Tualatin, OR – November 26, 2007 – On the heels of winning one of the industry’s highest honors, Oregon Scientific today announced several new awards for the 2007 line of electronic learning products. The SmartGlobe™ line of products, honored last year by the Toy Industry Association with the “Educational Toy of the Year” award for the SmartGlobe, has won six additional awards for the newest product in the line, the SmartGlobe Junior™. In addition, the Barbie™ B-Smart Learning Laptop and the Hot Wheels™ Accelerator Laptop have each won three awards. The honors were received from national leading parent associations and publications across the country. All three products are currently available at retail stores nationwide.

Barbie™ B-Smart Learning Laptop
The Barbie™ B-Smart Learning Laptop offers young fashionistas 80 activities in math, spelling, logic and memory – 70 in English, 10 in Spanish. The Barbie™ B-Smart comes complete with headphones, external mouse and Barbie™ mouse pad. (For ages 5 and up; MSRP: $59.99). 2007 awards include:
- The National Parenting Center’s “Seal of Approval,” 2007
- Creative Child Magazine Awards – “Preferred Choice Award”
- iParenting Media Award – “Greatest Products 2007”

Hot Wheels™ Accelerator Laptop
With a race track that can be attached right to the laptop, the Hot Wheels™ Accelerator offers learning fun for any young speedster. The Hot Wheels™ Accelerator Laptop features activities in math, logic, memory and spelling with 30 activities in English and 30 in Spanish. To add to the fun, boys can build their own track and attach it to a section of track that is built-in to the laptop and measure the speed of their Hot Wheels™ cars. A light-up speedometer, engine sounds and flashing red exhaust pipes add to the cool racing effects. (For ages 5 and up; MSRP: $49.99). 2007 awards include:
- Creative Child Magazine Awards – “Seal of Excellence Award”
- iParenting Media Award – “Greatest Products 2007”
- The National Parenting Center’s “Seal of Approval,” 2007

SmartGlobe Junior
Building on the same award-winning design of the SmartGlobe, the SmartGlobe Junior brings a world of discovery right to any child’s room. Kids go on a fun-filled voyage of discovery with cool animations and sounds that indulge children’s curiosity and encourage independent exploratory play through a simple touch pad. The interactive SmartGlobe Junior introduces children to animals, famous sites, language, music, food and clothing from around the world with 10 learning modes. (For ages 3 and up; MSRP: $49.99.)

The SmartGlobe Junior has won the following awards in 2007:
- National Parenting Publications Award (NAPPA) – Honors Winner, 2007
- Creative Child Magazine “Toy of the Year Award,” Education Toys for Kids Category
- Dr. Toy awarded the SmartGlobe Junior with three awards:
 “Best Product Award Winner” – Resource Program, Summer 2007
 “100 Best Children’s Products,” 2007
 “10 Best Socially Responsible Products,” 2007
- iParenting Media Award, “Greatest Products 2007”

The Hot Wheels™ Accelerator, the Barbie™ B-Smart Learning Laptop and the SmartGlobe Junior are all available at retail stores nationwide. For additional information on these and other electronic learning products from Oregon Scientific visit http://www2.oregonscientific.com/.

About Oregon Scientific:
Founded in 1989, Oregon Scientific is headquartered in Tualatin; a quaint suburb of beautiful Portland, Oregon. Nestled amongst other Northwest technology giants, it is quickly becoming one of the world’s leading designers and marketers of upscale personal electronics. Oregon Scientific offers six families of products, ranging from youth & learning to sports & fitness. Built from its hallmark of timing and weather devices, Oregon Scientific is expanding to meet the diverse needs of its customers to enhance the way we live, work and play. Consider Oregon Scientific’s products to be Innovating the Everyday.

Oregon Scientific’s Youth & Learning Electronics offer a variety of educational and fun kid-friendly electronics ranging from interactive laptops and books to small gadgets for on-the-go learning. Licenses from Mattel, Batman™, Superman™ and now Lucasfilm bring activities to life, enhancing the imagination and connection to learning. Oregon Scientific’s Youth & Learning Electronic products can be purchased at major toy and game retailers and at Oregon Scientific retail locations in the Stanford Shopping Center in Palo Alto California, the Century City Shopping Center in Los Angeles California and Bridgeport Village in Tigard Oregon.

Oregon Scientific is a division of one of the world’s premier electronics manufacturers, Integrated Display Technology, Ltd. (IDT), based in Hong Kong. IDT was founded in 1977 and is listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchanged as IDT Technology and on the Singapore Exchange as I-Com.

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