................................. To leave Commie, hyper to http://commie.oy.com/commie_leaving.html ................................. A press release. The Flash demo is here: http://www.intel.com/home/audio/demo.htm ---> Jarmo Lundgren, multimediatsaari Helsingin Sanomat, Verkkoliite p. 09-1227554 / 040-5345868 "Less is moo." - The Holy Mad Cow > -----Original Message----- > ============================================ > > INTEL INTRODUCES PORTABLE DIGITAL AUDIO PLAYER OFFERING FOUR > HOURS OF MUSIC > PROGRAMMING > > Intel� Pocket Concert(tm) Audio Player Features 128 MB Memory > > June 26 - Intel Corporation today introduced in Europe a > portable digital > audio player that provides up to four hours of music > programming. The new > product is equipped with 128 MB of memory for storing digital > audio in MP3 > and Windows * Media Audio (WMA) formats. Datamonitor, a > European Research > agency, forecasts that the installed base of MP3 players in > Western Europe > will increase from 0.6 million at the end of 2000 to 7 > million devices by > the end of 2004. Services like Napster * show that consumers > are endorsing > new technologies such as MP3. > > "The Intel � Pocket Concert (tm) Audio Player is designed to > deliver longer > playing times, better sound quality and the ability to enjoy > music in a more > versatile format now and in the future," said Mark Brailey, > Director of > Consumer Marketing, Europe Middle East and Africa. "Bringing Intel > technology to the emerging portable digital audio market will provide > consumers with a trusted brand option and an enhanced audio > experience." > > The Intel Pocket Concert Audio Player is the latest example > in the company's > effort to extend the value of the home PC and the Internet by > creating a > broad range of exciting new products which compliment Intel's > Pentium� 4 > processor based PC. > > The Pentium 4 processor allows music aficionados significant > time savings > when it comes to creating MP3 files from CDs. Currently, the > main obstacle > to creating a personal, digital content is the length of > time it takes to > copy files from a CD and convert them to the popular MP3 digital audio > format. All these steps tax a PC's brains. A Pentium 4 > processor system > can cut down the wait time by more than two minutes **. In > fact, a 1.5Ghz > Pentium 4 processor-based PC can convert CD tracks up to 53 > percent faster > ** than even a top-of-the-line 800Mhz Pentium III > processor-based system > when using a program updated to take advantage of the Pentium > 4 processor, > like Canon Software's eJay MP3 Plus 1.3 *. > > Pricing and Availability > > In addition to the audio player, Intel brands PC cameras, the > Intel � Play > (tm) line of PC-enhanced toys in Europe. The Intel Pocket > Concert Audio > Player is priced at around: Germany 799 DM, UK 299 Pds, > France 3290 FFR, > Italy 829000 Lit, Spain 72900 Pts. > > For further information, please contact: > > Daniela Singer > Intel EMEA Press Relations > Client, Mobile & Wireless > Tel. +49 89 99143 631 > or: > Taina Kaitala > Hill & Knowlton > Tel. 040 832 2566 > > > About Intel Corporation > Intel, the world's largest chip maker, is also a leading > manufacturer of > computer, networking and communications products. Additional > information > about Intel is available at www.intel.com/pressroom. (INTC) > > Intel Pentium, Play and Intel Pocket Concert are trademarks > or registered > trademarks of Intel Corporation or its subsidiaries in the > United States and > other countries > > * third party trademarks and brands belong to their respective owners > ** Source: Intel MAP. Config: Pentium� III processor - > Intel� Desktop > Board VC820; Pentium� 4 processor - Intel� Desktop Board > D850GB; 128MB PC800 > RDRAM, Creative* 3D Blaster Annihilator 2 w/ nVidia* > GeForce*2 GTS, IBM* > DTLA-307030 ATA-100 hard drive, nVidia Detonator* 3 v6.18 > graphics driver, > Intel� Ultra ATA Storage Driver v6.02.005, Intel� chipset INF file > v2.50.003, DirectX* 7.0b, Windows* Millenium*, 60:46 minute > music CD, normal > CD-grab-speed, 128 kbit/sec encoding quality > > > > >
