Kyocera Wireless Corp. Chooses Roxio's PhotoSuite For Smartphone
With Roxio's PhotoSuite, consumers can view images, slideshows and video clips on the new Kyocera 7135 smartphone
San Diego and Santa Clara, California - (December 18, 2002) -
Roxio Inc. (Nasdaq: ROXI) The Digital Media Company®, provider of
the best-selling digital media software in the world, and Kyocera
Wireless Corp., North America's leading manufacturer of CDMA mobile
phones, announced today that Roxio's PhotoSuite® Mobile Edition
is the imaging software to be included with the soon-to-be-released
Kyocera 7135 smartphone. The Kyocera 7135 smartphone is an integrated
wireless phone, Palm Powered™ handheld, portable computer and
entertainment center.
PhotoSuite Mobile Edition allows consumers to do light editing
to images on their personal computer desktops. They can then HotSync®
images, slideshows and video clips to the Kyocera 7135 smartphone
via Kyocera's USB synchronization cradle and view them through PhotoSuite.
"With its large, 65,000-color display, the Kyocera 7135 smartphone
is an ideal platform for image viewing," said Dave Whalen,
corporate vice president of sales and marketing at Kyocera Wireless
Corp. "From digital snapshots to full-motion video, the multimedia
capabilities of Roxio's PhotoSuite and our Kyocera 7135 Smartphone
combine to create a rich user experience."
"Kyocera shares our mission of making personal media and communications
accessible, anywhere and anytime," said Roxio's Brad Duea,
vice president of worldwide OEM sales. "By providing our PhotoSuite
technology to Kyocera, we can introduce the Roxio brand to new customers
and demonstrate the flexibility of our multimedia software. We are
very pleased to work with a proven innovator like Kyocera."
Information on the Kyocera 7135 smartphone and its full line of
accessories is available at www.kyocerasmartphone.com.
Those interested may join the list of more than 50,000 people who
have registered for email notification when the device reaches retail
availability. Customers who want additional editing and advanced
project capabilities can also purchase Roxio's full-featured PhotoSuite
4 Platinum, available direct from Roxio at www.roxio.com or at their
local retailer.
About Roxio
Roxio, a division of Sonic Solutions, develops and markets the best-selling digital media software in the world. Roxio offers
award-winning software products for CD/DVD burning, photo editing and video editing and has an installed base of over 150 million
users. Roxio distributes its products globally through strategic partnerships with major hardware manufacturers, through leading
retailers, through Internet partnerships and through direct sales at www.roxio.com. Roxio's
parent company, Sonic Solutions (NASDAQ: SNIC;
http://www.sonic.com) is the leader in digital media software and provides a broad range of software
tools and applications for creative professionals, business and home users and technology partners. Sonic's products range from professional
DVD authoring systems and interactive content delivery technologies that are used to produce the majority of Hollywood movies released on DVD,
to the award-winning Roxio- and Sonic-branded CD and DVD creation, playback and backup applications that have become the premiere solutions
for consumers and business users worldwide. Sonic's AuthorScript® is the de facto standard for CD and DVD burning and formatting and has
been licensed by major software and hardware manufacturers, including Adobe, Broadcom, Microsoft, Scientific-Atlanta, Sony, and many others.
Sonic Solutions is headquartered in Marin County, California.
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