Empower Technologies™ Announces ODM Technologies, Inc., as Empower Technologies Signs Contracts for Licensing, Product Development, Manufacturing and Richmond, British Columbia - November 22, 2004 - Empower Technologies (“Empower”) is pleased to announce the signing of four agreements: a LinuxDA Embedded™ O/S For OMAP 5910 OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer) License Agreement, an OEM Distribution and License Agreement, a Joint Product Development Agreement, and a Supply Agreement, on October 22 nd, 2004 between ODM Technologies, Inc. ("ODM Technologies") and Empower Technologies, Inc. (“Empower US”), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Empower Technologies Corporation (TSX.V: EPT). Under the terms of the agreements, ODM Technologies will become the first LinuxDA Embedded ™ O/S (LEOs ™ ) licensee for a period starting from November 1, 2004 throughOctober 31, 2007. ODM Technologies will include LEOs ™ as one of their design platforms offered to their customers. ODM Technologies will also joint develop new audio/video products with Empower Technologies ™ . These new consumer audio/video products using Empower's LEOs™ will be introduced and available for release through Empower’s growing distribution and sales channels starting in 2005. The new PowerPlay™ consumer audio/video products will also be available for private label/OEM to both ODM Technologies' and Empower’s customers. The above initiatives are part of Empower's strategic plan to accelerate LEOs ™ license penetration through major consumer electronic developers and manufacturers. "This is another sign that the LinuxDA Embedded™ O/S is making inroads into the consumer electronics design, engineering and manufacturing industry. Being utilized by one of the top consumer audio and video product developers, such as ODM Technologies, broadens LinuxDA Embedded™ O/S's licensing opportunities and exposure with major brands", said Paul Leung, Founder, Chairman & CEO of Empower. “With these agreements in place it is exciting to see us start to empower the future of consumer electronic products for distribution in 2005”, said Edward Dennis, President of Empower Technologies™. “ODM Technologies is pleased to partner with Empower Technologies™ and include LEOs™ with one of our ODM platforms to bring our customers an extremely powerful and capable consumer electronics platform”, said Rich Eilenberg, President and CEO of ODM Technologies. “ODM is extremely pleased to be using the LinuxDA Embedded™ O/S in our ODM platforms and products. LinuxDA Embedded™ O/S forms the basis of a feature rich consumer electronics environment with an advanced and intuitive user interface. In this competitive market sector the technology that Empower brings to this partnership fits our needs perfectly. There is a strong synergy between the two companies and this will benefit our customers”, said Cliff Blodget, CTO of ODM Technologies.
About Empower Technologies Founded in 2000, Empower Technologies is a provider of Linux-based embedded system technologies and solutions for the consumer electronics industry and the intelligent appliance market. Empower is an innovative company that introduced to the world LinuxDA O/S, the first and only complete Palm® Handheld compatible Linux Operating System scaled down for the Motorola Dragonball CPU platform. By uniting top professionals from within the computer industry and developing quality partnerships and strategic alliances, Empower is committed to being the leading provider of Linux-based embedded system technologies and solutions for consumer electronics manufacturers. Empower’s brands are “LinuxDA” (www.linuxda.com) a Linux-based embedded operating system and “PowerPlay” (www.powerplaydevices.com) smart consumer electronics.
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