Iomega Ships Predator External CD-RW Drive

ROY, UT --(Dec. 20, 2000)-- Iomega Corporation announced the Iomega Predator CD-RW drive is now shipping in the U.S. The Iomega Predator CD-RW drive, which debuted as a crowd favorite at Comdex last month in Las Vegas, is now shipping for availability on select U.S. retail shelves in early January 2001, for $269.95 (U.S. estimated retail price).  The external CD-RW drive is also available at iomegadirect.com, and will begin shipping in Asia, Europe and Latin America in February 2001.

The versatile new Predator 8X4X32X CD-RW drive supports popular interfaces by using interchangeable adapters.  It is currently shipping with a USB 1.1 adapter offering 4X4X6X performance, the maximum re-write and read speeds for the USB 1.1 interface.  A FireWire/IEEE 1394 adapter model will also be available in the first quarter of 2001 for $329.95  (U.S. estimated retail price), with USB 2.0 and PCMCIA adapters to follow later in the year.

"Early this year, we recognized the consumer need for an external CD-RW drive that offers ease of use, portability and an exciting form factor," said Doug Collier, vice president marketing, product management and business development, Iomega Corporation.  "Predator richly delivers on that need by providing consumers with a dynamically designed CD-RW drive that is a dramatic departure from the heavy, brick-like look of existing external CD-RW drives."

The Predator is compatible with PC and Macintosh platforms and sets a new standard for leading edge design, following in the foot steps of Zip, Jaz and other award-winning Iomega products.  The comprehensive software suite includes Adaptec Easy CD Creator 4.0, Adaptec DirectCD 3.0, Adaptec Toast, MusicMatch Jukebox Plus, MGI PhotoSuite, Iomega Quik Sync 2 software (30-day trial version) and Adobe ActiveShare software.

About Iomega   
Iomega Corporation'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. The company can be reached at 1-888-4-IOMEGA (888-446-6342), or on the Web at iomega.com.

SOURCE  Iomega Corporation