I/OMagic Ships Their Portable USB DVD-RW

The Portable USB 2.0 DVD-RW Drive Offers Consumers the Opportunity to Take Their DVD Burner With Them Wherever They Go

IRVINE, CA -- (MARKET WIRE) -- 05/21/08 -- I/OMagic Corporation (OTCBB: IOMG), a leading provider of data storage products, announced today that they are shipping their Portable USB 2.0 DVD ReWritable disk drive that comes in a sleek, sturdy, black enclosure. This attractive and easy to use Portable USB 2.0 DVD-RW is powered by the USB port making it a very easy to use add-on to a personal computer or notebook for burning large amounts of music, photos and video, and data.

"The greatest demand for our Portable DVD burners are notebook users," says Tony Shahbaz, I/OMagic's CEO. "Most of the less expensive notebooks only have DVD readers and sub-notebooks have no DVD at all, so the need for Portable DVD burners is growing as the notebook market grows."

I/OMagic's Portable USB 2.0 DVD disk drive weighs less than one-half pound allowing users the opportunity to carry their DVD burner with them wherever they go. The Portable DVD burner stores up to 8.5GB of data (using DVD DL media. I/OMagic's Portable USB 2.0 DVD disk drive's suggested retail price is US$99.99.

"With notebooks and sub-notebooks being manufactured smaller and thinner, optical drives are getting squeezed out of computers," stated Don Wallis, Vice President of Marketing for I/OMagic. "Our Portable USB 2.0 DVD-RW disk drive complements our comprehensive line of state-of-the-art optical drives and follows emerging trends for optical drives."

The Portable USB 2.0 DVD ReWritable disk drive burns at 8X which is the fastest recording speed for a 'slim' or notebook DVD-RW disk drive and it easily connects via a high-speed USB 2.0 connection to desktops (PCs), notebook personal computers (Laptops), or a MAC. The drive comes with CD Mastering Software, Video Authoring/Editing Software, DVD Playback Software, Quick Install Guide, and a dual USB cable).

About I/OMagic Corporation

I/OMagic is a leading provider of data storage products (such as DVD+/-RW drives, USB Portable Storage Devices, external USB hard drives and floppy drives, including its DataStation, Data To Go and GigaBank(TM) products). I/OMagic sells products under three brand names -- I/OMagic(R), Hi-Val(R) and Digital Research Technologies(R) -- through nationally-recognized computer, consumer electronics and office supply superstores and other retailers.

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