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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
FotoShowTM Digital Image Center and Zip® Disks
Coming to Wolf Camera Superstores Nationwide
ROY, Utah, March 29, 2001
- Iomega Corporation (NYSE: IOM), a global leader in
data management solutions, today announced a new retail
agreement with Atlanta-based Wolf Camera Inc. to carry
Iomega's FotoShowTM digital image center and Zip®
100MB and 250MB disks at Wolf Camera superstores nationwide.
"We're pleased to welcome Wolf Camera, one of
the leaders in its category and the right kind of retailer
for Iomega's FotoShow viewer," said Doug Collier,
senior vice president, marketing and product management,
Iomega Corporation. "This agreement marks a big
step in our drive to get the FotoShow viewer in front
of the digital camera audience."
Initial plans call for Wolf Camera to roll out the
Iomega FotoShow digital image center, along with Zip
100MB and 250MB disks, at its 32 Wolf Camera superstores,
as well as at its online store www.wolfcamera.com.
"Iomega's FotoShow player defines a new device
category for digital camera users, the set-top image
viewer", said Phil Kaplan, electronics buyer, Wolf
Camera. "We are excited about offering this new
product to our customers, and we think digital photography
enthusiasts will instantly recognize the value and versatility
of the FotoShow device for enjoying their digital photo
collections."
Wolf Camera expects the FotoShow digital image center
to be available at its superstores in mid-April, and
immediately on-line at www.wolfcamera.com.
About the Iomega FotoShow digital
image center
Iomega's FotoShow digital image center gives consumers
a Zip drive for their TV, a small, simple and affordable
solution for sharing their digital photo collections
without a computer. Its built-in CompactFlashTM (MicrodriveTM-compatible)
and SmartMediaTM slots provide digital camera owners
with one-button transfer of camera images directly to
the internal Zip® 250MB drive. Connecting to a TV
via composite (RCA) or S-Video ports, the FotoShow player
also comes with a remote control for convenient editing
and viewing.
Editing features include red-eye removal, one-touch
instant photo fixing, cropping, zooming, image rotation
and artistic templates. With an optional 12-volt car
adapter, the FotoShow viewer doubles as a mobile image
station for downloading digital camera photos in the
field, freeing up space on expensive solid state memory
cards.
The FotoShow player's USB port allows it to operate
as a 250MB Zip® drive when connected to any USB-enabled
computer. Users can then transfer images to the FotoShow
player from any source - including converted Powerpoint®
presentations, scanned photos, and photos saved on hard
drives or downloaded from the Internet - for television
viewing in the home, classroom, or boardroom.
About Wolf Camera
Chuck Wolf founded privately held Wolf Camera in 1974.
All Wolf Camera locations offer a complete inventory
of traditional photography and digital imaging products
and services, frames, albums and accessories. Each Wolf
Camera store is staffed by trained experts and features
on-site, one-hour film developing. Digitizing services,
which allow consumers to transfer images to a floppy
disk, CD or have them uploaded to the Internet are also
available. For more information about Wolf Camera, visit
www.wolfcamera.com.
About Iomega
Iomega Corporation (NYSE:IOM) manufactures and markets
the award-winning Zip®, Jaz® and PocketZipTM
drives and disks, the HipZipTM digital audio player,
the FotoShowTM digital image center, LifeWorksTM software,
and Iomega QuikSyncTM software; Iomega also markets
Iomega CD-RW drives, CompactFlashTM and SmartMediaTM
memory cards, and the Iomega MicrodriveTM miniature
hard drive. Iomega's products help people to save, share,
manage and create important information such as Internet
downloads, audio files, personal photographs, spreadsheets,
and slides, while protecting that content from viruses
and hackers. Used in homes, businesses, government and
educational facilities and by creative professionals
everywhere, Iomega storage solutions are the enabling
technologies preferred by millions. The Company can
be reached at 1-888-4-IOMEGA (888-446-6342), or on the
Web at http://www.iomega.com.
NOTE: The statements contained in this release regarding
retail distribution through Wolf Camera Inc., anticipated
product availability, and all other statements that
are not purely historical, are forward-looking statements
within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation
Reform Act of 1995. All such forward-looking statements
are based upon information available to Iomega as of
the date hereof, and Iomega disclaims any intention
or obligation to update any such forward-looking statements.
Actual results could differ materially from current
expectations. Factors that could cause or contribute
to such differences include, but are not limited to,
the success of the partnership with Wolf Camera, market
acceptance of, and demand for, Iomega FotoShow and Zip
products, any difficulties encountered in ramping up
production or other manufacturing issues, including
component availability and pricing, production, and
distribution issues, product pricing and conformity
to specifications, dependence upon third party suppliers,
competition, intellectual property rights and other
risks and uncertainties identified in the reports filed
from time to time by Iomega with the U.S. Securities
and Exchange Commission, including Iomega's Annual Report
on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2000, and
its most recent Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.
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Copyright© 2001 Iomega Corporation. All rights
reserved. Iomega, Zip, Jaz, PocketZip, HipZip, FotoShow,
Predator, QuikSync and LifeWorks are either registered
trademarks or trademarks of Iomega Corporation in the
United States and/or other countries. Microdrive is
a trademark of IBM Corporation and is used with permission.
Certain other product names, brand names and company
names may be trademarks or designations of their respective
owners.
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