MeterNet Teams With Amiga to Develop SimpleBox Internet Devices for Broadband.Business Editors & Multimedia Writers SNOQUALMIE, Wash., & RENO, Nev.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 20, 2000 New, Easy-to-Use, Solid State Internet Device Products Powered by Next Generation Amiga A personal computer series introduced in 1985 by Commodore. Amigas gained a reputation early on as advanced graphics and multimedia machines, and NewTek's Video Toaster application brought it to the forefront of economical, high-end video editing. Technologies Include Java(TM) and Media Streaming Support Targeting the millions of computerless and offline consumers worldwide who will soon be broadband enabled, Amiga(R) and MeterNet(R) have teamed to develop and deliver a series of broadband SimpleBox Internet Devices powered by the next generation Amiga. MeterNet's SimpleBox Program is dedicated to bringing best of breed solutions to their embedded platforms and target markets. Each device incorporates a tailored SimpleBox User Interface (UI) on top of rugged solid state hardware with no moving parts. Along with providing simple navigation and operation, the SimpleBox UI offers optional feature-packed integrated web based eMail that is optimized for display on TV and VGA (Video Graphics Array) The display standard for the PC. All PC display adapters support VGA, and Windows machines boot up in "VGA mode" before switching to higher resolutions. screens. The initial Mid Class product to be released powered by Amiga is the SimpleBox Java Internet Device (JID JID Journal of Investigative Dermatology JID Jabber Identifier (XML IM technology) JID Job Identifier JID Journal of Income Distribution JID Journal of Infectious Disease JID Joint Interoperability Division JID Journal Identifier ) model wb8616JID. The SimpleBox wb8616JID is value packed with a robust v4. browser, audio/video streaming, instant messaging and fast ethernet for easy broadband connection via cable, dsl, satellite and local area networks. Unlike other currently available devices from America Online (AOL (A division of Time Warner, Inc., New York, NY, www.aol.com) The world's largest online information service with access to the Internet, e-mail, chat rooms and a variety of databases and services. ), Microsoft (MSFT MSFT Microsoft (stock symbol) MSFT Movimento Sociale Fiamma Tricolore (Italy) MSFT Multi-Stage Fitness Test MSFT Master of Science in Family Therapy MSFT Macalester Students for Fair Trade ) and Web-2U (MUCP MUCP Maximum Urethral Closure Pressure ), the SimpleBoxJID powered by Amiga contains a Sun Authorized Virtual Machine, a very high performance, memory efficient solution for running Java(TM) technology based media content. MeterNet and Amiga are also developing a low cost Internet Radio Device An Internet radio device is a hardware device that receives and plays audio from Internet radio stations or a user's PC. The devices which are currently on the market mainly support MP3 (MPEG1 Audio Layer 3) streaming and Windows Media Audio (WMA). for worldwide consumer markets targeted for release early 2001. Amiga Incorporated is the emerging leader in multiplatform, multimedia Operating Systems. The Amiverse offers a multimedia digital environment that provides developers with a true write once run anywhere opportunity. Amiga has both leveraged and expanded upon its rich 15-year history of industry leadership in the development of what we know as multimedia. MeterNet Corporation develops and markets broadband Internet devices, turnkey services and tailored integrated programs. Past satisfied clients include Ziff-Davis, America Online, Alta Vista, Shopping.com and 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) . Since 12/99 we have shipped our SimpleBox Entry Level wb6400 series worldwide. Phase One SimpleBox wb8616JID production is limited to 10,000 units, with shipments to commence in early December. For more SimpleBox JID program information and to place an email order reservation visit: http://world.simplebox.com. Note to Editors: All trademarks are the property of their respective owners. |
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