LLC, creator of the U3 smart drive computing platform, today announced that all of the great Preclick(R) features needed to easily search, organize, print and purchase digital photographs will be available for the U3 platform. The customized Preclick Photo BackPack(TM) application for U3 powered USB smart drives will enable people to get the most out of their photographs anywhere they go. Preclick will demonstrate the new application at the first annual U3 Global Developer Summit, which begins today at the San Jose Marriott.

U3 powered USB smart drives transform the USB flash drive into a private, portable and protected workspace that simply plugs into any PC running Windows 2000 or Windows XP. Consumers not only access their data but can launch personal applications from their U3 powered USB smart drive through a user-friendly interface called the U3 Launchpad. The U3 smart drive computing platform is designed to make computing more mobile and secure by giving access to data, applications and personal settings on a U3 powered USB smart drive while leaving the host computer unaltered after the smart drive has been removed. When finished using their personal Photo BackPack software, users unplug the U3 powered USB smart drive and move on, with full confidence that no personal information has been left behind.

As a portable companion product to digital photos on a hard drive, Preclick Photo BackPack works with virtually any commercial photo organizer and with photo management functions built into Windows XP. Preclick's 'U3 smart' software includes best-of-breed ink-jet printing as well as fast photo viewing, search and organization features. Customers can easily create photo timelines and slide shows; copy, share, and email digital photographs; and can even order professional quality online prints through HP Snapfish, dotPhoto and Adorama. As an independent supplier of photo software for HP computers, Preclick has expertly designed features that are easy for the whole family to use.

"U3 is the mobile media platform we have been waiting for," said Brian Smiga, chief executive officer and co-founder of Preclick. "U3 will ignite the mobile media marketplace for software developers just as handheld devices revolutionized mobile computing almost a decade ago."

"Preclick's 'U3 smart' software will give people the flexibility to perform digital photo management and organization tasks that previously chained them to their home computer," said Kate Purmal, chief executive officer of U3. "It's exciting to know that with your favorite photo application always available on a U3 powered USB smart drive, finding, printing and sharing photographs can be as mobile as photography itself."

Consumers interested in purchasing Preclick Photo BackPack for a U3 powered USB smart drive can do so this fall at www.preclick.com/photobackpack or www.photobackpack.com.

About Preclick

Preclick builds consumer software which ships on new products worldwide in 22 languages for Hewlett-Packard, www.hp.com/go/ize. Preclick's award-winning photo management software, the Preclick Photo Organizer family, provides digital camera owners the fastest and easiest way to organize, print, preserve and share their growing collections of digital photos. Founded in 2001, Preclick also licenses software to Adorama, DotPhoto, Photoworks and many other retail and web partners. Preclick's auto-updatable software provides customers and photo-industry partners a "home kiosk" for printing and e-services. Preclick(R), 5Star(R), and Picture Your Lifetime(R) are registered trademarks of Preclick Corporation. For more information see www.preclick.com/pr.

About U3

U3 LLC of Redwood City, Calif., has developed an innovative platform to make USB smart drives that host a "personal workspace" -- not only data and files, but software programs, personal user preferences and the means for managing them. U3 powered USB smart drives transform a PC into a truly personalized computer, quickly, easily and securely, and exit transparently when done. U3, backed by USB flash drive market leaders M-Systems (NASDAQ: FLSH) and SanDisk(R) Corporation (NASDAQ: SNDK), licenses its platform to USB drive manufacturers. For more information see www.U3.com.

U3 is a trademark of U3, LLC. All other brand and product names are or may be trademarks of, and are used to identify products or services of, their respective owners.

Contacts

A&R Partners for U3
Erin Freeley, 650-346-8994
efreeley@arpartners.com
or
Preclick
Gail DeLano, 831-588-1567
gail@preclick.com