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There are ALOT of Audible fans out there. And there are many good reasons why: Audible allows you to download fiction and non-fiction bestsellers to your PocketPC and listen to them while you commute, work, or excercize just to name a few.
Audible and Compaq have renewed their co-marketing relationship. They will now bundle AudibleManager and AudiblePlayer software in the box with new iPAQs. Plus, iPAQ owners will get free audio subscriptions to the Audible services.Audible Renews Technology Co-Marketing Partnership With Compaq
Companies Streamline Process by which iPAQ Pocket PCs Become 'AudibleReady'
WAYNE, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 15, 2002--Audible, Inc. (NASDAQ: ADBL - news), the leading provider of spoken audio that informs and entertains customers anywhere and at anytime with downloadable audio editions of books, newspapers, magazines, radio programs and original shows, announced today that the company has renewed its co-marketing relationship with Compaq Computer Corporation (NYSE: CPQ - news), the world's leading manufacturer of Windows-powered Pocket PCs.
Compaq will bundle the AudibleManager(TM) and AudiblePlayer(TM) software on in-box CDs shipping with all iPAQ(TM) Pocket PCs in North America, and will include brochures offering free audio subscription trial packages from audible.comŽ.
``Compaq is pleased to expand the relationship with Audible's best-of-breed spoken word audio service,'' said Cindy Box, Compaq's director of marketing for iPAQ Mobile Solutions. ``The beauty of the iPAQ Pocket PC is its ability to transform to meet the needs of each individual customer, and Audible's unique Internet audio service allows every iPAQ user the choice of listening to smart, entertaining and informative spoken word audio while on the go.''
``Time is our most valuable commodity, and listening to today's newspapers on an iPAQ Pocket PC while commuting is a way to make better use of one's time. Becoming better informed, well-educated and more powerfully entertained with Audible's Internet audio service clearly differentiates Pocket PC 2002 devices from other PDAs,'' said Foy Sperring, senior vice president of Strategic Alliances at Audible, Inc. ``We view this renewed agreement as an enhancement of our already successful co-marketing initiatives with Compaq, and as ratification of the value of Audible's spoken audio on AudibleReady portable digital audio players. We look forward to adding other Audible services to the iPAQ Pocket PC.''
About audible.com:
Audible.com features daily audio editions of The Wall Street Journal and The New York Times -- available on a subscription basis in time for the morning drive to work each day--as well as The Economist, Forbes, Harvard Business Review, Scientific American and C-SPAN. The site also offers a powerful collection of audiobook best sellers and classics by authors such as Stephen King, John Grisham, Nelson DeMille, Jon Krakauer, Danielle Steele, Scott Adams, Mary Higgins Clark, James Patterson, William Shakespeare, Emily Dickinson and Jane Austen. There are also speeches, lectures, and on-demand radio programs including Marketplace, All Things Considered, Car Talk, Fresh Air and This American Life. All of the programs at audible.com are available for PC-based playback and on-the-go listening using numerous AudibleReady(TM) portable digital audio players offered by leading consumer electronics and computer manufacturers.
About Audible, Inc.:
AudibleŽ (www.audible.comŽ) is the Internet's largest, most diverse provider of premium spoken audio services for content download or playback on personal computers or AudibleReady(TM) PC-based mobile devices. Audible has more than 32,000 hours of audio programs and 150 content partners that include leading audiobook publishers, broadcasters, entertainers, magazine and newspaper publishers and business information providers. Audible.com is Amazon.com's (www.amazon.com) exclusive provider of spoken word products for downloading or streaming via the Web. Additionally, the Company is strategically aligned with Random House, Inc., to pioneer the first-ever imprint to produce spoken word content specifically suited for digital distribution, Random House Audible. Among the Company's key business partners are Card Access Inc., Casio Inc., Compaq Computer Corporation, Handspring, Hewlett-Packard Company, Microsoft Corporation, Royal Philips Electronics, RealNetworks, Inc., SONICblue Incorporated's Rio Audio Group, Sony Electronics, Texas Instruments and VoiceAge Corp.
Audible and www.audible.com are registered trademarks of Audible, Inc.; AudibleReady is a trademark of Audible, Inc. and all are part of the family of Audible, Inc. trademarks.
Other product or service names mentioned herein are the trademarks of their respective owners.
This press release contains information about Audible, Inc. that is not historical fact and may be deemed to contain forward-looking statements about the company. Actual results may differ materially from those anticipated in any forward-looking statements as a result of certain risks and uncertainties, including, without limitation, Audible's limited operating history, history of losses, uncertain market for its services, and its inability to license or produce compelling audio content and other risks and uncertainties detailed in the company's Securities and Exchange Commission filings.
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