Collaboration to extend Notebook use

Hyderabad, June 12: PortalPlayer, Inc and Acer, today announced a collaboration to redfine how individuals access information and entertainment content on their notebook computers, extending the usefulness of the notebook for several additional hours on a single charge.

A key enabler of the initiative is a new feature supported by the Microsoft Windows Vista operating system called Windows SideShow, which enables useful information and entertainment content from the notebook to be easily selected and viewed on a secondary display or device, a company press release said today.

Nasdaq-listed PortalPlayer, with its Windows SideShow compatible technology platform called Preface is working with notebook leader- Acer, to incorporate a second display and user interface into the design of Acer's notebook computers.

The new addition, called a Personal Media Display (PMD), will enable Acer to provide its customers with 'Always On access' to date and content stored on the notebook inlcuding e-mail, calendars, contacts, music and photos without having to turn on and boot the system or worry about running out of battery power, the release said.

UNI