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New Streamium In-Home Audio Systems and GoGear Portable Devices to Feature Integrated Rhapsody Music Experience

Philips and RealNetworks Inc., today announced a new alliance to bring Rhapsody, the award-winning digital music service from Real and MTV Networks, to consumers both on the go and in the home with Philips’ new portable MP3 GoGear players and Philips’ Streamium home audio product line.

The first digital audio devices from the Philips/Rhapsody collaboration
are expected in early 2008 and can be previewed beginning January 7 and
throughout the 2008 International Consumer Electronics Show in the
RealNetworks booth (South 36200) or in Philips’ booth (Central 12124).

Philips’ Rhapsody-enhanced Streamium home audio products give consumers access from their living room to Rhapsody’s catalog of over 4.5 million songs, professionally programmed music channels, personalized
recommendations and thousands of themed playlists via their home stereo
systems. Philips’ Streamium NP1100, the first device in the line to launch
with Rhapsody, also features a built-in PC Link, a black and white display,
internet radio connectivity and streaming from other PCs on the same Wi-Fi
network.

Philips’ new GoGear portable players will be optimized to work with the
Rhapsody service to give consumers a seamless, interactive music experience. The players will let users rate and save songs to their
Rhapsody library, flag songs for later purchase and access Rhapsody’s
critically acclaimed editorial content, all while on the go. The GoGear
portable series of players will also ship with enhancements ranging from a
larger screen size and better battery efficiency, to built-in Bluetooth and
larger memory capacity.

Philips’ Streamium home audio product and Philips’ GoGear portable
player lines will both ship with a 30-day free trial of the Rhapsody
service. At the conclusion of the free trial, consumers can extend their
Rhapsody service by signing up for Rhapsody Unlimited ($12.99/month) for
throughout-the-home access to Rhapsody or Rhapsody To Go ($14.99/month) to take music anywhere with the GoGear portable players. Current Rhapsody subscribers can get started immediately with an enhanced music experience with both lines of Philips’ new devices.

    Philips’ Streamium and GoGear Model Information

    Model         Storage    Available     MSRP
    NP1100          n/a       May 2008     $149
    SA5245          4GB       Q2 2008      $109
    SA5285          8GB       Q2 2008      $119
    SA5245 (BT)     4GB       Q2 2008      $119
    SA5285 (BT)     8GB       Q2 2008      $129
    SA6145          4GB         Now        $139
    SA6185          8GB         Now        $169
    SA6545          4GB       Q2 2008      $169
    SA6585          8GB       Q2 2008      $199

Source:Real Networks press release