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Digital Mind Corporation Announces the Release of DMC 8280 30GB Low-Cost Ultra Portable Digital Audio Player and Personal Information Manger
(Carlsbad, CA – March 09, 2005) – Digital Mind Corporation (DMC), the California-based technology company that recently released the world’s first 100GB portable audio player, today announced the release of its 30GB DMC 8280 low-cost ultra portable digital audio player and personal information manager.
“The 30 gigabyte DMC 8280 is the latest addition to our line of technologically advanced portable audio products,” says Jim Collier, Digital Mind’s President and CEO. “It is the latest in our new 8000 series, and comes standard with an FM transmitter that will allow users to wirelessly play their music through their car radios. It has all of the features that consumers have come to expect from DMC players. In addition to the standard MP3, WMA and OGG file support, it also has a built-in FM tuner with direct recording capability, voice recording and direct encoding of audio files into MP3 format without the need of a computer. It also provides backup file storage capability as a USB hard drive. The rechargeable lithium ion battery provides 15 hours of continuous playtime, and of course it is user-replaceable.”
Bryan Jones, DMC’s Vice-President of New Media added, “The new 30 gigabyte DMC 8280 is designed to support all music download services using Microsoft Windows Media DRM, as well as non-copy protected content. The 8280 comes with Musicmatch Jukebox, the worlds most popular and full-featured music management software. Musicmatch Jukebox is the perfect companion for the 8280, and provides full synchronization functionality with the user’s music library and our new player. It also allows the user to access the vast selection of premium content from the Musicmatch download service. Together, they provide all of the advantages and performance of the best selling music player and download service, with more features and lower cost.”
“We are very excited about the latest in our 8000 series of products, and the truly outstanding value offered by the 8280,” Collier added. “Its sleek, all-metal construction easily rivals the leading portable music player in quality. Among its long list of features is the ability to organize and search music files by artist, album and genre. Also included is a Personal Information Manager (PIM) that includes a contact address book and calendar which can synchronize with Microsoft Outlook, as well as a real time clock. And, if you get bored, it has four built-in game functions. ”
The DMC 8280 measures just 3.9 X 2.6 X 0.7 in, and weighs just 6.3 oz. Its 30GB hard drive can hold 7,500 songs and it is both PC and Mac compatible. Its 2.5 inch diagonal display has 75% greater viewing area than the current number one selling music player, and at $299, including an FM transmitter; it is unquestionably one of the best values in portable audio products available. The DMC 8280 is also available in a 20GB version for just $249 (with FM transmitter). Other DMC portable audio players are available with storage capacities of 40-100GB at prices starting at $249.
A full list of product specifications can be found at www.DigMind.Com.