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Chris Romoser, Iomega Corporation, (858) 314-7148 romoser@iomega.com
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For Immediate Release
Iomega Micro Mini
USB 2.0 Drive Makes Leap to 512MB Capacity
SAN DIEGO,
July 23, 2004 Iomega Corporation (NYSE:
IOM), a global leader in data storage, today launched
a new member of the Micro Mini™ family: The Iomega® Micro
Mini(TM) 512MB* USB
2.0 Drive. Designed for the active lifestyle, the Micro
Mini 512MB USB 2.0 drive offers high performance in
a go-anywhere package that is half the size of conventional
USB key drives. It is the ideal mobile device for large
presentations, video clips, photo libraries, homework
and other data.
"Iomega's Micro Mini USB 2.0 drives are eminently practical
devices that also manage to express a sense of style
and fun," said Brian Still, product manager, branded
products, Iomega Corporation. "It's the most interesting
drive in its category because it is more customizable
and because Iomega provides great software that extends
the drive's usefulness."
Key Features
Iomega Micro Mini drives are among the smallest mobile storage devices available
today. Weighing only 0.3 ounces (9 grams), the new Micro Mini 512MB USB 2.0
Drive delivers heavyweight file storage capacity that goes anywhere, no installation
required**. The blinking of a blue LED reveals when the drive is active, delivering
performance of up to 8 MB/sec. (read speed) from its solid-state memory without
the fuss of AC adapters, power cables, or batteries. And uniquely in its category,
the Micro Mini USB drive includes accessories like an illuminated USB extension
cable, a key chain, a neck chain, and three brightly colored snap-on caps for
easy customization.
Iomega Active Disk™ Software
Iomega's Micro Mini USB 2.0 drives are a natural platform for Iomega® Active
Disk™ software. Active Disk powered titles are portable software programs that
launch automatically from an Iomega Micro Mini USB 2.0 drive when it is plugged
into any compatible PC. Active Disk titles never need installation, don't clutter
the hard drive, and leave no trace on the host PC--even the user's related work
is stored automatically on the Micro Mini USB 2.0 drive (the Active Disk driver
is a one-time install, and is present on computers with IomegaWare installed).
Active Disk titles help people stay organized, play games, and keep their data
secure. Over 80 Active Disk titles are available for download at the Iomega
Web site, www.iomega-activedisk.com.
Availability
The new Iomega® Micro Mini™ 512MB USB 2.0 Drive adds to the popular and
comprehensive USB drive offerings from Iomega - your USB flash storage destination. The
Iomega Micro Mini 512MB USB 2.0 Drive is now shipping for $129.95 at catalog
and online at www.iomega.com. Other drives in the Micro Mini USB 2.0
drive family include the Iomega Micro Mini 256MB USB 2.0 drive, $79.95; the
Iomega Micro Mini 128MB USB 2.0 drive, $49.95; and the Iomega Micro Mini 64MB
USB 2.0 drive, $39.95. (All prices are U.S. suggested retail). All of
these drives are available at catalog, online and select retail stores.
About Iomega
Iomega
Corporation provides easy-to-use, high value storage
solutions to help people protect, secure, capture and
share their valuable digital information. Iomega's
award-winning storage products include the new 35GB
Iomega REV™ Drive, popular Zip® 100MB,
250MB and 750MB drives, high-performance Iomega® HDD
External Hard
Drives in desktop and portable configurations, Iomega
Mini USB Drives and Micro Mini™ USB Drives, Iomega
external CD-RW drives, Iomega
Super DVD drives and the Iomega
Floppy USB-Powered Drive. Iomega simplifies data
protection and sharing at home and in the workplace
with Iomega
Automatic Backup software, Iomega
Sync software, HotBurn® CD-recording
software, and Active
Disk™ technology. For networks, Iomega
NAS servers offer capacities of 160GB to 1TB. For
unlimited capacity and anytime, anywhere access, Iomega
offers iStorage™ secure
online storage. Iomega also offers businesses and
consumers a comprehensive data
recovery services solution for recovering lost
data due to hardware failure, file corruption or media
damage. The Company can be reached at 1-888-4-IOMEGA
(888-446-6342), or on the Web at www.iomega.com.
NOTE: The statements
contained in this release regarding development, production
and distribution of the Iomega product, anticipated product pricing and availability,
expected product performance and specifications, future applications for the
new product 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 successful completion of product development and testing, market acceptance
of, and demand for, the Iomega product, any difficulties encountered in ramping
up production or other manufacturing issues, including component availability
and pricing, co-development, 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, 2003, and its most recent Quarterly Report on Form
10-Q.
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* 1 MB = 1 million bytes.
** No installation required for Windows® 2000,
Windows Me, Windows XP, Mac® OS 9 and above, and
Linux 2.4.x. Drivers for Windows 98 and 98 SE available
at www.iomega.com; drivers for Mac OS 8.6 available
at www.apple.com.
Copyright© 2004 Iomega Corporation. All rights
reserved. Iomega, Zip, REV, Active Disk, Micro Mini,
iStorage, HotBurn and QuikTouch are either registered
trademarks or trademarks of Iomega Corporation in the
United States and/or other countries. Certain other
product names, brand names and company names may be
trademarks or designations of their respective owners.
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