Disney Selects the AlphaSmart "Intelligent Keyboard" for Advanced Technology Exhibit.CUPERTINO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 22, 1998-- Clever Keyboard Peripheral Lets Students Share Computer Resources while Improving their Writing and Keyboarding Skills. The AlphaSmart 2000, a highly portable, convenient and lightweight "Intelligent Keyboard" developed by Intelligent Peripheral Devices See peripheral. peripheral device - peripheral (IPD IPD Institut für Programmstrukturen und Datenorganisation IPD Investment Property Databank (UK) IPD Integrated Product Development IPD Intellectual Property Department IPD Invasive Pneumococcal Disease IPD Implicit Price Deflator ), was selected by the Disney Corporation for display at its "Innoventions" Exhibition in "Tomorrowland". Innoventions features new products that demonstrate how advanced technology improves our daily lives. The AlphaSmart 2000 is a keyboard peripheral that operates as a remote companion for any Macintosh or PC. It enables students to write and electronically store reports, essays and notes without being directly linked to a computer. Using AlphaSmart, an entire class can word-process on personal keyboards and later upload See download. upload - /uhp'lohd/ To transfer programs or data over a digital communications link from a smaller or peripheral "client" system to a larger or central "host" one. Opposite: download. their individual text files to a shared computer for advanced editing, formatting or transmission over the Internet. With a decrease in retail price from $249 to $229 as of July 1, 1998, 10 students can be equipped with an AlphaSmart keyboard for the price of a single computer. The convenient, rugged AlphaSmart 2000 is robustly engineered to withstand the aggressive handling of even the most boisterous student. It includes a full-size keyboard, a four line text display, weighs only two pounds and can run for up to three hundred hours on three standard AA batteries. "We are honored that a family-oriented company like Disney has chosen our AlphaSmart keyboard for inclusion in its exhibit," said Intelligent Peripheral Devices Vice President Manish Kothari. "We feel our efforts to reduce the cost of digital education are really being recognized by our exposure at this prominent exposition exposition or exhibition, term frequently applied to an organized public fair or display of industrial and artistic productions, designed usually to promote trade and to reflect cultural progress. ." New Reduced Pricing and Trade In The AlphaSmart 2000 will have a suggested reduced retail price of $229 as of July 1. Educational pricing ranges from $185 to $229 based on volume. IPD has also announced that it is offering owners of its older AlphaSmart and AlphaSmart Pro keyboard products an opportunity to upgrade to the new AlphaSmart 2000 with a 50% discount off the retail price. Owners of IPD's AlphaSmart and AlphaSmart Pro keyboards can upgrade these older models to a new AlphaSmart 2000 for only $130 per unit, which includes $5 for shipping and handling. The new AlphaSmart 2000 features extended battery life, a larger internal spell-checker and direct output to most PC and Apple printers. Keyboarding Value-conscious school districts can now also teach keyboarding skills with a new software package produced by Humanities Software, just released for AlphaSmart. KeyWords(TM) is a language-based training program that is designed to improve keyboarding skills and teaches touch-typing using real words and phrases Words and Phrases® A multivolume set of law books published by West Group containing thousands of judicial definitions of words and phrases, arranged alphabetically, from 1658 to the present. . Distributors in Europe and Latin America Latin America, the Spanish-speaking, Portuguese-speaking, and French-speaking countries (except Canada) of North America, South America, Central America, and the West Indies. IPD has begun manufacturing operations Manufacturing operations concern the operation of a facility, as opposed to maintenance, supply and distribution, health, and safety, emergency response, human resources, security, information technology and other infrastructural support organizations. for the European market. Localized Translated into the spoken language of the country. See localization. versions of the AlphaSmart keyboard are available for Europe and Latin America and are currently distributed in France, Benelux, Scandinavia, Ireland, the UK, Brazil, Ecuador, Costa Rica Costa Rica (kŏs`tə rē`kə), officially Republic of Costa Rica, republic (2005 est. pop. 4,016,000), 19,575 sq mi (50,700 sq km), Central America. , Mexico and the Netherland Antilles. About Intelligent Peripheral Devices Based in Silicon Valley, California, Intelligent Peripheral Devices was founded by two former Apple engineers with a desire to dramatically reduce the cost of computing computing - computer in education. The first AlphaSmart "Intelligent Keyboard" shipped in 1993. To learn more about IPD and the AlphaSmart product line, visit the Website at http://www.alphasmart.com, or call 408-252-9400. CONTACT: Big Mouth Communications Amy Bonetti, 415/837-1900 Abonetti@aol.com |
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