Corporate Profile for Varatouch Technology Inc., dated Jan. 7, 2000.Business Editors --(BUSINESS WIRE) The following Corporate Profile is available for inclusion in your files. News releases for this client are distributed by Business Wire and also become part of the leading databases and online services, including all of the leading Internet-based services.
Published Date: Jan. 7, 2000
Company Name: Varatouch Technology Inc.
Address: 7325 Roseville Road
Sacramento, CA 95842
Main Telephone
Number: 916/331-6300
Internet Home
Page Address
(URL) www.varatouch.com
Chief Executive
Officer: Michael Rogers
Chief Financial
Officer: Frank Bodie
Investor Relations
Contact: Frank Bodie or William Boyer
Business number: 916/331-6300 x318
E-mail address: fbodie@varatouch.com or wboyer@varatouch.com
Public Relations
Contact: William Boyer
Business number: 916/331-6300 x317
E-mail address: wboyer@varatouch.com
Industry: wireless, high tech electronic components, remotes &
pointing devices
Company description: Varatouch Technology Inc. is at the forefront of the convergence trend for PC/TV, web surfing Refers to jumping from page to page on the Web. Just as in "TV channel surfing," where one clicks the remote to go from channel to channel, the hyperlink on Web pages makes it easy to jump from one page to another. , wireless internet appliances Also called "information appliance," "smart appliance," and "Web appliance," it is a device specialized for accessing the Web and/or e-mail. Designed for ease of use, it plugs into a telephone jack or LAN connection for Internet hookup. , set-top boxes, cellular phones, telecommunications, electronic gaming, and all other such devices with its revolutionary input and pointing control devices that are the perfect replacement for a computer mouse or as an integrated pointer-controller. The VaraPoint (TM) mouse-replacement component allows manufacturers to integrate a rugged, and highly efficient pointer-controller device right into the 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. or keyboard of their wireless system, such as cell phones, PDAs, laptop computers, web surfer keyboards and remote controls. VaraPoint gives users full function, 360-degree on-screen on·screen or on-screen adj. & adv. 1. As shown on a movie, television, or display screen. 2. Within public view; in public. movement and cursor control, and is the perfect match for menu browsing, gaming and all other point-and-click functions. The VaraPoint module most recently has been integrated as a mouse controller and on-screen pointer into a new point-of-sale system developed by IBM (International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY, www.ibm.com) The world's largest computer company. IBM's product lines include the S/390 mainframes (zSeries), AS/400 midrange business systems (iSeries), RS/6000 workstations and servers (pSeries), Intel-based servers (xSeries) . The MicroPoint (TM) component is the world's smallest full function joystick (hardware, games) joystick - A device consisting of a hand held stick that pivots about one end and transmits its angle in two dimensions to a computer. Joysticks are often used to control games, and usually have one or more push-buttons whose state can also be read by the computer. and is based on the same technology as the VaraPoint module. It is the perfect choice for small hand-held devices like cell phones and the new lines of small, hand-held, wireless internet browsers. If manufacturers need small controllers, then MicroPoint is the right choice. Both VaraPoint and MicroPoint are based on the company's proprietary Resistive resistive /re·sis·tive/ (re-zis´tiv) pertaining to or characterized by resistance. Rubber Technology (TM), or R2 Technology (TM), pronounced "R-Squared." R2 is a carefully blended mixture of silicone rubber Noun 1. silicone rubber - made from silicone elastomers; retains flexibility resilience and tensile strength over a wide temperature range synthetic rubber, rubber - any of various synthetic elastic materials whose properties resemble natural rubber and carbon that creates a unique electrical resistor resistor, two-terminal electric circuit component that offers opposition to an electric current. Resistors are normally designed and operated so that, with varying levels of current, variations of their resistance values are negligible (see resistance). that is ideal for many applications where manufacturers need an analog-to-digital sensor. Varatouch Technology Inc. is a privately held California corporation based in Sacramento. The company has been recognized for the past six years as one of the region's fastest growing companies every year since 1994 by the Sacramento Business Journal. |
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