e.DIGITAL FILES DEFINITIVE PROXY STATEMENT FOR GENERAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS

(SAN DIEGO, CA, – October 6, 2009) – e.Digital Corporation (OTC: EDIG), a leading technology innovator of dedicated portable entertainment systems and patented flash memory-related technology, announced today that it has filed its Definitive Form 14A (proxy) for the General Meeting of Stockholders scheduled for Thursday, November 19, 2009 at 2:00 p.m. Pacific Time. The meeting is scheduled to take place at the Company’s corporate offices in San Diego (16770 West Bernardo Drive). To view the proxy (filed October 5th with the Securities and Exchange Commission) and details of the proposals to be voted upon at the meeting, please go to:

http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/886328/000114420409051408/v161183_def14a.htm

Proxy notices and materials are being prepared and mailed to shareholders of record as of October 2, 2009.

e.Digital is scheduled to release financial results for the quarter ended September 30, 2009 and provide updated information on its eVU™ business and the Company’s Flash-R™ patent portfolio monetization efforts before the shareholders meeting