MPIO MP3 Player Wins World Renown iF Design Award

MPIO MP3 Player Wins World Renown iF Design Award
MPIO, a leading global brand of portable digital audio devices, has received the highly rated iF product design award from the International Forum Design GmbH of Hanover, Germany. MPIO received this honor for its elegant MPIO FL300 flash MP3 player available to U.S. consumers since October of this year.

"Design is a focal point of our product development, so this success is a result of our heavy investment in product development," said Marcelino Kim, U.S. president and CEO of MPIO. "The MPIO FL300 is just one example of how we develop digital fashion accessories to appeal to the digital generation." This is the second time that MPIO has won an iF product design award. Its FL100 flash player received honors in 2003.

The sleek and stylish MPIO FL300 weighs less than an ounce and is smaller than a pack of Tic Tacs -- delivering high performance digital music in 128MB and 256MB capacities. With this sapphire blue MP3 player, consumers can listen, dance and sing along to their favorite tunes for as long as 10 hours with only a 1 hour charge. The FL300 also features a clock, alarm, digital recorder, and doubles as USB storage.

Nearly 750 companies from 31 countries submitted more than 2,000 product entries for the iF product design award. The 14 member-jury of the International Forum Design GmbH selected winners based on de