Gumstix Rounds off Verdex Lineup With Wireless, Network & Storage Boards

    PORTOLA VALLEY, Calif., Oct. 10 /PRNewswire/ -- Gumstix, Inc., today
 announced two network communications boards for their verdex product line
 and a wifi module upgrade. The netmicroSD-vx expansion board combines a
 microSD card slot with 10/100MBit Ethernet while the netwifi-microSD-vx
 board combines 802.11b/g with 10/100Mbit Ethernet and a microSD card slot.
     "In one small form factor computer, we now provide USB Host, Bluetooth,
 802.11(g), 100MBit Ethernet and flash storage," said W. Gordon Kruberg, CEO
 of Gumstix. "This demonstrates our functional leadership in the industry as
 we deliver a wide range of product design options to more than 6,800
 customers located in over 60 countries around the world".
     The netwifi-microSD-vx expansion board, 93mm x 20mm, is available for
 $99 per board. The company website offers a choice of 2 wifi modules
 conforming either to FCC or to EU requirements. The netmicroSD-vx board,
 also 93mm x 20mm, is available for $60 per board; it can be upgraded later
 with a $40 wifi modular upgrade.
     Customer purchases of up to 120 units may be made at gumstix.com after
 which volume orders are arranged offline via sales@gumstix.com. Volume
 pricing discounts are available.
     About Gumstix, Inc.
     Gumstix sells full function small form factor computers to industrial
 and commercial product designers, network managers and software engineers
 in over sixty countries. Built on an open source platform, the gumstix
 product line supports the growing network and wireless devices markets and
 offers motherboards, expansion boards and waysmall(TM) computers.
     Based near Palo Alto, California, Gumstix is privately owned and
 operated. For more information visit http://www.gumstix.com.
     Contact:
     Don Anderson
     888-427-3428
     don@gumstix.com
 
 

SOURCE Gumstix, Inc.