TeleType Wins Prestigious CNET Editors’ Choice Award

BOSTON, MA, January 24, 2004  - TeleType Company, today announced that it received a CNET Editors’ Choice award for its WorldNavigator Global Positioning system for Pocket PCs and laptops.  The coveted CNET Editors’ Choice award recognizes outstanding computing and electronics products that represent the best available choice for quality, performance, design, and service, and its logo is a mark of excellence denoting the best possible investment for technology buyers.

CNET Editors’ Choice winners are recognized as top products in their respective technology categories, and contribute to the standard by which all future products are judged.  A key selection requirement is the difference it makes in the lives of its users, whether through innovative features, exceptional value for the price, remarkable ease of use, or a demonstrable boost to users' productivity.

CNET chose the WorldNavigator stating that “TeleType furnishes everything you need to turn a Pocket PC with a CompactFlash slot into a formidable navigation tool.”  CNET noted TeleType’s highly detailed maps in compressed format, ability to create routes directly on the PDA, voice navigation, and a variety of custom features such as ability to attach photographs to waypoints.

“We are very excited about this honor from CNET as their Editors’ Choice award has become the hallmark of technology quality and innovation, and its logo is a symbol consumers know and trust,” said Ed Friedman, President .  “This is an exceptional achievement and we are very proud to be recognized for our dedication and commitment to producing the highest quality products available today.”

For information on TeleType GPS WorldNavigator and the CNET Editors’ Choice award, please visit editorschoice.cnet.com.

About TeleType

Founded in 1981, TeleType is at the forefront of Global Positioning Systems technology.  TeleType GPS products create a unique solution for land, air and water navigation; as well as the expanding of tracking to support additional emerging technologies for GPS solutions based on satellite communications and GPS enabled telephones.  Offering consumer and OEM products, TeleType continues to strive in producing the most versatile and user-friendly GPS system in the world; incorporating solutions into mobile devices.  

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