MindStor -- The Next Generation of the Digital Wallet

Oct. 30, 2001--A leader in portable smart storage and the developer of the award-winning Digital Wallet device, Minds@Work(TM) announced today that it will introduce a new family of portable storage devices called MindStor(TM). MindStor is the ultimate tool for storing digital photos on-the-go. The pocket-sized, battery-powered, large capacity hard drive with an intelligent operating system is capable of downloading and storing thousands of files from all popular memory cards.

The MindStor product line will be available in November 2001 for photo professionals and consumers with three capacities of storage: Five-, ten- and twenty-gigabytes (MSRP of $329.00, $429.00 and $529.00, respectively). Also bundled with the product will be a choice of three PC card adapters: CompactFlash, SmartMedia or Sony Memory Stick. MindStor will be available at major retail stores and specialty camera shops worldwide and at www.mindsatwork.net.

"Having successfully created the Portable Smart Storage(TM) category with the introduction of our premier product -- the Digital Wallet -- we will continue to provide portable storage solutions for digital photographers with the MindStor product line. MindStor will offer the same reliable storage capabilities with new, exciting features," said Marc Ganouna, president and CEO of Minds@Work.

MindStor features include:

• Firewire and USB interface
• Ability to upload/download individual files or entire folders
• Automatic control over individual corrupted files from memory cards
• Backlit display with contrast control
• Memory card reader option
• Multi-lingual text display
• Status meter indicating duration of file transfer
• File verification after every transfer A
• Support of long file names

The Digital Imaging Marketing Association reports that unit sales of digital still cameras skyrocketed 65.5 percent compared to the same period last year. Minds@Work recognizes this market trend and understands that with technology improvements and decrease in price of digital cameras, demand for portable smart storage is growing. As the frontrunner in the digital storage industry, Minds@Work equips the hand-held portable storage devices with a powerful RISC processor, a 2.5" hard drive, and intelligent operating system and a rechargeable battery back. The MindStor family supports all popular memory cards and is compatible with Windows and Mac. Minds@Work's premier product, the Digital Wallet, earned several awards for its design and technical excellence as the winner of American Photo Editors Choice Award, Popular Mechanics 2000 Editor's Choice Award for "New Product Design and Innovation" and for the 2001 Photo Marketing Association award for "Innovative Digital Product."

About Minds@Work
Minds@Work is an innovator of portable, data management products for the rapidly growing storage computer technology marketplace. As an engineering, design, manufacturing and marketing firm, the company creates quality products that set the standard for emerging capabilities in digital devices for both professional and consumer applications. Information on Minds@Work, its products and distributors can be found at www.mindsatwork.net.

SOURCE Businesswire