VTech Information Announces the Helio, the World's First Personal Digital Assistant in Color Cases; $199 PDA Debuts at Comdex, Available Exclusively Over the Internet.CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 19, 1999-- VTech Information, an associated company associated company associate n → Partnerfirma f associated company n → società collegata of VTech Holdings Ltd., a global consumer electronics manufacturer that leads the market in electronic learning and telecommunications products, announced today that it will distribute its debut product, the Helio personal digital assistant (PDA (Personal Digital Assistant) A handheld computer for managing contacts, appointments and tasks. It typically includes a name and address database, calendar, to-do list and note taker, which are the functions in a personal information manager (see PIM). ), exclusively via the Internet in mid-June 1999. The $199 Helio, which runs on VTech's proprietary HeliOS 1.1, includes a high-quality voice recorder A digital, handheld device that is used to record short reminders. Very lightweight and typically using AAA batteries, such devices use flash memory to hold up to 100 messages and more. Messages can be retrieved sequentially or by direct access by message number. See microcassette. , phone book, scheduler, to-do list, memo function (programming) memo function - (Or "memoised function") A function that remembers which arguments it has been called with and the result returned and, if called with the same arguments again, returns the result from its memory rather than recalculating it. , e-mail manager, sketch pad, expense manager, calculator and PC synchronization (1) See synchronous and synchronous transmission. (2) Ensuring that two sets of data are always the same. See data synchronization. (3) Keeping time-of-day clocks in two devices set to the same time. See NTP. cradle. VTech Information plans to follow the Helio with accessories and additional products for the PDA market. VTech Information has designed the Helio to give consumers a high-quality, user-friendly PDA for an exceptional vre is enormous demand for an affordable, easy-to-use device to help people organize their busy lives," said Brian Tompkins Brian Tompkins is the current coach of Yale Varsity Soccer. He joined Yale in 1996 and helped Yale to win its first Ivy League title since 1991, in 2005. Before he joined Yale, Tompkins had also built the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee into a national soccer power. , director of U.S. marketing and operations, VTech Information. "The Helio meets this demand and offers more performance at a low price. And adding a little color to the market with our colored casings is our way of offering a truly 'personal' PDA." The Helio allows fast and easy data input by combining an onscreen on·screen or on-screen adj. & adv. 1. As shown on a movie, television, or display screen. 2. Within public view; in public. keyboard with character-recognition software by CIC's Jot(R). HeliOS 1.1 is compatible with Microsoft Outlook For the e-mail and news client bundled with certain versions of Microsoft Windows, see . Microsoft Outlook or Outlook (full name Microsoft Office Outlook , ACT!, GoldMine, Lotus Organizer, and Scheduler upon purchase of a third-party data sync program which will be available soon on the Vtechinfo.com Web site. -0-
Helio Features at a Glance:
-- Screen: Large, 16-level gray scale, blue-green backlit 160x160
LCD screen.
-- Processor: High-performance 75 MSpring
at booth no. C1203 (McCormick Place Sout. VTech Information products
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foundation as it develops its products and markets.
About VTech Holdings Ltd.
VTech Holdings Ltd. is a fully integrated consumer electronics
manufacturer that designs, manufactures, markets and sells electronic
learning and telecommunication products through its extensive
international distribution network. Founded in Hong Kong in 1976,
VTech currently has subsidiaries and offices in 13 countries with more
than 20,000 employees and launches an average of 80 to 100 new
products each year.
A photo of the Helio is available for download at
www.businesswire.com.
For more information on VTech Information or the Helio, please
contact Kent Streeb at 650/653-2764 x 216, kstreeb@prstrategy.com or
visit www.vtechinfo.com.
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