up-sell easier. With the acceleration of mobile marketing and the ever-attractive concept of elevating ARPU by delivering what your customer is looking for - BeVocal can deliver exactly what carriers need to solidify the relationship with its customers, reduce churn and increase its bottom line.

For info, contact Kelly Weston [kweston@globalresultspr.com]

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27 March -- At ShowStoppers CTIA, Autodesk Location Services demos Autodesk Insight and Family Minder. Autodesk Insight software provides small businesses that rely on a mobile field force with an on-demand mobile resource management solution. Autodesk® Family Minder is a product suite aimed at improving quality of life by promoting informed communication within the family circle.

Autodesk Location Services enables wireless network operators with complete location-smart solutions that can change the way we live, work and play. With the award winning Autodesk LocationLogic platform, Family Minder and Insight applications, Developer Program and a dedicated team of industry experts, Autodesk is the only location solution provider built specifically for the mobile environment.

For info, contact Kali Bean [Kali.Bean@edelman.com]

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27 March -- LogicaCMG Telecoms, soon to become Acision, announces at ShowStoppers CTIA a new feature in its Intelligent Charging offering that brings a popular voice billing feature into the data world, giving operators and users more flexibility in how they charge and pay for data services.

It will also announce its predictions for the growth of the North American mobile messaging market, as well as the results of its survey of North American mobile users that reveal some interesting differences in how men and women, and people of various ages, differ in their use of mobile phone data services. For this and more news, keep watching the LogicaCMG Telecoms press room and this blog.

For info, contact Todd Van Hoosear [tvanhoosear@topazpartners.com]

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27 Mar. 2007 – At ShowStoppers CTIA, AskMeNow (OTCBB:AKMN) announces its third generation search engine (Beta) featuring natural language automated search within structured and unstructured databases.

Years of in-depth linguistic analysis featuring our proprietary and complex algorithms are now enabling mobile phones to search any data just like humans, for the first time.

AskMeNow will demonstrate the latest in semantic search technology across multiple consumer content such as directory service, sports and Wikipedia as well Enterprise database search & extensibility highlighting Mobile Help Desk, CRM and Market Intelligence.

For info, contact Andrea Vaccaro, avaccaro@askmenow.com

CTIA Wireless 2007

27 March -- At ShowStoppers, Picsel showcases a range of content solutions that highlight Picsel's ability to deliver full and rich content - document viewing, web browsing, mobile magazine solutions featuring Flash and video, music jukebox features and Picsel's user-generated content browser. With Picsel software in over 80 million handsets worldwide, the booth will feature a range of devices from major manufactures such as the Samsung BlackJack and Motorola Q which will showcase our wide selection of market leading products. As interactive comics and magazines, social networking capabilites and on-demand advice for the consumer makes a foray onto the mobile platform, attendees will be able to experience firsthand how Picsel is breaking down the barriers to deliver the best mobile user experience and drive mobile revenues.

Picsel Technologies enables viewing of any type of content on mobile handsets however, whenever and wherever consumers want. Working with carriers, manufacturers, and content companies around the world, Picsel supplies a content-agnostic mobile delivery platform that provides images, documents and videos to handsets in innovative and engaging ways. Picsel's objective is to make the latest content look fantastic on the mobile screen regardless of whether it was designed to be viewed on a handset. With next generation content flooding the market, Picsel empowers content providers to reach consumers the way they intended to, thus extending their brands without compromising communication.

For info, contact Imran Ali [imran.ali@picsel.com]

CTIA Wireless 2007

27 March -- Kingston Technology announces its microSD dual adapter pack in a higher capacity! The pack comes with microSD card with mini- and standard-size Secure Digital (SD) adapters to maximize microSD card compatibility and interoperability between mobile phones, digital cameras and portable media devices.

When it comes to memory, Kingston Technology offers an end-to-end solution: from modules to optimize your PC, notebook, or printer to Flash memory cards to enhance your digital camera, MP3 player or even expand your mobile phone--consumers think of Kingston for all their memory needs.”

For info, contact Claudia_Martinez@Kingston.com

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27 March -- Parrot introduces at ShowStoppers CTIA the new Parrot BOOMBOX, a stylish wireless speaker that plays streaming music. It’s a compact, 60-watt 2.1 Bluetooth Class-D hi-fi speaker. It is compatible with any Bluetooth stereo (A2DP) music source such as mobile phones, iPods and MP3 players, or PCs. Non-Bluetooth sources coupled with a Bluetooth USB Parrot dongle are also compatible with the Parrot BOOMBOX. An RCA auxiliary line-in plug provides for analog audio devices such as CD players and tuners, and the unit will automatically detect the music source.

The Parrot BOOMBOX is designed to deliver high-performance audio across the music spectrum. Two wideband drivers perfectly reproduce the subtleties of the high and medium frequencies, while the woofer adds depth and a dynamic feel to the bass frequencies.
“The Parrot BOOMBOX transforms music to emotion across a wide range of genres such as classical, pop, jazz, country or rock,” says Ed Valdez.

The Parrot BOOMBOX will start shipping to the U.S. in the third quarter and carry an MSRP of $269.

For info, contact Mike Hedge [mike.hedge@parrot.biz]

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27 March -- At ShowStoppers CTIA, Parrot shows its new Parrot CONFERENCE speaker phone, which brings wireless Bluetooth® convenience to corporate boardrooms, offices and conference rooms. The speakerphone features Parrot’s proprietary advanced digital signal processing technology with full duplexing for clear, echo-free conversations in both small and large rooms. Its three highly-sensitive microphones provide complete 360-degree voice pickup and a powerful 5-watt speaker allows conversations in normal voice levels for all participants.

“With over 100 million registered users of Skype worldwide, professionals will be able to enjoy a high quality conference speaker in an untethered way,” says Edward Valdez, president and COO of Parrot, Inc. “Our new Parrot CONFERENCE transforms our innovative Bluetooth expertise from our automotive and home product lines to bring convenience and ease of use to the office.”

Because it is wireless and powered by three rechargeable Ni-MH batteries, the speakerphone can be easily moved from office to conference room to accommodate phone meetings wherever they occur. The batteries provide 10 hours of continuous talk-time, and fully recharge in five hours. And the Parrot CONFERENCE can be paired with up to 50 phones. The Parrot CONFERENCE has fully integrated Internet communications (VoIP) software. And, for the Skype subscribers, the Parrot CONFERENCE comes with an integrated Skype™ interface so it is ready to use out of the box.

The Parrot CONFERENCE also features a large, bright active-matrix TFT color display that makes its menus, settings and phone listings easy to see and read. It will store up to 6,000 contacts that are automatically loaded wirelessly via Bluetooth-enabled cell phones, PDAs, and laptops.

A built-in digital keypad also allows manual dialing if required. The self-contained Parrot CONFERENCE is relatively lightweight and has a small footprint for convenience and easy portability. It measures about 10 inches in diameter, sits less than two inches high and weights only 22 ounces including the batteries. MSRP for the base unit is only $299.99.

For info, contact Mike Hedge [mike.hedge@parrot.biz]

CTIA Wireless 2007

27 March -- You no longer have to look at all your great photos on that tiny screen of your camera phone. Upload them to a Parrot digital photo frame.

Parrot at ShowStoppers CTIA shows its new line of wireless digital photo frames which continues to grow with the recent addition of the company’s new Parrot PHOTO VIEWER 7” model. It holds more than 500 images and has a seven-inch active-matrix TFT screen for exceptionally bright, crisp photo images.

The new Parrot PHOTO VIEWER 7” joins Parrot’s 3.5 inch model introduced earlier this year that holds 120 photos. Both photo viewers are available online (see www.parrot.com) and through retailers in the U.S. with an MSRP of $ 239.99 and $169.99 respectively.

Photos can be transferred quickly and easily to the Parrot photo viewers from a Bluetooth-enabled cell phone, digital camera, laptop other storage device. To upload pictures, simply select the Parrot PHOTO VIEWER in the list of Bluetooth devices on your phone, digital camera or computer. Then select the picture you want to display and send it to the frame via Bluetooth. The picture is instantly converted to the size of the screen.

Both Parrot PHOTO VIEWERs have built-in sensors that keep the image upright whether the frame is positioned vertically or horizontally. They also allow for brightness adjustment and shut off automatically when it’s dark. Enjoy your favorite photos, in the order you want, with customizable slide shows and an ultra-simple three button user interface.

For info, contact Mike Hedge [mike.hedge@parrot.biz]