NormSoft Provides Audio Playback for palmOne's LifeDrive Mobile Manager With Pocket Tunes

NormSoft Provides Audio Playback for palmOne's LifeDrive Mobile Manager With Pocket Tunes

LifeDrive Users Get Pocket Tunes

MILLIS, Mass., May 24 /PRNewswire/ -- NormSoft, Inc. today announced the availability of its award winning audio player Pocket Tunes(TM) on palmOne, Inc.'s newest device, the LifeDrive(TM) mobile manager. Together, Pocket Tunes and the LifeDrive mobile manager, featuring a 4GB hard drive (3.85GB user available), provide users with a first class portable MP3 player.

With LifeDrive's built in 4GB hard drive, users can now browse a large collection of music by artist, album, or genre, through the use of Pocket Tunes. Management of user created playlists is fully supported, giving users a flexible way to program song playback.

Pocket Tunes integrates directly with RealNetworks' Rhapsody client and Microsoft's Windows Media player so that users can easily copy certain audio files from their media library directly to their LifeDrive. This integration also allows users to delete audio files on their LifeDrive.

The LifeDrive version of Pocket Tunes also comes with a new Pocket Tunes skin designed for easy use. It provides a clear display of song name, artist, album, and song durations along with a display of the current queue of songs selected for playback. This new skin takes full advantage of the LifeDrive's large 320x480 high-resolution color screen, and supports both portrait and landscape modes.

On the technology front, the in ROM version of Pocket Tunes provides third party software vendors guaranteed access to the Pocket Tunes Automation API on all LifeDrive devices. The Pocket Tunes Automation API is used by many software vendors to add audio capabilities to their applications.

About Pocket Tunes

Pocket Tunes is an advanced audio player for Palm OS(R) based handhelds and smartphones. Certain versions provide music playback for MP3, WMA, Ogg Vorbis, and PCM WAV formats, with capabilities to support future formats as they are developed. Pocket Tunes Deluxe brings streaming audio to Palm OS smartphones and wireless devices, allowing users to listen to internet radio. It also includes numerous other unique features designed to bring a high-quality listening experience to handheld users.

About NormSoft

Founded in 1999, NormSoft has been a leading provider of quality Palm OS software applications, including their award-winning MP3 player, Pocket Tunes Deluxe. NormSoft, Inc. continues to bring new, high-quality software to Palm OS handheld and smartphone users looking to unleash the power of their mobile device. For more information, visit http://www.normsoft.com/ .

NOTE: NormSoft and Pocket Tunes are among the trademarks or registered trademarks owned by or licensed to NormSoft, Inc. All other brand and product names are or may be trademarks of, and are used to identify products or services of, their respective owners. palmOne, Palm OS and LifeDrive are among

the trademarks or registered trademarks owned by or licensed to palmOne, Inc. RealNetworks and Rhapsody are registered trademarks of RealNetworks, Inc.

Source: NormSoft, Inc.

CONTACT: Mark Belliveau of NormSoft, Inc., +1-978-266-1503

Web site: http://www.normsoft.com/

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