MELBOURNE, Fla. and SHENZHEN, China--()--AuthenTec (NASDAQ:AUTH), the world’s leading provider of fingerprint sensors and solutions, announced that its AES1510 fingerprint sensor is being integrated into a new Windows Mobile phone from leading Chinese handset manufacturer YuLong for versatile Power of Touch® features that extend beyond security to include convenience, personalization and navigation.
“China offers tremendous potential for growth for fingerprint-enabled phones, and we are pleased to be working with market leader YuLong to bring the Power of Touch to an eager and growing market for products like the Coolpad 9000.”
Yulong’s Coolpad 9000 is a touchscreen smart phone that uses AuthenTec’s TruePrint®-based AES1510 fingerprint sensor for convenient security and user navigation features, enabling touchpad-like control of the device via finger movement over the face of the sensor. YuLong’s Coolpad 9000 uses a Windows CE 6.0 operating system and incorporates several innovative features including built-in GPS, web browser, multimedia player, dual cameras (3 megapixel still camera), e-mail, and browsing of PowerPoint, Word and Excel files. This lightweight new phone features a 4.3 inch LCD WVGA display and operates from a long-lasting Lithium Ion battery.
“We designed our Coolpad 9000 for today’s busy consumer and business person who wants to stay connected via a mobile phone, yet still have access to e-mail, the web and their favorite Windows programs. With the amount of information and access the Coolpad 9000 provides, we wanted to be sure to offer users a convenient security solution, which is why we chose the proven AuthenTec AES1510 fingerprint sensor as a value-added feature,” said Dongkai Liu, Special Assistant to YuLong’s President. ”YuLong will extend R&D and product development efforts to introduce a series of such solutions and lead the market toward the new fingerprint-enabled feature.“
“YuLong’s Coolpad 9000 is a feature-packed Windows mobile phone, and we’re delighted that YuLong – one of China’s leading handset manufacturers - selected our award-winning AES1510 sensor for convenient security,” said Art Stewart, AuthenTec’s VP of Wireless Products. “China offers tremendous potential for growth for fingerprint-enabled phones, and we are pleased to be working with market leader YuLong to bring the Power of Touch to an eager and growing market for products like the Coolpad 9000.”
The AES1510 is one of several small form factor sensors that AuthenTec offers for the PC and wireless markets, and has been recognized by the National Society of Professional Engineers as its 2008 Product of the Year. Since the introduction of its first small form factor sensor in 2005, the company now has sold more than 12 million such devices, or nearly a third of the Company’s industry leading 40 million total sensors shipped.
Millions of today’s cell phones depend on the AES1510 to enable Power of Touch™ features of security, convenience, personalization, and navigation. The sensor can be used as a multi-function user input control providing touchpad-like navigation of menus, stored files, contact lists and phone functions. The AES1510 also enables secure mobile payments via cell phone, authorizing a payment with the simple slide of a finger, rather than typing PINs, passwords or lengthy security codes.
Based on the Company’s patented TruePrint® technology to deliver extremely accurate and reliable fingerprint imaging, the AES1510 reads below the surface of the skin to the live layer, where a person’s true fingerprint resides. This unique subsurface approach enables AuthenTec sensors to overcome common skin surface conditions to read virtually every fingerprint, every Time. TruePrint also allows AuthenTec to provide the smallest sensors on the market, yet provide all the security, privacy and convenience afforded in its larger form factor devices.
About YuLong
YuLong Computer Telecommunication Scientific Co., Ltd. is a smart phone pioneer and was founded in 1993 as a wholly owned subsidiary of China Wireless Technologies Limited. YuLong is a high-end provider of integrated solutions for smart phone sets, mobile data platform systems, and value-added business operations.
About AuthenTec
With more than 40 million sensors shipped worldwide, AuthenTec is the world leader in providing fingerprint authentication sensors and solutions to the high-volume PC, wireless device, and access control markets. AuthenTec's award-winning sensors take full advantage of The Power of Touch® by utilizing the company's patented TruePrint® technology to deliver the most convenient, reliable and cost-effective means available for enabling touch-powered features that extend beyond user authentication.
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