Addonics Announces Plug & Play USB Pocket Memory Reader; Easy, High Speed Digital Image/Data Transfer From PCs, iMac and PDA's.FREMONT, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 19, 1999-- Addonics Technologies will begin shipping next week a lightweight (4.5 oz.) plug & play Compact Flash Card reader A peripheral device that reads and writes a flash memory card. Typically connecting to the computer via the USB port, readers were first available for only one type of card. Today, readers are available for all popular memory cards. that uses the USB port to provide an easy, inexpensive and high speed way to transfer digital images or data to a PC or iMac. The new product, called the Pocket Memory Reader, is designed for the mobile photography and mobile computing markets. It will allow users of digital cameras, personal digital assistants (PDA (Personal Digital Assistant) A handheld computer for managing contacts, appointments and tasks. It typically includes a name and address database, calendar, to-do list and note taker, which are the functions in a personal information manager (see PIM). ), personal organizers, voice recorders or other mobile electronic products using CompactFlash Cards or IBM's Micro Drive to by-pass the parallel port and plug directly into USB USB in full Universal Serial Bus Type of serial bus that allows peripheral devices (disks, modems, printers, digitizers, data gloves, etc.) to be easily connected to a computer. . Since iMacs don't have a parallel port, this will give users a convenient way to transfer digital images and data. The teal-colored translucent unit (same color as an iMac) weighs only 4.5 oz. and is 1.46 x 1.69 x .13 inches. Pricing will begin at $79. Besides giving users an easy way to transfer images and data without needing any auxiliary power source, the device has an image and data transfer rate of over one megabyte per second A megabyte per second (MB/s or MBps) is a unit of data transfer rate equal to:
System requirements are one available USB port, MacOs8.1 or higher or Windows 98, one available CD-ROM drive, and 16MB RAM. Last week, Addonics announced another key product -- a compact CD-Record/CD-Write (CD-RW (CD-ReWritable) The only rewritable CD technology. CD-RW disks look like other CD media, but with close inspection, they have a more polished surface with a very dark blue-gray cast. ) drive with PC Card and USB interface. Called the Pocket CDRW, the PCMCIA (Personal Computer Memory Card International Association, San Jose, CA, www.pcmcia.org) An international standards body and trade association that was founded in 1989 to establish a standard for connecting peripherals to portable computers. PCMCIA created the PC Card. See PC Card. drive enables notebook PCs or USB-equipped desktop PCs or iMacs to record and playback digital quality sound and video, or to rewrite and backup data onto CD-R or CD-RW media. Available immediately, Addonics' 4 x 4 x 20 Pocket CDRW drive will be priced at $499 with either PCMCIA or USB interface cable. Addonics is a member of the multi-billion-dollar ACER Group. Addonics designs, manufactures, and markets a broad line of mobile storage products that connect to many PC platforms including Desktop, Notebook, Win CE, iMAC and Apple Power Book, through the PCMCIA and USB interfaces. The company also has a broad line of communications A route, either land, water, and/or air, that connects an operating military force with a base of operations and along which supplies and military forces move. Also called LOC. See also base of operations; route. products and multimedia audio and graphics solutions. Addonics is headquartered at 48434 Milmont Drive, Fremont, CA 94538. All products/company names are either trademarks or trade names of their respective holders. |
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