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Varatouch Enhances Handheld Applications with new Analog Input Devices

New Orleans, LA-March 15, 2005. Varatouch, the leading designer of innovative input devices for consumer electronics products announced today that it has successfully ported its' analog input device drivers to the Texas Instruments Incorporated's (TI's) OMAP™ platform. This gives handset manufacturers the ability to leverage Varatouch's Vsense™ technology and TI's OMAP processors for next generation handset designs.

The combination of Vsense control solutions such as analog joysticks and navigation disks enables intuitive interaction for the consumer. This delivers improved intuition and end-user satisfaction when compared to the existing digital dome switches prevalent today. Varatouch's new human interface components address the emerging trends in handsets and will enhance a variety of mobile device applications including gaming, GPS, menu navigation and others.

"Varatouch's analog human interface technology makes for a more engaging user experience on mobile phones," says Paul Werp, worldwide director of marketing for TI's OMAP Platform. "We are excited that Varatouch has decided to leverage the TI OMAP platform to deliver capabilities to enhance mobile entertainment and productivity applications such as gaming, menu scrolling, GPS and more."

"Texas Instruments is a market leader with their OMAP technology," says Craig Vachon, the CEO of Varatouch. "Their innovative approach on their platforms delivers differentiated next generation products to the marketplace. We are so pleased to be working together with TI. It is relationships like this that will continue to make Varatouch successful in our key markets."

The demo, will be located in TI's booth (#4651, Hall E) at CTIA and will highlight how our analog joysticks and navigation disks are a vast improvement over today's digital technology.

Varatouch is a member of TI's OMAP™ Developer Network, a group of leading software developers porting advanced applications to TI's high performance, power-efficient OMAP processors. Handset manufacturers adopting OMAP devices enjoy the rapid deployment of compelling wireless applications - including streaming audio and video, multimedia messaging, gaming, security, speech recognition, location based services and mobile commerce - across all leading operating systems. Systems level integration services are also provided worldwide by independent OMAP Technology Centers. The OMAP platform has been selected by leading manufacturers, such as Nokia, Palm, NEC, Fujitsu, LG Electronics, Hewlett-Packard, Sendo, HTC and many more, for their 2.5 and 3G wireless devices. For more information, please visit www.ti.com/omap.

About Varatouch
Varatouch (www.varatouch.com) is an intellectual property company dedicated to the design of innovative analog input devices. Varatouch's patented Vsense(tm) technology enables our partners to exclusively develop, market and manufacture low cost, simple and reliable human interface solutions for consumer electronic products. Working with our distribution and manufacturing partners, we together make it a better experience for consumers to interface with technology in everyday life. Varatouch is headquartered in El Dorado Hills, CA.

Trademarks: OMAP is a trademark of Texas Instruments. Vsense is a trademark of Varatouch.