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ISD'S Chipcorder® Technology Featured in Two New European Products
ISD Chips Enable Voice Warning Feature in New Auto Safety Device And OutgoingMessage Feature in New Cellular Phone
SAN JOSE, Calif., August 5, 1996 -- ISD (Information Storage Devices, Inc.),(NASDAQ:ISDI), announced that its voice record and playback chips, featuring ISDChipCorder technology, have been integrated into two new European products -- theInfoDrive System, a revolutionary new auto safety product manufactured in Italyby AITEC s.r.l., and the Benefon Sigma NMT 450i cellular phone from Benefon,Salo, Finland.Automotive Safety
AITEC's InfoDrive System is a breakthrough new automotivesafety product that lets automobiles equipped with the InfoDrive System warn eachother of dangerous road situations. Automobiles with the InfoDrive System willbe programmed to send a signal to other InfoDrive-equipped cars if there is anaccident, roadway obstruction, or a rapidly decelerating car within a 500 meterradius. The InfoDrive System will transmit a signal within a two kilometerradius. Upon receiving the signal, the InfoDrive System will use ISD's 20-secondrecord and playback chip (the ISD1420) to play a pre-recorded message, warningdrivers of the danger. The warning messages are pre-recorded by AITEC onto theISD chip in a specific language.
Communications between the systems will not be restricted to a specific languagebecause the ISD chip plays back the message in its pre-recorded language. Forexample, warnings transmitted by an "Italian-speaking" system and received by an"English-speaking" system will be played in English. "The InfoDrive System , with a recorded message enabled by ISD's ChipCordertechnology, is designed to let drivers calmly anticipate risky situations theycan't see due to blind corners or bad weather conditions," said MaurizioPugnotti, project manager at AITEC. "In addition to the easy integration of ISDproducts, we were especially attracted to the ISD solution because it allows usto record messages in specific languages as needed and eliminates our need forstocking large, possibly redundant, inventories of one-time recordable chips."
Cellular Phone
The Benefon Sigma NMT 450i
alog cellular phone utilizes theISD1416, ISD's 16-second record and playback chip, to enable an answering machinefunction. This feature lets the cellular phone owner record a greeting in his orher own voice by simply pressing a button. Incoming callers hear the greetingand then dial in their phone number which is recorded and stored in the phone. To return the call, the cell phone owner simply presses a button to activate theautodial feature for automatic callback. The phone is able to store up to 20numeric messages, and retain them even in the event of battery drain. BenefonSigma users can re-record their greeting multiple times without degrading thehigh-quality, natural sound.
"With ISD's complete ChipCorder solution, users of the Benefon Sigma have theconvenience of quickly recording or re-recording an outgoing greeting directly inthe handset of their phone," said Tomi Raita, product group manager of NMT-450iCellular Products at Benefon. "Our customers can personalize their greeting toincoming callers, without having to dial into a message service or answeringmachine."
"Over the past three years, ISD has seen significant penetration into theinternational market," said David Angel, president and CEO of ISD. "TheInfoDrive System opens up a completely new market for ISD's technology:voice-activated automotive safety. The personalized outgoing greeting in theBenefon Sigma is another example of a new cellular design win enabled by thefeatures of ISD's chip."
Pricing & Availability
The InfoDrive system is expected to be available in avariety of languages for the multi-lingual European market. The system, whichconsists of a central processing unit that fits under the seat of the car, anantenna that can also be used for radio reception and cellular phones, and ahandheld microphone similar in shape to a CB radio, will initially be launched inItaly with a suggested resale price of 350,000 Lira (approximately $250). Itwill be distributed by NET Company Italy.
The Benefon Sigma NMT 450i phone is now available throughout Europe from NMT-450iCellular Phone service providers.
InfoDrive Information
For more information
out the InfoDrive System pleasecontact NET Company Italy. Telephone: (39) 71-781033. Fax: (39) 71-781113.
Benefon Information
For more information about the Benefon Sigma NMT 450i analogcellular phone, please contact Tomi Raita, product group manager, cellularproducts. Telephone: (358) 24-7740333. Fax: (358) 24-77400.
About ISD
ISD designs, develops and markets integrated circuit solutions for voice applications in the consumer, communications and industrial markets. The company is located at 2045 Hamilton Avenue, San Jose, Calif., 95125. Telephone: (408) 369-2400. Fax: (408) 369-2422. All other products are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies.
Note: ChipCorder is a registered trademark of ISD, Inc. All other products are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies.
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