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<div class="left_inner_box_heading"><h1>FrogPad: Bluetooth Enabled One-Handed Keyboard</h1></div>
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<p>You don't need no stinking QWERTY!<br />
Heralding the Death of QWERTY, FrogPad accesses HID drivers<br />
=46or the Bluetooth Enabled One-Handed Keyboard</p>
<p>Pushing for New Global Standard in Data Entry, Company Showcases New<br />
Keyboard for UMPCs, Nokia 770, Symbian Smartphones, and desktops.</p>
<p>Houston, Texas-May 9, 2006, FrogPad Inc. (<a href="http://www.frogpad.com" title="www.frogpad.com">www.frogpad.com</a> ), maker of the<br />
revolutionary portable one-handed keyboard, FrogPad uses Bluetooth HID<br />
drivers for the One-Handed FrogPad, and announces the seamless integration<br />
of FrogPad Bluetooth keyboard with Bluetooth enabled UMPCs, Nokia 770<br />
Internet Tablet (<a href="http://www.nokiausa.com/770" title="http://www.nokiausa.com/770">http://www.nokiausa.com/770</a>) and Symbian Smartphones<br />
(<a href="http://www.symbian.com" title="http://www.symbian.com">http://www.symbian.com</a>). Dubbed the iFrog, the new keyboard incorporates<br />
=46rogPad's patented ergonomic layout designed around the 15 most-used<br />
letters in the English alphabet with the latest wireless Bluetooth<br />
technology, and accomplishes 100% of all functions of a QWERTY keyboard.<br />
=46rogPad is the premier keyboard that will make these products successful.</p>
<p>Pioneering a new global standard for data entry, the FrogPad keyboard<br />
breaks the century-old QWERTY code. Unlike QWERTY, whose design was derived<br />
from the limitations of 19th Century typewriter technology, the FrogPad<br />
offers a patented logical algorithm and design that encourages correct<br />
ergonomic posture. Additionally, given its use of full-size keys, the<br />
=46rogPad offers users of mobile computing devices an superior alternative t=<br />
o<br />
the script-based, mini thumb keyboard platforms or folding keyboards<br />
currently available. The FrogPad offers users a consistent interface across<br />
desktop and mobile environments, no more re-learning a new data input<br />
method every time you upgrade a device. After an average of 10-12 hours of<br />
training and practice, most FrogPad users can achieve input rates of up to<br />
30-40 words per minute, as compared to the average of 10-20 words per<br />
minute by the fastest thumb typists. And FrogPad can be adapted for<br />
wearable computing with Velcro straps.</p>
<p>=46rogPad to Mac, PC, Tablet users: Cut Your Cables and Hop Onboard Measurin=<br />
g<br />
just 3" x 5", the iFrog is the only fully functional and portable keyboard<br />
with low profile, full-sized keys for fast, easy and accessible data entry.<br />
Created with designers, educators, students, mobile professionals and the<br />
physically challenged in mind, the Bluetooth iFrog gives mobile road<br />
warriors a viable alternative to the sub-optimal design of the QWERTY<br />
keyboard. For example, designers using CAD (computer-aided design)<br />
applications can now keep one hand on a mouse at all times and freely input<br />
data via the iFrog with the other hand.</p>
<p>"Enterprise and mobile road warriors have always been on the leading edge<br />
of adopting new tools that change the way people interact with<br />
technology-the iFrog fits that bill," said Linda Marroquin, Founder,<br />
President and CEO, FrogPad=CD, Inc. "As FrogPad becomes the new global<br />
standard for wireless data input, combining it with the Bluetooth wireless<br />
standard is a natural development. Therefore, we demand to know why more<br />
mobile products do not have Bluetooth HID as a standard integrated driver!"</p>
<p>The space-saving iFrog offers users mobility and portability in numerous<br />
commercial and industrial applications. With a built-in rechargeable<br />
battery, the iFrog can be charged either through a wall adapter plug or<br />
through a standard USB port. The iFrog is available for immediate purchase.</p>
<p>Bluetooth and FrogPad: New Standards Set to Take Off for 2006. Since<br />
October 2003, FrogPad and Gennum Corporation have been jointly developing<br />
Bluetooth products that utilize the GENBlue Module. Powered by Cambridge<br />
Silicon Radio's single chip technology, the module features full Bluetooth<br />
functionality and compatibility with Bluetooth enabled devices.</p>
<p>The iFrog fully supports the Bluetooth Human Interface Device (HID)<br />
profile, unlike many products that use the spam prone Serial Port (SPP)<br />
profile. Any platform that supports the HID profile (Macintosh OS X, Linux,<br />
Symbian Smartphones, most Windows Bluetooth adapters, Windows Mobile 5.0)<br />
"just works" out of the box with the iFrog with no drivers to load. FrogPad<br />
is also developing HID compliant drivers with strategic partner, CC2GO, for<br />
those platforms that do not include HID support built in.</p>
<p>"As we look for ways to help unwire people with our Bluetooth solutions,<br />
we're very excited by the fast deployment of the GENBlue module on the<br />
iFrog," said Gora Ganguli, vice president and general manager, Gennum<br />
Corporation. "Having only worked with FrogPad for a relatively short period<br />
of time, we're extremely impressed by how quickly we've moved from<br />
partnership agreement to production. Today's announcement is a terrific<br />
step for Bluetooth and FrogPad, and we look forward to working with FrogPad<br />
to develop new and innovative wireless solutions that enhance the lives of<br />
our users."</p>
<p>About FrogPad=CD Inc.</p>
<p>=46rogPad, Inc. (<a href="http://www.frogpad.com" title="www.frogpad.com">www.frogpad.com</a>) is an innovator of data entry methods for<br />
mobile computing and communication. A new standard for data entry,<br />
=46rogPad's flagship product is a practical single-handed text/numeric 20 ke=<br />
y<br />
keyboard that uses a patented simultaneous key-function change technology<br />
and ergonomic optimization. Ideal for the mobile professional, FrogPad's<br />
unique design provides all of the functionality of a full sized keyboard in<br />
a fraction of the space. FrogPad's data entry algorithm was originally<br />
conceived in 1994, with patents for the unique design issued in 1998, 1999,<br />
2001, 2005. The first production model of the FrogPad was designed by<br />
highly acclaimed industrial design firm IDEO. Founded in 1998, FrogPad is a<br />
privately held company based in Houston, Texas, and is delivering its<br />
products through global partners.</p>
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