Orb Unlocks iPhone and iPod Touch From iTunes

Orb Unlocks iPhone and iPod Touch From iTunes

Free New Service Eliminates Syncing with iTunes

EMERYVILLE, Calif., Dec. 13 /PRNewswire/ -- Orb Networks (http://www.orb.com/) today announced that you can now play your PC music collection on your Apple(R) iPhone(R) or iPod(R) touch without having to sync with iTunes. Responding to a user study that found repeated syncing of the iPhone to a PC to be 'a pain in the ass,' Orb(R) enables users to play their PC music on their iPhone or iPod touch from anyplace they have a wireless Internet connection, right away.

"Wait, so, no more syncing? Just hit play?" asked Allison Logue, 18-year-old iPod owner from Fallbrook, California. "That's like having an iPod the size of your PC hard drive."

Here's how it works: install the free Orb application on the Windows(R) PC where you have your music. Then go to the free service at http://mycast.orb.com/ from the native Safari browser on your iPhone or iPod touch to play what you want right from your PC.

"What kind of robot always decides ahead-of-time what songs they're going to be in the mood for when they're away from their PC?" asked Joe Costello, CEO of Orb Networks. "Don't sync some. Stream all."

Orb also enables you to send your friends text messages with links to your PC music.

"With Orb, you can rock the inbox of your friends' iPhones... and any other phone with a Web connection and streaming media player," said Ian McCarthy, VP of Product Marketing at Orb. "Don't just text about the music. Share the experience of the music."

Download Orb today from http://corp.orb.com/mobile_music/. You can also download the Orb-powered Winamp(R) Remote from http://winamp.com/remote and log in at http://winamp.orb.com/.

To see a video of streaming music to the iPhone using Winamp Remote, go to http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Fi23xSxFcE

About Orb Networks, Inc.

Orb Networks is an award-winning developer of software and services that unlock the digital media stored on personal computers. Orb gives consumers secure, free, instant, and everywhere-access to everything from their photos and video to TV and music on virtually Web-enabled device. The company's partners and affiliates include: AOL Winamp, AMD, Creative Labs, Hauppauge, Hutchison, Nokia, Orange and Vodafone. Orb Networks is a privately held company in Emeryville, Calif.

Orb is a trademark of Orb Networks, Inc. All other trademarks and/or registered trademarks are the property of their respective owners.

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Source: Orb Networks, Inc.

CONTACT: Ron Perrotta of Orb Networks, Inc., +1-650-814-0502,
ron.perrotta@orb.com

Web site:

http://www.orb.com/
http://mycast.orb.com/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Fi23xSxFcE

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