-- ChiralRotate lets users move one finger in a circular motion to rotate images and graphics within applications, quickly and easily. -- Two-Finger Flick enables users, depending on the application, to either use two fingers to flick horizontally to navigate back-and-forth through images, documents and objects, or to flick vertically to minimize and maximize an application. Consistent with previous Synaptics gestures (ChiralMotion(TM), Pinch andMomentum) announced earlier this year, ChiralRotate and Two-Finger Flick arecompatible with hundreds of Microsoft Windows applications and offertremendous value and productivity to any notebook or peripheral keyboard thatintegrates Synaptics' industry-leading TouchPad(TM) touch-sensitiveinterfaces. The ChiralMotion gesture has gone through multiple usabilitytests, which have consistently demonstrated that continuous circular movementof the finger on the TouchPad is the most desirable, natural gesture for usersto perform.

"The addition of ChiralRotate and Two-Finger Flick are the most recentexamples of Synaptics' ongoing commitment to driving innovation and improvedusability to all types of PC applications," said Mark Vena, vice president ofSynaptics' PC Business Unit. "Consumer and business users alike are alwayslooking for ways to do things faster and more intuitively on their notebooksystems and PC peripherals, and these new Synaptics gestures are aimed atdelivering just that."

Working with photos and graphics becomes much more efficient when using aTouchPad enhanced with ChiralRotate or Two-Finger Flick. Users can reviewimages quickly with Two-Finger Flick and rotate them within popular Windowsapplications with ChiralRotate, all without taking their fingers off theTouchPad. These gestures join other gesture options, such as SynapticsChiralMotion(TM) technology -- an advanced gesture that provides an innovativealternative to conventional scrolling. As an added convenience, all SynapticsTouchPad settings, including gesture functionality, can be turned on or offwith the highly intuitive Synaptics Control Panel that is incorporated intomost OEM notebook systems.

Availability: These new enhanced gesture options are available now onSynaptics TouchPads for PC notebook and keyboard devices. For more informationon Synaptics' ChiralRotate and Two-Finger Flick, visithttp://www.synaptics.com/technology/chiral.cfm.

About Synaptics

Synaptics (NASDAQ: SYNA) is a leading developer of interface solutions forthe mobile computing, communications and entertainment industries. The companycreates interface solutions for a variety of devices including notebook PCs,PC peripherals, digital music players and mobile phones. The TouchPad(TM),Synaptics' flagship product, is integrated into a majority of today's notebookcomputers. Consumer electronics and computing manufacturers use Synaptics'solutions to enrich the interaction between humans and intelligent devicesthrough improved usability, functionality and industrial design. The companyis headquartered in Santa Clara, Calif. http://www.synaptics.com See gesturesfor Synaptics TouchPad at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ShmqUHR7RO0.

Synaptics, ChiralMotion, ChiralRotate, TouchPad, NavPoint, ClearPad andthe Synaptics logo are trademarks of Synaptics in the United States and/orother countries.

For further information, please contact: Rebecca Parr Tara Yingst Synaptics Edelman 408-454-5178 650-762-2942 rparr@synaptics.com tara.yingst@edelman.comSOURCE Synaptics Inc.