NETGEAR Digital Music Player Receives Digital Choice Designation From Digital World Magazine

NETGEAR Digital Music Player Receives Digital Choice Designation From Digital World Magazine Wireless Digital Music Player (MP101) Receives Praise for Ease-of-Setup and Use, Easy-to-Read Display, and Good Sound Quality SANTA CLARA, Calif., Nov. 24 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- NETGEAR, Inc., (NASDAQ:NTGR) a worldwide provider of technologically advanced, branded networking products, today announced the award of the Digital Choice designation to the Wireless Digital Music Player (MP101) in the premier issue of Digital World magazine. The Wireless Digital Music Player was awarded the designation in a roundup of Wi-Fi digital audio receivers in the October 2004 issue. The NETGEAR Wireless Digital Music Player was awarded the Digital World Choice designation in a product roundup that rated wireless digital music players from four manufacturers in a variety of performance categories. The NETGEAR Wireless Digital Music Player received a "good" rating in sound quality, "very good" ratings in ease-of-use and display, and a rating of "easy" for setup. "I had the inexpensive NETGEAR unit running in the time it took to install the software, hook it up, and enter my WEP key," explained the product review. "Though you can't enlarge the text, the bright display is easily legible from a few feet away." "We're especially enthused to receive this designation from Digital World magazine as it recognizes the Wireless Digital Music Player for the features and qualities that we placed special emphasis on during our extensive product development and testing," stated Vivek Pathela, NETGEAR Senior Director of Product Marketing - Consumer Products. "With this being our first true convergence product for the home entertainment market, we wanted to ensure that the final product we delivered to the market was intuitive and reliable, delivering the digital music content with a high-level of audio quality. The receipt of this designation validates the success of our efforts." The NETGEAR Wireless Digital Music Player connects an existing stereo to the home wireless or wired network and comes with a crystal clear LCD display and easy-to-use remote control to select and listen to digital music files and Internet audio services. Included free-of-charge with the product are 50 live streaming Internet radio stations from vTuner.com (available worldwide), and for US customers only, limited free trial subscriptions, with holiday promotions, to Rhapsody(R) Digital Music Service and the newly supported Radio@AOL Internet radio service. The NETGEAR Wireless Digital Music Player is one of the products included in the company's "Wireless Home for the Holidays" promotion aimed at holiday shoppers. From now through December 31, 2004, customers purchasing a wide variety of NETGEAR products through national and online retailers including Amazon.com, Best Buy, Buy.com, Circuit City, CompUSA, Costco, Fry's, NewEgg.com and Staples, among others, can receive mail-in rebates and, in some cases, in-store discounts depending upon the product and retail chain. Additional details are available on the NETGEAR web site at http://www.netgear.com/go/holidays2004 . The roundup of Wi-Fi digital audio receivers can be found in the October 2004 issue of Digital World and can also be viewed online at the magazine's Web site at: http://www.pcworld.com/digitalworld/article/0,aid,117343,pg,5,00.asp . The NETGEAR Wireless Digital Music Player (MP101) is available at familiar retailers, direct marketers, and e-commerce sites, at a retail price of $149.99. About NETGEAR, Inc. NETGEAR designs technologically advanced, branded networking products that address the specific needs of small and medium business and home users. The Company's suite of over 100 products enables users to share Internet access, peripherals, files, digital multimedia content and applications among multiple personal computers and other Internet-enabled devices. NETGEAR is headquartered in Santa Clara, Calif. For more information, visit the company's Web site at www.netgear.com or call 408-907-8000. NOTE: NETGEAR(R) and the NETGEAR Logo are trademarks or registered trademarks of Netgear, Inc. in the United States and/or other countries. Rhapsody(R) is a registered trademark of RealNetworks, Inc. Other brand and product names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders. Information is subject to change without notice. All rights reserved. Safe Harbor Statement under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 for NETGEAR, Inc.: This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the U.S. Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Specifically, statements concerning the Company's Wireless Digital Music Player MP101, expected performance characteristics, specifications, market acceptance, market growth, specific uses, user feedback and market position of NETGEAR and its products and technology are forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Safe Harbor. These statements are based on management's current expectations and are subject to certain risks and uncertainties, including, without limitation, the following: the actual price, performance and ease of use of NETGEAR's products may not met the price, performance and ease of use requirements of customers, the ability of NETGEAR to market and sell its products and technology, the continual offering of the Real Rhapsody service by RealNetworks, Inc., the availability of NETGEAR products and product rebates, the impact and pricing of competing products and the introduction of alternative technological solutions. Further information on potential risk factors that could affect NETGEAR and its business are detailed in the Company's periodic filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including, but not limited to, those risks and uncertainties listed in the section entitled "Risk Factors Affecting Future Results", pages 15 through 22, in the Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended October 3, 2004, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 17, 2004. NETGEAR undertakes no obligation to release publicly any revisions to any forward-looking statements contained herein to reflect events or circumstances after the date hereof or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events. (Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20030730/NETGEARLOGO ) Photo: NewsCom: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20030730/NETGEARLOGO AP Archive: http://photoarchive.ap.org/ PRN Photo Desk, photodesk@prnewswire.com Source: NETGEAR, Inc. CONTACT: Doug Hagan of NETGEAR Inc., +1-408-907-8053, or doug.hagan@netgear.com; or Ken Hagihara of Integrity Public Relations, +1-949-768-4423, or ken@integritypr.net, for NETGEAR, Inc. Web site: http://www.netgear.com/ ------- Profile: International Entertainment