Casio PhoneMate Ships IT-380 E-Mail Link Combination Telephone Answering Device.TORRANCE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 1, 1998-- Unique E-Mail Access Unit Lets Users Check Mail Without a PC; Includes Text-To-Speech Remote E-Mail Service See Internet e-mail service. from Mail Call Telecommunications pioneer Casio PhoneMate, Inc. today announced that that it has begun shipping the IT-380 E-Mail Link, the first combination telephone answering device (TAD) that lets users check electronic mail. The IT-380 is bundled with the Mail Call(tm) text-to-speech remote e-mail service from Mail Call, Inc. Mail Call, a subscriber-based service, extends the IT-380's e-mail access by providing secure, automated full-text access to e-mail messages from any telephone, anywhere in the world. The IT-380 E-Mail Link is available in specialty retail, consumer electronics and computer stores nationwide at an estimated street price of $149.95. The IT-380 is the first TAD that enables users to access electronic mail, much as they do now with voice messages. Integrated with an all-digital answering machine and speakerphone speak·er·phone n. A telephone or telephone attachment that contains both a loudspeaker and a microphone, allowing several persons to participate in a call at the same time without the telephone receiver being held. Noun 1. , the IT-380 uses a three-line, 18-character liquid crystal display liquid crystal display (LCD) Optoelectronic device used in displays for watches, calculators, notebook computers, and other electronic devices. Current passed through specific portions of the liquid crystal solution causes the crystals to align, blocking the passage of light. (LCD) to inform users about their new, unread e-mail, without requiring that they boot-up a computer. The LCD permits scrolling of up to 60 characters, displaying each e-mail's subject, sender, and date and time received. The IT-380 displays header information on up to 40 messages, and users can access up to two e-mail addressed See Internet address. e-mail address - electronic mail address at pre-set intervals or at the touch of a button. The IT-380 comes with a special in-box offer that waives the initial fee for Mail Call for the first month, providing 30 minutes of free service. Combined with Mail Call, Casio PhoneMate's IT-380 enables users to review all incoming e-mail messages and listen to those messages deemed urgent or important, without booting up See boot. a PC and logging on to an ISP (1) See in-system programmable. (2) (Internet Service Provider) An organization that provides access to the Internet. Connection to the user is provided via dial-up, ISDN, cable, DSL and T1/T3 lines. . Mail Call allows users to respond to e-mail by triggering one of three pre-programmed responses; by entering a phone number on the touch-tone keypad A small keyboard or supplementary keyboard keys; for example, the keys on a calculator or the number/cursor cluster on a computer keyboard. See programmable keypad. to which the recipient can call back, with a customized response configured on the Mail Call Web site (www.mailcall.net); or by speaking a reply -- in the user's own voice -- directly into the phone. Supporting the electronic mail industry's POP-3 standard, the IT-380 works with all compliant Internet Service Providers Internet service provider (ISP) Company that provides Internet connections and services to individuals and organizations. For a monthly fee, ISPs provide computer users with a connection to their site (see data transmission), as well as a log-in name and password. (ISPs) and online services, including CompuServe and Prodigy, and does not require a PC connection. Using the IT-380's remote access capability, users can check e-mail or voice messages when away from their home or business. The IT-380's all-digital answering machine features 14 minutes of record time, message preview, selective save and erase; the ability to skip and repeat messages; and variable speed playback. The unit also integrates a speakerphone with "True Hold," which enables users to automatically take a call off hold when an extension phone is picked up. About Casio PhoneMate Founded in 1968, Casio PhoneMate, Inc. is a leader in the development and design of telecommunications products for home, home/office and small business consumers. The company has consistently introduced industry "firsts," including one of the first commercially available telephone answering devices (TAD), the first TAD with integrated cordless telephone A cordless telephone or portable telephone is a telephone with a wireless handset which communicates via radio waves with a base station connected to a fixed telephone line (POTS) and can only be operated near (typically within 100 meters or 328 ft from) its base station , the first implementation of synthesized voice prompting A recorded message that is played by auto attendants, interactive voice response (IVR) systems, message-on-hold systems and other voice processing tools. The "prompt" is a request to input some data; a recording that does not ask for feedback is more properly called a voice "message." and time/day stamp, the first all-digital TAD, the first cordless telephone with Call Waiting Caller ID A telephone company service that sends the caller's telephone number between the first and second ring of the call. If the calling number is not blocked, the calling number is displayed on the handset or base station of the called party. display, the first combination telephone answering device to let users check their electronic mail and, with Modem Monitor(R), the first technology that prevents the telephone from interrupting an online session or a fax transmission. Based in Torrance, California, Casio PhoneMate continues to pioneer high-quality, reliable and cost-effective communications solutions.
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