Comarco Wins Award to Provide Dell With Innovative 90W Auto Air DC Adapter
6-30-2009Unique ChargeSource(R) Power Adapter Can Power and Recharge a Wide Variety of Dell Notebook Computers in Airplanes and Automobiles
Shipments to Begin in Fall of 2009
LAKE FOREST, Calif., June 30 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Comarco, Inc. (Nasdaq: CMRO) today announced that Dell Inc. selected the Company to provide an innovative 90 watt DC adapter for use in automobiles and airplanes. The award represents Comarco's first ever direct project with Dell and marks the achievement of an important corporate milestone. Shipments of the new adapter are expected to begin in the fall of 2009.
This awarded DC product is being developed based on a very stringent product specification from Dell. The product will provide Dell's customers, the end users, with the capability to charge their notebooks while in the car, plane, boat or other places where there are DC outlets. Its small, light form factor offers additional convenience.
"For the past several months, our team has worked very hard to win Dell's confidence and business, and today I'm delighted to report we have achieved this goal," said Fredrik Torstensson, Vice President of Sales and Marketing. "It is a landmark event for Comarco to sell products directly to Dell. Our unique ChargeSource(R) engineering and technology advantages enabled the best solution for Dell and its customers. Our team looks forward to successfully executing on this program, as well as exploring other ways our patented technology can meet Dell's goal of providing unique productivity solutions for its customers."
"From a corporate strategy perspective, this is a very important win for our company," said Sam Inman, President and CEO of Comarco. "We have been focused on achieving three key milestones that are designed to generate growth and profitability for our company. These milestones include executing a retail strategy for our ChargeSource product line, which is now well under way, expanding our relationship with our existing OEM customer, also well under way, and building new relationships with other OEM customers. The win with Dell marks the start of achieving the third milestone."
About Comarco
Based in Lake Forest, Calif., Comarco is a leading provider of innovative mobile power solutions through its ChargeSource(R) line of multi-function universal mobile power products which can simultaneously power and charge multiple devices such as notebook computers, mobile phones, BlackBerry(R) smartphones, iPods(R), and many other rechargeable mobile devices. More information about Comarco and its product lines can be found at www.comarco.com and www.chargesource.com.
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CONTACT: Company, Winston Hickman, Chief Financial Officer of Comarco, Inc., +1-949-599-7446, whickman@comarco.com; Investors, Douglas Sherk, dsherk@evcgroup.com, or Jenifer Kirtland, jkirtland@evcgroup.com, +1-415-896-6820, Media, Christopher Gale, +1-646-201-5431, cgale@evcgroup.com, all of EVC Group, Inc. for Comarco, Inc.
Web Site: http://www.comarco.com
http://www.chargesource.com