U3 Adds Productivity, Multimedia and Entertainment Software to U3 Platform

U3 also unveiled new software applications for U3 smart drives, adding well-known productivity, multimedia and entertainment titles to the more than 100 portable applications already available for the U3 platform. This month U3 achieved a milestone of 10,000 registered developers using the U3 Software Development Kit, which is provided at no charge to developers who create software for U3 smart drives.

At DigitalLife U3 announced partnerships with several new software developers and the availability of a wide variety of new software on U3 Software Central:

• eMusic -- eMusic, the world’s largest retailer of independent music and the world’s second largest digital music service, has partnered with U3 to promote their service to users of U3 smart drives and the U3-enabled Zoom Player Mobile by Inmatrix.
• Research Triangle Software Inc. -- Research Triangle Software, a leading developer of portable security solutions, has announced that their CryptoLock encryption software is now available for U3 smart drives. The CryptoLock software allows users to encrypt and compress files they store on their U3 smart drives. CryptoLock is now available for download on U3 Software Central.
• StompSoft Inc. -- StompSoft Inc., a provider of award-winning backup, system utility and online security/privacy software, has released Portable Vault U3 Edition, an easy-to-use and highly secure data encryption application. StompSort Portable Vault U3 Edition is now available for download on U3 Software Central.
• Sun Microsystems Inc. -- U3 and Sun Microsystems have collaborated to create a smart, U3 portable version of StarOffice, Sun's full-featured office productivity suite. Generally recognized as the best universal alternative to Microsoft Office, StarOffice includes integrated word processing, PDF export, spreadsheet, presentation, drawing, and database capabilities, as well as superior Microsoft Office compatibility and conversion.
• Webaroo Inc. -- U3 and Webaroo, provider of “the Web to Go,” will soon release a U3 smart version of Webaroo software that lets people save, browse and search Web content anytime – carrying and accessing their personal Web wherever they go. Webaroo users can peruse selected Web content stored on a U3 smart drive on any PC, without having to install any software, transfer files or connect to the Internet.
• Yahoo! Widget Engine 3.1 -- Yahoo!, a leading global Internet brand and one of the most trafficked Internet destinations worldwide, and U3 have worked together to make Yahoo! Widget Engine 3.1 available for U3 smart drives. Widgets are lightweight, downloadable applications that live directly on a user's desktop and perform a wide variety of tasks, such as checking for new e-mails, performing Internet searches, managing digital photos, updating a user's calendar, displaying the time and checking for Wi-Fi presence or strength. Now that consumers can carry Widgets on U3 smart drives, they can enjoy their favorite Widgets not only on their primary computer but on any PC.