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Wacom (U.K.), the leading manufacturer of pen tablets and interactive pen displays, today announces a limited edition of Wacom’s Japanese ‘Favo Comic Pack’. It provides the complete solution for creating digital Manga illustrations. Aimed at the Manga, comic book and digital art markets, the new product combines a white Graphire4 A6 pen tablet with a European software package of Manga Studio Debut 3.0 and Corel Painter Essentials2. The Favo Comic Pack will be available in its authentic Japanese packaging. Only a limited number of units will be produced for the European market.

Digital Foci, Inc. www.digitalfoci.com introduced today the new redesigned “Image Moments” digital photo album frame (Model IMT-081), which lets you display and share photos directly from digital camera memory cards at home or at the office on a selection of beautiful interchangeable picture frames. Just insert any digital camera card into Image Moments and memories will instantly come to life in sharp, vibrant color on its big 8-inch high-resolution digital LCD screen.

ATP Electronics® Inc., the industry leading manufacturer of flash media storage products, announced the release of a Class 6 ProMax® SD High Capacity (SDHCTM) 4GB memory card. This SDHC card, strictly following SD Association (SDA) v2.00 specifications, has passed rigorous testings for Class 6 certification at a recent SDA interoperability session performed by major camera manufacturers, such as Panasonic, Canon, Nikon and Casio. The Class 6 ProMax SDHC 4GB card maximizes the performances of newest models of high megapixel digital cameras such as Canon IXY 1000, PowerShot G7, A630/640, Panasonic DMC/SDR/DMR series, Nikon CoolPix S5, S6, D80 and Casio Exilim Z and S series digital cameras.

Eastman Kodak Company continues its leadership position in image sensor technology with the release of the KODAK KAI-16000 Image Sensor, offering the highest resolution interline transfer CCD image sensor available for commercial and industrial markets. Building on Kodak?s robust CCD technology, which already includes the highest resolution sensors for the digital photography marketplace, the KAI-16000 is a 35mm optical format 16 megapixel CCD targeted at the industrial, scientific, aerial, and security markets. The sensor allows camera manufacturers to improve system throughput by utilizing a wider field of view while also enhancing image quality.

HandHeld Entertainment today announced the beta launch of ZAPP(TM) Media Manager version 1.0, the company’s latest software application for managing digital videos, music and photos for use on personal computers and ZVUE(TM) portable video players (PVPs).

Previously known as ZOrg(TM), ZAPP 1.0 beta is now live and available for free to all ZVUE owners at the ZVUE.com(TM) (http://www.zvue.com) video download store at http://www.zvue.com/players/zapp.php. The beta is expected to run for the next several weeks before a finalized version is released to the general public. The new version of the software is easy to use and simplifies the steps to find PC-based content and convert it for video playback on PCs and ZVUEs.

BenQ today introduced a new addition to its award-winning digital camera lineup with the new E720, featuring a 7.0 megapixel CCD image sensor, 3x optical zoom, smc Pentax (Super Multi-Coating) lens and a large 2.5 inch LTPS display. The BenQ E720 features a sleek brushed aluminum body with a shiny metal grip and an anti-oxidized, moisture resistant aluminum surface.