Pretec Electronics Corp. Press Release 08/01/04

LAS VEGAS—(BUSINESS WIRE)—Jan. 8, 2004—Pretec Electronics Corp., the 2nd company in the world offering CompactFlash memory card (CF) card since 1995, is demonstrating the world’s highest capacity 1GB MultiMediaCard (MMC) with write speed about 300% faster than the leading brand in the market today, at CES Pretec Booth # 71016 here at Las Vegas Convention Center.

DV-4200, the world’s 1st 2 mega-pixel DSC and MPEG4 tapeless digital camcorder with 30fps TV quality (http://www.pretec.com/PR/PR%20DV4200%20final.pdf), released by Pretec last year at PMA, bundled with 64MB MMC/SD card, can record up to 20 minutes of VHS quality video in MPEG4 format; with Pretec 1GB MMC card, consumers can record more than 5 hours of MPEG4 video, sufficient for even pro-users. The rugged, small size, reliable, fast and high capacity Pretec 1GB MMC, combined with very low power consumption nature, makes it perfect to be used as the preferred storage device for the ever-increasing IA devices such as MP3 players, DSC, digital camcorders, mobile phones and other portable devices.

The open and membership-driven standard, no royalties, and easily available specification policy makes MMC one of the fastest growing small form factor memory card in the industry. Compatible with most Secure Digital (SD) slots used by mobile phones, digital cameras, and other portable digital devices, MMC is the most popular memory card in the world today. With version 4.0 coming soon from MMCA (http://www.mmca.org/), the new generation MMC 4.0 will have the capability to be up to 800% faster than the current version of MMC.

Pretec has been consistently demonstrated the highest capacity CF card in the world from 64MB (10/1998) to 6GB (3/2003), with higher capacity to be announced soon. Pretec 1GB MMC is sampling to customers now, and will be available to the retail channels by the end of Q1/2004. The new generation of Pretec MMC 4.0 card will have dual voltage feature (3V/1.8V) and the transfer speed is expected to be at least 200% faster than the highest speed of any SD card today; engineering samples are scheduled to be demonstrated by Q2/2004.

About Pretec
Pretec(TM) Electronics Corp. (http://www.pretec.com) offers a complete spectrum of small form factor memory cards and card readers such as ATA/CF card, IDE & Mini-IDE Flash Drive (MIDE(TM)), SmartMedia(TM), MultiMedia Card(TM), and SD Card for the digital imaging, mobile computing, and Military/Industrial Control markets; and is the creator of Innovative CompactI/O(TM) cards for PocketPC(TM), digital cameras and many IA devices. Pretec has consistently demonstrated the highest capacity CF cards in the world; such as 80MB, 128MB, 160MB, 320MB, 640MB, 1.5GB, 2GB, 3GB, and 6GB CF card at various locations around the world for the past five years.

*Note: MIDE(TM), CompactI/O(TM), CompactModem(TM), and CompactLAN(TM) are trademarks of Pretec Electronics Corp. PocketPC(TM) is trademark of Microsoft Corp. All other trademarks mentioned herein are recognized as the property of their respective holders.