Synaptics Announces New Interface for Transcend T.sonic 310 MP3 Player

Synaptics Announces New Interface for Transcend T.sonic 310 MP3 Player

Custom Touch Interface Provides Intuitive Navigation in a Compact Device

SANTA CLARA, Calif., Jan. 4 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Synaptics Incorporated (NASDAQ:SYNA), a leading developer of interface solutions for mobile computing, communications and entertainment devices, has created a new custom interface for Transcend's T.sonic(TM) 310 MP3 player. The T.sonic 310 incorporates a customized ScrollStrip(TM) to provide a stylish and user-friendly interface solution.

The customized ScrollStrip has three tap zones to control volume, replay/skip, and fast-forward/rewind. Users simply tap on the icon and move their finger along the ScrollStrip area to increase or decrease volume or navigate through songs. The interface solution is based on Synaptics' intelligent capacitive sensing technology that allows users to continuously scroll up and down without lifting their finger and to accurately move short distances to make specific selections.

"Synaptics is very pleased to provide a robust and easy to use interface for the compact T.sonic 310 MP3 player, which can store hundreds of songs and files, making an intuitive interface critical to device design," explains Clark Foy, Synaptics vice president of marketing. "The T.sonic MP3 player is an excellent example of how our technology and experience in custom design enables our customers to create small form factor devices without compromising the user experience."

The T.sonic 310 music player comes in 512MB or 1 GB capacity and boasts a battery life of approximately 18 hours when fully charged. The T.sonic is available now in the US, Asia, and Europe. For more information on the T.sonic 310, visit the Transcend website at http://www.transcendusa.com/ /.

About Synaptics Incorporated

Synaptics is a leading developer of interface solutions for the mobile computing, communications and entertainment industries. The company creates interface solutions for a variety of devices including notebook PCs, PC peripherals, digital music players, and mobile phones. The TouchPad(TM), Synaptics' flagship product, is integrated into more than 50 percent of today's notebook computers. Consumer electronics and computing manufacturers use Synaptics' solutions to enrich the interaction between humans and intelligent devices through improved usability, functionality and industrial design. The company is headquartered in San Jose, California. www.synaptics.com

NOTE: Synaptics, ScrollStrip and the Synaptics logo are trademarks of Synaptics in the United States and/or other countries.

All other marks are the property of their respective owners.

This press release contains "forward-looking" statements about Synaptics, as that term is defined under the federal securities laws. Synaptics intends such forward-looking statements to be subject to the safe-harbor created by those laws. Such forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to expectations of the market acceptability of the ScrollStrip product. Synaptics cautions that these statements are qualified by important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those reflected by the forward-looking statements contained herein. Such factors include, but are not limited to: (a) market demand for the ScrollStrip solution (b) market demand for the Transcend T.sonic 310 using Synaptics' ScrollStrip solution, and (c) the failure of Synaptics' products and OEM products to deliver commercially acceptable performance, and other risks as identified from time to time in Synaptics' SEC reports, including Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q, Current Reports on Form 8-K, and Annual Reports on Form 10-K. All forward-looking statements are based on information available to Synaptics on the date hereof, and Synaptics assumes no obligation to update such statements.

For more information contact:
Mandi Mena
amena@synaptics.com
408-454-5100

Source: Synaptics Incorporated

CONTACT: Mandi Mena of Synaptics Incorporated, +1-408-454-5100, or
amena@synaptics.com

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

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

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