LifeDrive Users Get Pocket Tunes
NormSoft Provides Audio Playback for palmOne’s LifeDrive Mobile Manager with Pocket Tunes
Millis, Massachusetts – May
24, 2005 – NormSoft, Inc. today announced the availability of its award
winning audio player Pocket TunesTM on palmOne, Inc.’s newest device, the
LifeDrive™ 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® 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 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.