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OPENGLOBE™ JOINS FORCES WITH COMPAQ TO CREATE NEW INTERNET-ENABLED, HOME ENTERTAINMENT DEVICES
New Alliance Brings the Power of Digital Media into the Family Room
Indianapolis, Indiana, January 5, 2001 OpenGlobe, a premier convergence technology and innovative CE-Commerce™ company, announced an agreement with – Compaq (NYSE: CPQ) to co-develop the iPAQ Music Center, an audio product and PC application that augments Compaq’s iPAQ product line. Through this alliance, OpenGlobe will provide an array of services, relative to digital entertainment and CE-Commerce, to the consumer through the device itself.
Bernie Sepaniak, President of OpenGlobe said, "OpenGlobe is extremely pleased to work with Compaq in extending the power of digital entertainment and services throughout the home. Our relationship will capitalize on Compaq’s strengths in personal computers, Internet appliances, and home networking, which complement OpenGlobe’s powerful media services and entertainment platform technologies. Together we will deliver fully on our shared vision for CE-CommerceTM."
The iPAQ Music Center will enable users to automatically identify, store and organize thousands of digital tunes. It will also act as an electronic music guide allowing quick and easy location of any song through personalized and customized play lists. Among other features, it will also enable an entertainment center to broadcast Internet radio.
"OpenGlobe complements Compaq’s vision to deliver easy-to-use, connected devices that fit our users’ lifestyles," said Michael Brown, Director, Entertainment Products, Compaq Computer Corporation. "As we expand our iPAQ product line into the consumer entertainment space, our collaboration with OpenGlobe enables us to provide a highly integrated approach to home entertainment and relevant services."
OpenGlobe will be celebrating this announcement with Compaq at a launch event to kick off the international Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas this afternoon, and will be offering information and technology demonstrations from the OpenGlobe booth (LVCC 3&4, # 6347) throughout the show.
About OpenGlobe.
OpenGlobe, Inc., is a convergence technology company providing Internet-based home entertainment platforms and services to consumers through established consumer electronics and personal computer manufacturers. OpenGlobe tightly integrates the Internet, innovative media management, content, profiling/buying services and hardware technologies, extending the entertainment experience. Based in Indianapolis, the company will enable a wide array of entertainment products to become customer relationship tools, deliver end-to-end CE-Commerce™ services, and combine digital media and Internet power – products and services that entertain simplicity™. For more information about OpenGlobe, please visit www.openglobe.net.
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