Addonics New Pocket DigiDrive Allows Users to Copy Digital AV Files to PCs From Anywhere; New USB Drive Reads &Writes from Seven Different Digital A/V Formats.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers FREMONT, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 18, 2001 Addonics Technologies today announced its multi-format Pocket DigiDrive -- a pocket-size storage device that reads/writes digital audio/video files from seven different formats. The Addonics Pocket DigiDrive is the perfect device for transferring data to your PC from digital cameras, digital camcorders, PDAs, MP3 players, digital voice recorders, and more. With so many options available for storing music and video files Addonics has designed a unified drive that supports all of today's popular A/V (1) (Audio/Video) Refers to equipment and applications that deal with sound and sight. The A/V world includes microphones, tape recorders, audio mixers, still and video cameras, film projectors, slide projectors, VCRs, CD and DVD players/recorders, amplifiers and storage formats. The Pocket DigiDrive reads and writes to all popular digital media formats such as CF-I, CF-II, Smart Memory(TM), Memory Stick(TM), Micro Drive(TM), Multimedia Card(TM), and Secure Digital Card See SD Card. (TM). The drive contains no moving parts Moving parts are the components of a device that undergo continuous or frequent motion, most commonly rotation. "Parts" only include the mechanical components which does not include fuel, or any other gas or liquid. , and consumes so little power, users only need to plug device into any 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. 1.1 or USB 2.0-compliant port to power the drive (no AC Adapter Same as power adapter. is needed). The device weighs just 11 ounces and measures 4 inches (W) x 5.5 inches (D) x 1 inch (H). The Addonics Pocket DigiDrive has a 1MB/second read/write speed. Supports is included for Windows 98SE, Me, 2000, XP, Mac OS 8.6 or higher, Linux kernel The nucleus of the Linux operating system. The Linux kernel, which was developed by Linus Torvalds, was integrated with software from the GNU Project and other sources to create the actual Linux operating system. See Linux, GNU/Linux and kernel. 2.4 or higher. Once the drive is installed, an icon for each type of media automatically appears under the My Computer folder. List price of the Pocket DigiDrive is $89, which includes a USB 2.0 cable and software. The drive is available through major catalog companies, resellers, VARs and distributors, including StorageUSA.com, PC Connection, CDW CDW - data warehouse , Buy.com, Insight, Egghead, Ingram Micro, and Ma Lab. Addonics Technologies Inc. designs, manufactures, and markets a broad line of external storage products. Addonics is headquartered at 48434 Milmont Drive, Fremont, CA 94538. Visit Addonics at www.addonics.com. Note to Editors: All products/company names are either trademarks or trade names of their respective holders. |
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