Aspire Corp. Announces Call Counter Battery Pack; Breakthrough Product Lets Cell Phone Users Manage Own Monthly Call Plan.SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 3, 1997--Aspire Corporation announced the CALL COUNTER battery pack at Wireless '97 today. Cellular customers can use the Call Counter to control their cellular bill while it powers their cell phone. Market positioning of the Call Counter, the first Value Added Value Added The enhancement a company gives its product or service before offering the product to customers. Notes: This can either increase the products price or value. Battery product for cell phones, is based on the monthly savings it provides for the customer's cell phone bill, not to the comparative cost of other battery packs. Users Can Manage Their Own Call Plan The Call Counter battery pack places a unique new capability into the hands of each cell phone user. It lets them manage their own cell phone bill. It eliminates the risk of receiving an expensive "end of the month surprise" bill. The primary function of the Call Counter battery pack is cell phone bill management; it powers the phone as a secondary function. The first Call Counter battery pack is designed for use with Motorola MicroTAC The Motorola MicroTAC (otherwise known as MicroTac, Micro-Tac, MicroT.A.C, misspelt MicroTec or simply , Microtac (no capitalization for TAC in both cases) is a cellular phone first manufactured as an analog phone in 1989. (TM) cell phones. The Call Counter uses patent-pending sensing technology to detect and log the time of day, the date, type (Incoming or Outgoing) and duration of each call. A microprocessor microprocessor, integrated circuit containing the arithmetic, logic, and control circuitry required to interpret and execute instructions from a computer program. in the Call Counter battery pack constantly calculates and displays the minutes remaining in the user's Call Plan. At midnight on the customer's monthly billing date the "included minutes" are automatically reset to the full amount. Built-In Timers Do Not Provide a Solution It is not possible to use a built-in timer timer, n radiographic timing device that functions as an automatic exposure timer and a switch to control the current to the high-tension transformer and filament transformer. The face of the timer is calibrated in seconds and fractions of seconds. in a cell phone to manage a complex Call Plan. Today a typical monthly Call Plan might include: 120 minutes of Peak time calls, unlimited weekend calls and the first 60 minutes of Incoming calls. Built-in timers simply add all these calls together. Only the Call Counter identifies each type of call and automatically displays the "included minutes" left. Pricing and Distribution Suggested retail price (SRP SRP - A data link layer protocol. ) for the Call Counter battery pack is $99. At this SRP, the Call Counter occupies a premium -- but not top -- position in the cell phone battery pack line. Top position is occupied by the Lithium Ion A rechargeable battery technology introduced in 1991 that provides greater charge per pound than nickel metal hydride. In 1993, Toshiba introduced the first notebook in the U.S. with a Li-ion battery. battery pack at well over $100. Aspire Corporation is negotiating with major battery pack manufacturers and retailers to produce and distribute the Call Counter battery pack. Interested parties should contact the company directly for further information. About Aspire Corporation Aspire Corporation designs and licenses Value Added Battery (VAB VAB abbr. voice answer back ) products which provide significant new functions for standard cell phones in the emerging Personal Communications Systems In telecommunication, a communications system is a collection of individual communications networks, transmission systems, relay stations, tributary stations, and data terminal equipment (DTE) usually capable of interconnection and interoperation to form an integrated whole. market. These VAB products provide the new generation of functions which cellular carriers need to maintain market share as the cell phone market evolves into a PCS (1) (Personal Communications Services) Refers to wireless services that emerged after the U.S. government auctioned commercial licenses in 1994 and 1995. This radio spectrum in the 1. market. Aspire VAB products are supplied through standard distribution channels. Aspire president, Garrett Stone, has over twenty five years experience managing emerging growth companies in the electronics industry. CONTACT: Aspire Corporation Garrett Stone, 415/435-9580 |
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