LOS ANGELES, May 11 /PRNewswire/ -- Today at E3* 2000 in Los Angeles, KB
Gear Interactive unveiled four computer products that are brimming with ways
to get connected online. The four products, all part of KB Gear's new "Jam"
line, offer countless cool ways to create, exchange and obtain photographs,
music and graphics online.
As part of the "Jam" line, KB Gear also will introduce a new web site,
jamonline.com (set to launch in August 2000), to enhance the features of its
new products and to help "Jam" product users get connected to the digital
world.
The new "Jam" line includes:
-- JamCam 3.0 (SRP: $99), a revved-up, higher performing version of KB
Gear's top-selling, award-winning, 640 x 480 digital camera that
achieves near mega-pixel quality pictures with PhotoSharp enhancement
software. This new version has an expandable memory slot and an
automatic flash.
-- JamP3 (SRP: $99), an MP3 player priced less than $100 that stores up to
an hour of music with the option to add unlimited sound via an
expandable memory slot. It also features a hip, portable design and an
easy online and software interface to burn songs from CDs and MP3
internet sites.
-- Jam-It! (SRP: $49.99), a revolutionary digital sound lab that fits in
the palm of your hand and features countless options to record, morph
and sync voice and sound with digital pictures.
-- Jam Studio (SRP: $69.99), a complete web graphics tool kit that
contains a top-rated graphics tablet and easy-to-use software to create
great web pages and cool graphics.
The "Jam" products, available in stores in the U.S. and Canada in August
2000, are easy to use and designed to help non-techies get connected online.
In two or three easy steps, users can snap, load and edit photos with JamCam
3.0; choose music from the Internet or CDs, sort it and load it onto Jam-P3;
record, warp and sync voice or songs with Jam-It!; and create graphics,
arrange and publish them on a web site with Jam Studio.
The "Jam" products also are designed to be used with each other. For
example, Jam-It! features an option to sync digital pictures taken with JamCam
by adding wacky lips, creating fun, sound-filled digital images. Jam Studio
can double as a photo re-touching tool to enhance and alter digital pictures
taken with JamCam.
To enhance its "Jam" products, KB Gear will host a number of "Jam-related"
activities on the web site jamonline.com. Online photo sharing and storing,
music downloads, voice and drawing chat rooms and other products and services
will be available at jamonline.com exclusively for people who have purchased
"Jam" products.
"Teens are online in record numbers and we want to not only encourage
positive experiences, but to provide them with the right tools to help than do
more than they would ever expect to do online," said Jim Triggs, KB Gear
President and CTO. "Independently, our 'Jam' products are great interactive
tools at a great price. But their ability to interact with each other in
exciting and easy-to-use ways greatly enhances and expands the possibilities
of online interaction."
At E3 2000, KB Gear also unveiled a new addition to its Little Tikes
Interactive products for young computer trekkers: the 3-D Cruiser(TM)
(SRP: $49), one of the first computer steering wheels built especially for
ages 2-8. The 3-D Cruiser(TM) comes with customized software with true 3-D
graphics, allowing children to cruise through a virtual world of land, sea and
sky adventures as they learn about the world around them.
Minneapolis-based KB Gear Interactive is the developer of award-winning
computer products suitable for all ages. Its proprietary "Jam" brand is
geared for teens and tweens. Its products licensed for Disney and Little
Tikes are made for younger computer trekkers. During 1999, KB Gear's products
were sold in more than 14,000 retail storefronts and extensively online. KB
Gear is a privately held company, headquartered at 10250 Valley View Road,
Suite 137, Eden Prairie, Minn., 55344. Product information is available by
calling 800-926-3066 or on the company's website: http://www.kbgear.com
* The 3 in E3 should always be read as a superscript
SOURCE KB Gear Interactive
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Related links:
http://www.kbgear.com
CONTACT:
Pete Stoddart, 612-656-6023,
petestoddart@kbgear.com , or Kathy Graves, 612-928-7003,
kjgraves@aol.com , both of KB Gear Interactive
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