AudibleReady Digisette Duo-Aria Hits Retail Channel for Immediate Availability.Business/Technology Editors CES 2001 Booth No. 6838 LAS VEGAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 5, 2001 Audible, Inc. (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on : ADBL ADBL Agricultural Development Bank Limited (Nepal) ) and Digisette, L.L.C. today announced that the Digisette Duo-Aria digital audio player See digital music player, digital media hub and digital media server. is currently shipping to selected outlets for retail sale. Audible(R) is the leading provider of Internet-delivered spoken audio (www.audible.com(TM)) for PC-based listening or mobile playback on AudibleReady(R) portable digital audio players. Featuring breakthrough functionality and design that plays in virtually every standard cassette tape unit, the Digisette Duo-Aria plays back downloadable audiobooks and an enormous collection of other digital audio titles from audible.com, including audio digests of newspapers and magazines, as well as digital music. The handheld digital player can also be used as a stand-alone portable audio playback device. With the familiar shape and size of a standard audiocassette tape and 32 MB of internal memory, the Duo-Aria has the capability to store and play a minimum of 4 hours of Audible's downloadable premium spoken audio titles or approximately 30 minutes of MP3-quality music. The player also has the capability of being upgraded to 96 MB of memory via removable MMC See MultiMediaCard and Microsoft Management Console. flash memory cards. The Duo-Aria is able to play back the thousands of hours of digital spoken audio that are always available at audible.com. Using a desktop or laptop PC for the downloading and transfer of audio content to the Duo-Aria, users will be able to enjoy audio titles on-demand as individual selections or automatically via a variety of monthly subscriptions from audible.com. The Audible collection includes a high-quality collection of audiobooks, public radio programs, business news, information and entertainment programming, as well as AudibleOriginal(TM) series like RobinWilliams@audible.com(TM), comedy selections from Greg Proops Gregory Everett Proops (born October 3, 1959) is an American actor and stand-up comedian, and works largely in Europe as a comic and improviser. Early life Born in Phoenix, Arizona and raised in San Carlos, California, a quiet suburb south of San Francisco, Proops and Steve Marmel Steve Marmel is the writer and producer of various tv-series, among which The Fairly Odd Parents, I am Weasel, Danny Phantom and Yin Yang Yo!. , and the just launched In Bed With Susie Bright Susannah "Susie" Bright (also known as Susie Sexpert) (born March 25, 1958, Arlington, Virginia) is a writer, speaker, teacher, audio show host, performer, all on the subject of sexuality. She is one of the first writers/activists referred to as a sex-positive feminist. . "We are proud to deliver to market the AudibleReady Digisette Duo-Aria," said Jeff deGracia, vice president of Marketing at Digisette, L.L.C. "We have worked in close collaboration with Audible to reach this exciting phase of the product launch, and look forward to furthering our important relationship." "The Digisette Duo-Aria is a significant addition to the collection of AudibleReady portable digital audio devices and the first example of licensing from Audible's patent portfolio," added Guy Story, chief scientist at Audible, Inc. "With a generous rebate for our customers using the Duo-Aria and extensive experience in new product launches, we welcome the Duo-Aria to the market with hopes for great success." Audible.com features daily selected audio content from The Wall Street Journal and daily digests of The New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of Times, San Jose Mercury News The San Jose Mercury News is the major daily newspaper in San Jose, California and Silicon Valley. The paper is owned by MediaNews Group. Its headquarters and printing plant are located in North San Jose next to the Nimitz Freeway (Interstate 880). , Los Angeles Times Los Angeles Times Morning daily newspaper. Established in 1881, it was purchased and incorporated in 1884 by Harrison Gray Otis (1837–1917) under The Times-Mirror Co. (the hyphen was later dropped from the name). and Slate, as well as The Economist, The Industry Standard, Forbes and Harvard Business Review Harvard Business Review is a general management magazine published since 1922 by Harvard Business School Publishing, owned by the Harvard Business School. A monthly research-based magazine written for business practitioners, it claims a high ranking business readership and . The site also offers a powerful collection of audiobook best sellers and classics by authors such as Stephen King, John Grisham, Frank McCourt, Jon Krakauer, Scott Adams, Mary Higgins Clark Mary Theresa Eleanor Higgins Clark Conheeney, best known as Mary Higgins Clark, (b December 24, 1927 in the Bronx, New York) is an American author of suspense novels. , James Redfield, James Patterson, William Shakespeare, Emily Dickinson and Jane Austen. There are also speeches, lectures and on-demand public radio programs including Morning Edition(R), All Things Considered All Things Considered (ATC) is a news radio program in the United States, broadcast on the National Public Radio network. It was the first news program on the network, and is broadcast live worldwide through several outlets. (R), Talk of the Nation(R), This American Life This American Life (TAL) is a weekly hour-long radio program produced by Chicago Public Radio. It is distributed by Public Radio International and is also available as a free weekly podcast. , Marketplace, Car Talk, Fresh Air and Science Friday. Digisette Duo-Aria users who sign up for the FrequentListener(TM) membership program at audible.com will receive a $100 rebate from Audible, further lowering the cost of listening to Audible audio on the Duo-Aria. About Audible, Inc. Audible(R) (www.audible.com(TM)) is the Internet's largest, most diverse provider of premium spoken audio services for content download or playback on personal computers or AudibleReady(TM) mobile devices. Audible has more than 26,000 hours of audio programs and 160 content partners that include leading audiobook publishers, broadcasters, magazine and newspaper publishers and business information providers. Audible.com is Amazon.com's (www.amazon.com) exclusive provider of spoken word products for downloading or streaming via the Web. Additionally, the Company is strategically aligned with Random House, Inc., to pioneer the first-ever imprint to produce spoken word content specifically suited for digital distribution, Random House Audible. Among the Company's key business partners are Casio Inc., Compaq Computer Corporation (company) Compaq Computer Corporation - The largest US manufacturer and vendor of IBM PC compatible personal computers and servers. Compaq was started in 1982 by three ex-Texas Instruments employees. Quarterly sales $2499M, profits $210M (Aug 1994). http://compaq.com/. , SONICblue Incorporated's Rio Audio Group, Microsoft Corporation, Royal Philips Electronics, RealNetworks, Inc., Texas Instruments and VoiceAge Corp. About Digisette -- Progressive Products for a Changing World Digisette, L.L.C. is a dynamic consumer electronics company that brings leading-edge technology products to the global market. Our commitment rests in providing high quality product innovations while remaining at the forefront of consumer needs. True to this vision, Digisette is the first company to uniquely maximize the benefits of today's digital audio revolution with the Duo line of digital audio players. The Duo can be used as both a listening device and also be loaded in a standard cassette player, allowing consumers to enjoy their favorite digital audio wherever they go. The company looks forward to a number of other exciting product innovations that will be announced in the coming months. AudibleReady is a registered trademark of Audible, Inc. and www.audible.com is a trademark of Audible, Inc. This press release contains information that is not historical fact and may be deemed to contain forward-looking statements. Actual results may differ materially from those anticipated in any forward-looking statements as a result of certain risks and uncertainties, including, without limitation, Audible's limited operating history, history of losses, uncertain market for its services, and its inability to license or produce compelling audio content and other risks and uncertainties detailed in the company's Securities and Exchange Commission filings. |
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