AudibleReady eBook Reader Software Enhances the Compaq iPAQ Pocket PC.Business Editors WAYNE, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 19, 2000 Compaq's New Pocket PC Can Play Best Selling and Classic Audiobooks, Timely Newspaper and Magazine Audio Digests and RobinWilliams@audible.com(tm) 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) ) today announced that the Compaq iPAQ Pocket PC is available with Microsoft (R) eBook Reader software that can play the more than 20,000 hours of premium spoken word audio available for download at www.audible.com. Audible is the leading provider of Internet-delivered spoken audio for PC-based listening or mobile playback on AudibleReady(tm) portable digital audio players. "Compaq is thrilled to be working with Audible to deliver premium, spoken word audio for the Compaq iPAQ Pocket PC," said Ted Clark, Vice President, iAppliances, 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/. . "The beauty of the iPAQ Pocket PC is its ability to transform to meet the needs of each individual user's needs, and the Audible software allows customers to choose the audio content they want to listen to while on the go." "We are grateful for the opportunity to add value for users of the Compaq iPAQ Pocket PC and are delighted to further our working relationship with Compaq," said Travis Millman, Vice President of Business Development at Audible, Inc. "By leveraging the efficiencies of Audible's Internet audio See RealAudio. system, iPAQ Pocket PC users can listen to articles from that day's Wall Street Journal or the latest best seller whenever and wherever they want." The AudibleReady(tm) Compaq iPAQ Pocket PC acts as a portable digital audio player that easily stores six hours of Audible's spoken audio on internal RAM For other uses, see Iram. Internal RAM, or IRAM, is the address range of RAM that is internal to the CPU. Some object files contain an .iram section. Generally, IRAM is composed of very high speed SRAM located alongside of the CPU. . Additional hours may be stored on a CompactFlash(tm) memory card. Users can download audio titles on-demand or have them automatically delivered with periodic or daily subscriptions and listen to quality programming-- including the newly launched weekly series RobinWilliams @ audible.com(tm)-- for convenient on-the-go listening. Audible.com(tm) also 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). , as well as The Economist Audio Digest, 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 <noinclude></noinclude>
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