Wacom Technology Corp. introduces Bamboo, an all new family of pen tablets available in the Americas for the first time. This new family of human interface devices includes Bamboo and Bamboo Fun, two distinct pen tablets that provide a natural, personal and creative digital input experience in any home or work environment. See Bamboo and Bamboo highlights at the www.wacom.com/wacombamboo microsite.
Sony is expanding its family of CompactFlash® cards with two new 300x high-speed memory cards designed for high-end photographers requiring fast processing times. These high-speed cards are targeted towards users of digital single-lens reflex cameras, especially the new α(Alpha) DSLR- A700 model.
SanDisk® Corporation ( NASDAQ: SNDK ) has begun sampling 6- and 8-gigabyte ( GB ) microSD™ High Capacity ( microSDHC™ ) flash memory cards to major phone manufacturers and mobile network operators ( MNOs ) for testing and evaluation. The new cards are ideal for the growing number of feature-rich multimedia handsets that bring together phones, music players, hand-held computers, digital cameras and more. An 8GB microSDHC card can store more than 2,000 digital songs, or more than 5,000 high-resolution pictures, or up to 5 hours of high-quality MPEG 4 video.
I/OMagic Corporation (OTCBB:IOMG), a leading provider of data storage products, announced today the launch of its 7” digital photo frame. Highlights of this sleek new frame are that it displays vibrant photos and videos on a 7” LCD screen, comes with a remote control and a swiveling base stand and fits perfectly on any table or desk. The Frame has built in speakers and a headphone jack and reads from any USB thumb drive, SD, MMC, xD, or Memory stick flash media card. The Company is shipping the 7” digital photo frame to select retailers across North America with an introductory MSRP of $99.99.
Axion began shipping the AXN-9701 widescreen LCD digital picture frame to channel distribution and retailers nationwide. The new frame has razor sharp resolution at 480 x 234 pixels and precise brightness control for optimal viewing in any lighting condition. The internal memory on the AXN-9701 can store up to 15 images for viewing without a memory card. The frame can display up to 2 gigabytes of photos from the memory card from your digital camera*
Smartparts, Inc. (smartpartsproducts.com), one of today’s fastest growing digital picture frame manufacturers, today announced availability of its 15-inch digital picture frame—just in time for Father’s Day. This extra-large frame can store up to 2,000 digital pictures and offers unparalleled ease of use.
No computer is necessary to use this digital frame. Just insert the memory card from a digital camera into the built-in card reader on the frame and it automatically displays the contents of the memory card. For photos stored on a computer’s hard drive, Smartparts’ innovative OptiPix(TM) Pro software finds, optimizes and transfers pictures from hard drive to frame in three steps.