PortalPlayer Powers New SanDisk Sansa c200 MP3 Player

Business Wire, Oct 26, 2006

PortalPlayer technology designed into feature-rich personal media player that breaks the $100 price threshold for 2GB players

SAN JOSE, Calif. -- PortalPlayer, Inc. (Nasdaq:PLAY), a leading supplier of semiconductors, firmware and software for personal media players and secondary display-enabled computers, announced today that its personal media player platform technology has been designed into the SanDisk Sansa c200 family of affordable, feature-rich MP3 players. This announcement comes on the heels of the Sansa e280 introduction in August, which also uses PortalPlayer's technology and offers 8GB of flash memory storage.

The SanDisk Sansa c200 personal media players incorporate a PortalPlayer platform similar to the one that powers the award-winning Sansa e200 family of products. The c200 MP3 players feature a color display, a microSD card slot, digital FM radio, voice recorder, a hi-speed USB 2.0 interface and up to 2GB memory. Content and subscription music can be downloaded from on-line music providers such as Rhapsody, Napster and Yahoo! Music. Suggested retail prices for the new Sansa c200 are expected to be $79.99 for the 1GB unit and $99.99 for the 2GB unit.

"We are very excited about Sandisk's decision to utilize our technology to help drive feature rich personal media players to sub-$100 price points with their Sansa c200 family of products," said Scott Tandy, vice president of marketing at PortalPlayer. "By extending some of the Sansa e200 features into the c200 family while keeping costs low, we believe that SanDisk has made a very compelling product for the mainstream personal media player user."

About PortalPlayer

PortalPlayer develops semiconductor, firmware and software platforms for portable multimedia products such as personal media players and secondary display enabled computers. PortalPlayer products empower consumers to quickly and easily manage, enjoy and have access to multimedia content and other forms of information. PortalPlayer is headquartered in San Jose, Calif., with offices in Kirkland, Wash.; Taipei, Taiwan; and Hyderabad, India.

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Forward-Looking Statements

Except for the historical information contained herein, the matters set forth in this press release, including, but not limited to, statements regarding the availability of personal media players, the expected price of such personal media players, the timing of the introduction of such players into the marketplace, the features of such personal media players and the services and content available in such media players and the anticipated technology incorporated in such media players are forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Words such as "expect," "believes," "anticipates," "plans," "expects," "will," "designed to," "forward" and similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements. These statements are not guarantees of future performance. Actual results could differ materially from those discussed in these forward-looking statements as a result of risks and uncertainties, including, among others, the market for personal media players, manufacturing and supply risks, the timing and introduction of personal media players, and the market acceptance of such products, and other risks and uncertainties detailed in PortalPlayer's quarterly report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2006 and from time to time in PortalPlayer's SEC filings. These forward-looking statements speak only as of the date hereof. PortalPlayer does not undertake any obligation to update forward-looking statements.