D&H Distributing Becomes Latest National Distributor for e.Digital Consumer Electronics Products.Business Editors and High-Tech Writers SAN DIEGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 6, 2002 America's Premier Educational Distributor to Deliver e.Digital-Branded Digital Audio Players See digital music player, digital media hub and digital media server. to Growing $10.68 Billion Campus Bookstore Market e.Digital Corp. (OTC OTC See: Over-the-counter. OTC See over-the-counter market (OTC). :EDIG EDIG European Defence Industries Group ) today announced that D&H Distributing will supply e.Digital-branded products to college and university resellers and other merchandisers nationwide beginning this month. D&H is one of America's largest wholesale distributors of consumer electronics and educational products to the educational market and computer and security products to the reseller and solution provider community. D&H distributes consumer electronics products to more than 3,000 college campuses nationwide, representing a market of millions of college students. Tom Boksa, e.Digital's Vice President of Consumer Electronics, said, "We are excited to have one of the largest educational distributors in America supplying e.Digital-branded products to campus resellers nationwide. Our alliance with D&H allows us to leverage their dominance in the education market to gain massive access to back-to-school outlets. College students in particular represent the perfect demographic for our MP3 players; they love music, have expendable income, and most have broadband access See broadband and wireless broadband. . Our partnership with D&H plugs us in to this technologically savvy, digitally-connected audience." "We're proud to add e.Digital's feature-rich MP3 technology to our line-up," said Lynn Gorecki, manager of D&H's education division. D&H is one of the few distributors to devote an entire division to the education market; it's a segment of the company that has grown by 70% over the last two years. "By focusing our resources on particular markets, we're better able to respond to its trends and needs, from the proliferation proliferation /pro·lif·er·a·tion/ (pro-lif?er-a´shun) the reproduction or multiplication of similar forms, especially of cells.prolif´erativeprolif´erous pro·lif·er·a·tion n. of PDAs on campuses to the move toward space-saving flat screen monitors in classrooms," Gorecki continued. "e.Digital's products are a fine offering for this sought-after demographic." Approximately 15 million students strong, the college segment is a large and influential market. The National Association of College Stores estimates U.S. and Canadian college store sales to be $10.68 billion for the 2000-2001 academic year, with over $800 million being spent on computer-related products alone. D&H will carry e.Digital's Odyssey(TM) 100, 200, and 300 MP3 players as well as the Treo(TM) 15 personal digital jukebox (1) Software for managing music files. Also called a "digital music manager," "music manager," or just "jukebox," it lets users organize MP3 and other audio files into playlists, play the songs, rip CD tracks to MP3 and other formats, burn CDs and download titles to portable . The Odyssey players are Mac and PC compatible, easy to use, loaded with features, and economically priced. The pocket-sized, lightweight Treo 15 boasts superior sound quality and has a massive, 15 GB hard drive that stores 3,800 tracks or up to 300 CDs worth of digital music. According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. Bryan Jones, vice president of Broadband Entertainment for e.Digital, "We plan to bolster the tremendous exposure we'll gain on college campuses with other promotional activities to drive demand at colleges and universities around the nation. With 93% of college students accessing the Internet, they are the most connected segment of the population. We will provide these students with a variety of downloadable streaming content they can use on their e.Digital players. This is an exciting step in the growth of e.Digital and its Broadband Entertainment Business Unit." About D&H Distributing One of America's largest wholesale distributors of microcomputer products, consumer electronics, educational products and security products, D&H has been distributing to the reseller and solution provider community for more than 84 years. The company recently earned the highest overall performance rating among the top five preferred distributors in CRN CRN Computer Reseller News CRN Crown CRN Council for Responsible Nutrition CRN Crane CRN Community Recycling Network CRN Course Reference Number CRN Center for Responsible Nanotechnology CRN Cornish (SIL code, UK) magazine's annual Preferred Sourcing Study, reflecting responses from more than 3,000 solution providers. D&H leads the computer industry in emerging technologies and is known for providing every solution provider -- from large, national accounts to small, independent business owners -- with top-quality products, competitive prices and highly personalized service. D&H Distributing has headquarters in Harrisburg, Pa., with shipping locations in Harrisburg, Boston, Ft. Lauderdale, Chicago, Dallas and Visalia, Calif. For more information on D&H, call toll-free, 800/340-1001, or visit the company's Web site at www.dandh.com. About e.Digital e.Digital Corp. designs, licenses, brands, manufactures, and sells digital audio products and technologies. The company's trademarked digital audio players include the MXP MXP In currencies, this is the abbreviation for the Mexican Peso. Notes: The currency market, also known as the Foreign Exchange market, is the largest financial market in the world, with a daily average volume of over US $1 trillion. (TM) 100, Treo(TM) 15 and Treo 10, Odyssey(TM) 100, Odyssey 200, and Odyssey 300. The company also offers an engineering partnership for the world's leading electronics companies to link portable digital devices to PCs and the Internet. e.Digital develops and markets to consumer electronics manufacturers complete end-to-end solutions for delivery and management of open and secure digital media with a focus on music, voice and video players/recorders, and automotive infotainment and telematics Originally coined to mean the convergence of telecommunications and information processing, the term later evolved to refer to automation in automobiles. GPS navigation, integrated hands-free cellphones, wireless communications and automatic driving assistance systems all come under the systems. Other applications for e.Digital's technology include portable digital music players See digital music player and Portable Media Center. and voice recorders; desktop, laptop, and handheld computers; PC peripherals; cellular phone peripherals; e-books; video games See video game console. ; digital cameras; and digital video recorders See DVR. . Engineering services range from the licensing of e.Digital's patented MicroOS(TM) file management system to custom software and hardware development, industrial design, and manufacturing services. For more information on the company, visit www.edig.com. To shop at the e.Digital online store, visit www.edigital-store.com. Safe Harbor Safe Harbor 1. A legal provision to reduce or eliminate liability as long as good faith is demonstrated. 2. A form of shark repellent implemented by a target company acquiring a business that is so poorly regulated that the target itself is less attractive. statement under the Private Securities Litigation An action brought in court to enforce a particular right. The act or process of bringing a lawsuit in and of itself; a judicial contest; any dispute. When a person begins a civil lawsuit, the person enters into a process called litigation. Reform of 1995: This document contains forward-looking statements forward-looking statement A projected financial statement based on management expectations. A forward-looking statement involves risks with regard to the accuracy of assumptions underlying the projections. relating to relating to relate prep → concernant relating to relate prep → bezüglich +gen, mit Bezug auf +acc future performance, technology and product development that may affect future results and the future viability of the company. Actual results could be affected or differ materially from those projected in the forward-looking statements as a result of risks and uncertainties, including future products and results, technological shifts, potential technical difficulties that could delay new products, competition, general economic factors, and conditions in the markets in which the company operates, pricing pressures, the uncertainty of market acceptance of new products and services by OEM's and end-user customers, and other factors identified and discussed in the company's most recent filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. These forward-looking statements are based on information and management's expectations as of the date hereof. Future results may differ materially from the company's current expectations. Editors Note: e.Digital, Odyssey, and Treo are trademarks of e.Digital Corp. All other company, product, and service names are the property of their respective owners. |
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