Audiofy Enhances Bookchips™ to Support Palm Powered™ PDAs and Mobile Phones, Including palmOne™ Treo™ Smartphones, and Tungsten™ and Zire™ Handhelds
Audiofy Corporation, a premier digital audiobook publisher, today announced that all of the company’s Bookchip titles are now available for Palm OS handhelds and palmOne Treo smartphones
Philadelphia, PA (PRWEB via PR Web
Direct) March 16, 2005 -- Audiofy Corporation, a premier digital audiobook
publisher, today announced that all of the company’s Bookchip titles are now
available for Palm OS handhelds and palmOne Treo smartphones. These newly
enhanced Bookchips are available immediately through Bookchips.com,
PimsleurDirect.com, Amazon.com and Audiofy’s Pimsleur language training
resellers.
“Audiofy’s Bookchip platform already supports a wide array of
devices, including Microsoft Windows PCs, Pocket PC handhelds and Windows Mobile
smartphones,” said Peter D. Nalle, Audiofy’s CEO. “Now, our Pimsleur and
Soundview premium products can be enjoyed by millions of Palm OS handheld and
Treo smartphone users as well.”
Customers who have already purchased
Bookchips but would also like to listen to their titles on Palm OS handhelds or
Treo smartphones may exchange them for a free-of-charge upgrade. Please visit www.audiofy.com/support
for details.
Audiofy’s Bookchips are specially formatted SD memory cards
that allow customers to listen to audiobooks on most devices that can accept SD
Card media, including desktop computers, laptops, handheld PDAs and smartphones.
Bookchips can be played on Windows Mobile handhelds and smartphones using Pocket
PC 2002 or later, and palmOne handhelds and smartphones with Palm OS 5.21 or
later. Additionally, Audiofy’s Bookchip Player offers an inexpensive alternative
for customers without those devices to listen to Bookchips. The pocket-sized
player weighs just ounces, and is easy to use whether you are driving,
commuting, exercising or just on the sofa in your living room. All Audiofy
products comply with the “Audiobook Compatible” standard established by the
Audio Publishers Association and the Consumer Electronics
Association.
About Audiofy Corporation
Audiofy is a leading developer
of digital audiobook solutions and the publisher of “audiobooks on chips,” or
Bookchips. Audiofy’s Bookchip titles include the Pimsleur line of spoken audio
foreign language training courses from Simon & Schuster, and bestselling
business audiobooks from Soundview Executive Book Summaries. Bookchips are
available for sale at Bookchips.com, PimsleurDirect.com, Amazon.com and many
other online retailers. Audiofy delivers an innovative audiobook platform and
services for the world’s spoken audio and audiobook content, enabling partners
to rapidly and cost effectively launch complete, customized digital audiobook
titles.
For more information, please visit Audiofy.com.
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