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Noah Education Rolls Out Three New DLD Products

2008-02-03 16:15 6017


SHENZHEN, China, Feb. 4 /Xinhua-PRNewswire/ -- Noah Education Holdings Ltd. (“Noah”) (NYSE: NED), a leading provider of interactive education content in China, today announced the roll out of three new Digital Learning Device (DLD) products: the NP1100, NP1200 and NP980.

Noah’s new DLDs cover nine academic subjects in arts and natural science areas, include over 600,000 test questions in mathematics, physics and chemistry, and host 5,000 sample compositions and nearly 24,000 e-books. The NP1100 and NP1200 also feature innovative functions including Noah’s newly developed graphic calculator technology and Pocket English, an English language learning tool that allows students to challenge themselves through competitive learning. They also bring Riverdeep Fun Mathematics, based on the original Riverdeep textbooks of the same name, to Chinese students for the first time.

“These exciting additions to Noah’s portfolio of DLDs will give students a powerful academic advantage through unprecedented breadth and depth of academic content on Noah’s stylish and user-friendly handheld learning devices,” said Mr. Dong Xu, Noah’s chairman and chief executive officer. “Our continued partnerships with leading content providers such as Riverdeep, one of the fastest growing education and consumer software companies in the United States, as well as our in-house team of more than 500 content developers and editors, and our Teacher’s Alliance of 250 contributing educators, continue to allow us to bring the very best education content available to China’s growing market of 291 million school aged children.”

About Noah

Noah Education Holdings Limited (“Noah”) (NYSE: NED) is a leading provider of interactive education content in China. Noah develops and markets interactive multimedia learning materials mainly to complement prescribed textbooks used in China’s primary and secondary school curricula. Noah delivers content primarily through handheld digital learning devices, or DLDs. In 2007, Noah opened its first after-school tutoring center in Chengdu, China as part of its strategy to become China’s leading brand in supplemental education content and service. For more information about Noah, please visit http://www.noahtech.com.cn .

For investor and media inquiries, please contact:

In China:

Rick Chen

Noah Education Holdings Limited

Tel: +86-755-8204-3465

Email: rick_chen@noah21cn.com

Helen Plummer

Ogilvy Public Relations Worldwide (Beijing)

Tel: +86-10-8520-3090

Email: helen.plummer@ogilvy.com

In the United States:

Jessica Cohen

Ogilvy Public Relations Worldwide (New York)

Tel: +1-646-460-9989

Email: jessica.cohen@ogilvy.com

Source: Noah Education Holdings Limited
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