NEW YORK, June 26 /PRNewswire/ -- PC Expo -- Franklin Electronic
Publishers, Inc. (Amex: FEP), the leading worldwide provider of handheld
eBooks, and Dow Jones & Company (NYSE: DJ), today announced that highlights
from The Wall Street Journal Online will be available to users of Franklin's
eBookMan(R) multimedia content reader. This content, which is optimized for
mobile devices, will consist of top news summaries of the day plus selected
news features, and initially will be available to all purchasers of the
eBookMan at no additional charge.
"Busy professionals on the go want more from their handheld computers
today than just important contacts and scheduling information," said Barry
Lipsky, president and CEO of Franklin Electronic Publishers, Inc.
"Increasingly, mobile professionals are using their pocket-sized organizers
for critical business and reference information, as well as personal
entertainment and casual reading. The addition of The Wall Street Journal
Online to Franklin's growing list of books, periodicals, and other mobile
applications, gives users of the eBookMan the information they want, whenever
they want it -- at home, in the office, or on the road."
About Dow Jones & Company
Dow Jones & Company (NYSE: DJ) (dj.com) publishes The Wall Street Journal
and its international and online editions, Barron's and SmartMoney magazines
and other periodicals, Dow Jones Newswires, Dow Jones Indexes, and the Ottaway
group of community newspapers. Dow Jones is co-owner with Reuters Group of
Factiva, and with NBC of the CNBC television operations in Asia and Europe.
Dow Jones also provides news content to CNBC and radio stations in the U.S.
About eBookMan
eBookMan(R) is a multimedia content player offering mass-market audiences
a robust feature set and an optimal display screen at an affordable price.
All three eBookMan(R) models have a large 240 x 200 pixel LCD that displays
87 percent more information than a typical handheld. Each model gives
consumers a vehicle to download thousands of electronic books, audio books and
musical works, to synchronize between users' personal information manager
programs and Microsoft(R) Outlook(R), to record and play voice memos and to
write notes easily with natural handwriting recognition. Franklin's open but
secure architecture also enables publishers and developers to offer more
titles in a protected environment.
The entry model, EBM-900, with a suggested retail price of $129.95,
includes a microphone, speaker, headphone jack, multimedia memory card for
memory expansion, a USB port and 8 MB of built-in memory. The EBM-901, with a
suggested retail price of $179.95, adds a backlit, polarized display and
additional free books. The flagship model, the EBM-911, suggested to retail
for $229.95, offers 16MB of memory and even more free content.
eBookMan won the eBook Technology Award from the International eBook Award
Foundation at the Frankford Book Fair in October 2000.
About Franklin
Franklin Electronic Publishers, Inc. (Amex: FEP), the worldwide market
leader in handheld electronic books, is the designer and distributor of the
award winning multimedia eBookMan(R) platform. The Company is the exclusive
producer and distributor of the ROLODEX(R) Electronics brand of personal
information management products. Franklin has sold more than 25,000,000
electronic books and currently publishes more than 200 titles, including
dictionaries and bilingual dictionaries; encyclopedias; Bibles; entertainment
titles; education and tutorial publications; and medical reference works.
Franklin products, available in sixteen languages, are sold in 45,000 retail
outlets worldwide, through catalogs and on line at franklin.com. The Company
has sales and distribution subsidiaries in the United Kingdom, France,
Germany, the Benelux countries, Canada, Australia and Mexico, and production
management offices in Tokyo and Hong Kong.
ROLODEX(R) is a registered trademark of Berol Corporation, a subsidiary of
Newell Rubbermaid, Inc.
Except for the historical information contained herein, the matters
discussed throughout this release, including, but not limited to, those that
are stated as Franklin's belief or expectation or preceded by the word
"should" are forward looking statements that involve risks to and
uncertainties in Franklin's business, including, among other things, the
timely availability and acceptance of new electronic books and organizers,
changes in technology, the impact of competitive electronic products, the
management of inventories, Franklin's dependence on third party component
suppliers and manufacturers, including those that provide Franklin-specific
parts, and other risks and uncertainties that may be detailed from time to
time in Franklin's reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
SOURCE Franklin Electronic Publishers, Inc.
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CONTACT:
Gregory J. Winsky, Executive Vice President
of Franklin Electronic Publishers, 609-386-2500
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