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Addonics Announces 32x Combo CDRW/Copier and 16x Ultra-Slim Pocket CDRW Drive
To Provide Fast and Easy Solutions For Duplicating or Burning CDs At Home Or In The Field

SAN JOSE, CA (March 1, 2002) -- Addonics Technologies today announced a pair of speedy CDRW solutions with interchangeable USB 2.0, FireWire or CardBus interfaces for duplicating or burning CDs at home or on the road.

The Addonics 32x Combo CDRW/Copier and 16x Pocket CDRW are among the fastest and most flexible CDRW solutions in their respective categories.

The Combo CDRW/Copier can be used as a stand alone (no computer needed) one-to-one CD duplicator and as an external high speed CDRW drive, which can be connected to a PC via USB, Firewire or CardBus connection.

The Pocket CDRW is barely larger than a standard Compact Disc case and enables users to burn CDs at 16x speed as well as read CD-R, CD-RW disc, video CDs, music CDs, and Photo CDs at 24x speed. It measures 5.62" x 5.31" x .8" and weighs just 14 ounces. This makes it one of the lightest and most compact CDRW drives available. List price of the Pocket CDRW with is $385 with USB 2.0, $395 for CardBus version, or $429 for the FireWire model.

Both the Combo CDRW/Copier and Pocket CDRW drives are available with a choice of one interface cable (USB, FireWire, or CardBus).

Recognized read/write formats for both drives include CD-ROM mode, CD-ROM XA Mode-2 Form 1/2, Mix mode CD, Video CD, CD-I movies (MPEG), CD-DA, CD-Extra, CD-G and CD TEXT. Each drive includes CD mastering software to support Windows 98SE, ME, NT, 2000, and XP.

The Combo CDRW/Copier makes copying CDs a simple 1,2,3 process. No operating system or PC is needed to use the drive as a CD duplicating station. To copy CDs users just place the master CD into the source drive; load blank CD-R media in the destination drive; within few minutes the CD is copied. There are no buttons to push, no complicated software programs to learn, and no attention is needed while the copy is being made. Using 32X CD-R media, a music CD or a full 650MB data CD can be copied in less than four minutes.

The Addonics Combo CDRW/Copier features a fast 52X CD-ROM as a source drive and a high speed 32 x 12 x 40 CDRW as the destination drive. The drive automatically detects the format of the CD media to perform at the maximum speed of the media. List price of the Addonics CDRW/Copier is $489 with USB 2.0 interface cable, and $520 with FireWire cable.

The Addonics CDRW/Copier and Pocket CDRW drives are available through major catalog companies, resellers, VARs and distributors, including StorageUSA.com, Amazon.com, PC Connection, CDW, Buy.com, Insight, Egghead, Ingram Micro, and Ma Lab.

Addonics Technologies Inc. designs, manufactures, and markets a broad line of external storage products. Addonics is headquartered at 1918 Junction Avenue, San Jose, CA 95131, Phone: (408)573-8580. Visit Addonics at www.addonics.com.

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