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Tapwave and Virgin Digital Sign Deal


Tapwave and Virgin Digital Sign Deal

Postby andie » Jan 5, 2005 @ 5:34pm

Jan 05, 2005 08:01

Tapwave and Virgin Digital Sign Deal to Make Music Downloads Effortless on Tapwave's Zodiac Palm Powered Multimedia Handheld Device

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. --(Business Wire)-- Jan. 5, 2005 Download Music Anywhere, Any Time with Tapwave and Virgin Digital

Today, Tapwave(R) and Virgin Digital announced that they formed a strategic alliance to make the award-winning Tapwave Zodiac(TM) multimedia handheld work seamlessly with Virgin Digital's audio download and subscription services, the most comprehensive digital music offering available to consumers with over one million tracks. With stereo speakers, Yamaha audio technology, and the ability to hold more than 2GB of music, the 6.3-ounce Zodiac Palm Powered(TM) multimedia handheld is ideally suited to take advantage of Virgin Digital's service offerings including the digital music store, music club subscription service, award-winning radio, portable device management tools, and an assortment of exciting music-discovery features.

"Virgin Digital is the premier digital music offering and an ideal partner to help us drive our multimedia initiatives and broaden the range of rich content available for our platform," said Peng Lim, co-founder and CEO of Tapwave "For Zodiac customers, having access to the Virgin Digital service is parallel to having a complete music store at your fingertips."

"The Tapwave Zodiac is an innovative device that is a great way for consumers to further experience the Virgin Digital service. Bringing these two compelling consumer products together opens up exciting new possibilities for music enthusiasts to enjoy their digital music collections anytime, anywhere," said Zack Zalon, President of Virgin Digital.

Virgin Digital offers consumers over one million tracks available for download at just 99 cents USD each, with licenses for playing, burning to CDs, and downloading to portable devices. For consumers who prefer a greater level of music-access, the Virgin Digital Music Club is a subscription-based service for $7.99 per month and enables users unlimited access to over 100,000 albums of CD-quality music on-demand. The Zodiac handheld is the perfect combination of fun and function in a sleek ergonomic design that you'll want to take everywhere. Listen to music, experience console-quality 3D gaming, view photos and video, and synchronize your personal data with Microsoft Outlook. You can also customize your Zodiac handheld with thousands of Palm OS(R) applications.

The Zodiac offers a high-resolution (480x320) 3.8-inch color display, Yamaha audio with stereo speakers and vibration effects. The Zodiac can be operated in landscape or portrait mode, allowing Microsoft(R) Word-compatible documents, email or family pictures to be viewed in the orientation that best suits them. The Zodiac also features high-capacity rechargeable lithium batteries for extended use, a touch-screen for direct interaction and text input, and the first ever analog controller with 360 degree of motion in a handheld product.

Starting at just $269 USD, both the Zodiac 1 and Zodiac 2 handhelds feature a powerful Freescale ARM9 processor and an integrated ATI graphics accelerator. The Zodiac 1 comes with 32MB of memory and the Zodiac 2 comes with 128MB of memory. Each can be expanded by adding in SD cards in the handhelds two expansion slots, offering up to 2GB of additional storage -- so you can store even more songs, photos, e-books, games, videos, and business documents.

For the latest titles, audible books, ebooks and other software, visit http://www.tapwave.com, or stop by their CES location in the Freescale (a subsidiary of Motorola) booth #31406 in the South Hall.

About Tapwave, Inc.

Tapwave is changing the way people manage their lives, play and interact on the go. Founded in May 2001, Tapwave is a privately funded company in Mountain view, CA, USA. Through a wealth of consumer electronic experience and strong partnerships, Tapwave is developing a portfolio of innovative, media-centric products that combine the power and function of advanced handheld computing with the fun of a console-quality entertainment experience.

Since officially launching the company a year ago, Tapwave has garnered numerous accolades and industry awards for its first product -- the Zodiac, including: 1st place in PC Magazines "Last Gadget standing" competition at CES 2004, Handheld Computing's "Most Innovative PDA for 2003". Mobiletrax's Mobility Award, Computer Shopper "The Top 100 Products in 2004", Laptop Hot Pick, CNET's Editor's Choice Award, PC World's 2004 Next Gear Innovations Award and Popular Science BOWN (Best of What's New) Award. More information about the company can be found at http://www.tapwave.com.

About Virgin Digital

Virgin Digital, part of the Virgin Group Ltd., is a leading digital music company offering consumers the most comprehensive digital music service available. Virgin Digital is responsible for leveraging new technologies and combining them with Virgin's unrivaled heritage in music to build innovative and highly successful digital consumer offerings. Virgin Digital has created an experience for passionate music lovers that is exciting, fun, dynamic, and the best of breed. Virgin Digital is the first true music-retail driven digital entertainment experience, featuring a massive download store, digital music club, integrated digital radio, music & portable device management tools and the most sophisticated customer service functions ever found in a music service.
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