Aplio/Phone Named Product of the Year; Internet Telephony Magazine Honors Aplio/Phone as "One of the Most Forward Thinking and Useful Products in the Field".SAN BRUNO San Bruno (săn br  `nō), city (1990 pop. 38,961), San Mateo co., W Calif., a suburb on San Francisco Bay; inc. 1914. There is light manufacturing and petroleum refining. , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 6, 1999--Aplio Inc. today announced that its innovative Internet telephony Another term for IP telephony and VoIP. In the late 1990s, some people made a distinction between Internet Telephony and VoIP: Internet telephony referred to voice over the public Internet, while VoIP referred to voice over private IP networks. appliance, Aplio/Phone, has been named Internet Telephony magazine's 1998 Product of the Year. This week at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas Las Vegas (läs vā`gəs), city (1990 pop. 258,295), seat of Clark co., S Nev.; inc. 1911. It is the largest city in Nevada and the center of one of the fastest-growing urban areas in the United States. , Aplio will be announcing the availability of the latest version of this award-winning Internet telephony appliance -- Aplio 2.0 -- which delivers true telephone quality, H.323 compliance, PC-to-Phone communication, easy remote configuration and even greater savings. In announcing the Product of the Year Awards, Rich Tehrani, group publisher, said: "Aplio Inc.'s Aplio/Phone is among the most forward thinking and useful products announced in the field of voice/data convergence -- a field that is abundant with new products. Internet Telephony magazines' Product of the Year Awards are designed to draw attention to those vendors whose products have helped redefine a fledgling technological anomaly into an unimagined telecommunications revolution." Earlier this year, Internet Telephony magazine gave an 'A' rating and their Editor's Choice award to the Aplio/Phone, noting that it was "less expensive, easier to install and more feature-rich," and that they were "looking forward to seeing more products of this quality." Aplio/Phone is a standalone, smart Internet telephony appliance that re-routes calls to the Internet without a computer, enabling users to dial long distance calls for free. Aplio/Phone is a full-featured telephony solution with patent-pending technology that makes it simple to connect to other callers via telephone. With the press of one button, Aplio/Phone reroutes calls to the Internet, eliminating any per-minute long-distance charges, while ensuring superior audio quality, rivaling that of advanced digital cellular phones. In addition, the Aplio/Phone features a built-in processor and modem, Flash RAM See flash memory. , hardware-based full-duplex voice compression Same as speech compression. , and a full-duplex speakerphone that can be used even when the device is not connected to the Internet. About Aplio Aplio Inc. is a pioneer in the Internet telephony appliance market. Founded in 1996, Aplio develops and delivers a new generation of very low-cost, easy-to-use Internet appliances, enabling any small business or home user to communicate and access information through the Internet, without using a PC or a network computer. The company's flagship product A primary product of a company, which is typically why the company was founded and/or what made it well known. For example, MS-DOS, Windows and the Microsoft Office suite have been flagship products of Microsoft. CorelDRAW is a flagship product of Corel Corporation. , the Aplio/Phone, was introduced in March 1998. Since its introduction, the Aplio/Phone has received much acclaim, from the press (HomePC's Reviewer's Choice, Internet Telephony, etc), analysts, and customers worldwide. Located in San Bruno, Calif., Aplio Inc. has a worldwide presence with offices in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. , Europe and Israel. The privately held company privately held company A firm whose shares are held within a relatively small circle of owners and are not traded publicly. is backed by major European and Asian venture capitalists. Note to Editors: You can preview the new version the appliance, Aplio/Phone 2.0, this week, January 7-10 at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES), booth L-5422 in the North Hall at the Las Vegas Convention Center The Las Vegas Convention Center is owned and operated by the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority and is located in Clark County, Nevada. It is one of the largest Convention centers in the world. At the end of 2004, the center had 3. . |
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