DXG USA announced today their new DXG-711 next-generation, slim and sexy 7 Megapixel digital camera, with all the features consumers crave at an affordable price. The DXG-711 starts with a sleek silver body and adds a 7 Megapixel CCD sensor, large 2.5” high resolution LTPS LCD, 3X optical zoom, and an instant out-of-the-box experience, so consumers can quickly start taking photos without spending hours studying the manual.
At less than an inch think, the DXG-711 camera will capture everyone’s attention and can still be conveniently tucked in your pocket – perfect for road trips, vacations and everyday occasions. The DXG-711 is equipped with a digital voice recording function so users can record to-do lists and capture thoughts on-the-fly with audio files saved directly into MP3 format. The camera comes with a built-in flash, 32MB onboard memory and supports Direct Printing for easy printing without the need of a computer.
The DXG-711 is perfect for users who want to migrate to more features, better technology and a device that is multi-functional, convenient and affordable, like parents who are looking for a replacement unit for their “old” 35mm cameras, and college students.
The DXG-711 is a true 7 Megapixel Digital Camera that can also capture vivid stills to up to 10MP, in addition to recording high-quality 640 x 480 video at 30 frames per second. When connected to your PC via the USB cable, the DXG-711 also functions as an additional hard drive and can store documents and other files with the built-in SD card slot.
The DXG-711 offers 15 different scene modes that users can choose from. These scene modes allow users to capture an image in various environments and light situations without having to worry about the clarity and quality of the pictures. Modes include Sports, Fireworks, Best Shot, Blur Reduction, Face Chaser, Monochrome, Sepia, Vivid and Night View.
DXG-711 Features:
- 7 Megapixel digital camera
- Records video at 640 x 480, 30 fps with sound
- Digital Voice Recorder
- Portable Storage Device
- 3X Optical, 4X Digital Zoom
- 2.5” LTPS screen
- Built-in flash with a variety of modes
- Pre-Set Scene and Macro Modes for optimal automatic exposure settings
- ISO 400 Sensor Sensitivity
The DXG-711 is available immediately with a suggested retail price of $149.99 through major retailers and at www.dxgusa.com.
Western Digital Corp. today announced it is now shipping its 250 GB WD Scorpio™ 2.5-inch Serial ATA (SATA) hard drives. The drives employ perpendicular magnetic recording (PMR) technology to achieve the highest capacity available in a small form factor drive and have WD proprietary features that make the drive quiet, use less power and run at cool operating temperatures.
“The 2.5-inch market continues to be a major focus for WD, and this 250 GB WD Scorpio drive represents our second-generation PMR platform,” said Jim Morris, WD’s vice president and general manager of notebook storage. “The WD Scorpio 250 GB hard drive is a direct result of the significant investments WD has made in proprietary head technologies as well as significant system level feature innovation. With the introduction of our latest-generation WD Scorpio drives, WD continues to offer mobile computing and portable storage customers the same outstanding quality, reliability and performance that have earned the company a leadership position in the desktop PC market.”
According to market research firm, IDC, adoption of PMR technology in mobile 2.5-inch hard drives will sustain an increase in the average capacity shipped close to the average growth rate of 32 percent for the past five years. The firm states that by 2011, shipments of mobile 2.5-inch hard drives will more than double 2006 shipment volumes.*
Demand for 2.5-inch hard drives continues to increase at a rapid pace, driven by notebook computers, portable storage devices and consumer electronics products. Users of these applications need high capacity drives to manage storage-hungry content. WD Scorpio drives deliver the performance and features to meet demands that are specific to notebook PCs and portable storage devices, such as WD Passport® portable drives: quiet operation, high shock tolerance and low power consumption.
The new WD Scorpio drive further expands the company’s breadth of 2.5-inch mobile hard drive offerings to capacity points ranging from 40 GB up to 250 GB.
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NEC Display Solutions of America, Inc., a leading provider of innovative LCD displays, professional grade plasmas and projectors, and integrated display solutions, today introduced a new interactive whiteboard designed to increase student attention and retention. Created specifically for educational environments, the ImagineX IW77 Interactive Whiteboard can be used seamlessly with all NEC projectors for an integrated teaching/learning solution. The new whiteboard, which is available through NEC’s nationwide network of distributors and dealers, can be purchased via NEC Star Student, an educational rewards program that helps make classroom technology more accessible and affordable.
“Children are becoming more and more tech-savvy. This works to an educator’s advantage since studies repeatedly show that technology in the classroom can have a tremendously positive impact on a student’s ability to learn,” explained Keith Yanke, Senior Product Line Manager, Projectors at NEC Display Solutions. “The ImagineX IW77 whiteboard enables teachers to create more interaction between the student and the lesson, as well as collaboration among students. It also gives teachers alternative ways to teach and can even be used to advance the faculty’s technology education.”
Yanke added that when new technology is introduced to educators, so begins their challenge of finding a way to obtain the products and the budget to afford them in the classroom. “We provide educators with a one-stop-shop for NEC whiteboards and projectors – as well as other technology products – at great prices through the NEC Star Student program,” said Yanke. “This program also gives educators great incentives, such as points that can be applied towards the cost of products and accessories, free 3rd and 4th year warranties, and access to trade-in, and lamp protection programs.”
NEC’s ImagineX IW77 has the ability to annotate over any application to teach everything from handwriting to music directly from the board. It even saves files for students to take home. Its Web collaboration feature gives teachers the ability to broadcast and share materials – the host simply broadcasts the materials over a network, and participants log-in to see notes and annotations in real-time. The new whiteboard’s mouse functionality makes it easy for users to control the desktop directly from the board with just a stylus pen, while the integrated PowerPoint presentation control allows almost instantaneous use of PowerPoint files in slide show mode. And its durable surface, made from porcelain enamel skin, can easily withstand the wear and tear of repeated use.
The new NEC whiteboard comes complete with three different interactive tools so educators can control the computer and course content. The SCRAPBOOK Application turns the image on the whiteboard’s surface into a digital workspace to record notes, import screen shots and other files as background images, save scrapbook files, and use layers to hide and show elements of a page. The Desktop Palette provides quick selection of major functions, including annotation and a pop-up keyboard, and the PowerPoint Palette allows annotation of, and navigation from, slide presentations.
Digital Foci, Inc. www.digitalfoci.com announced today their Mother’s Day Promotion for their award-winning Image Moments 8” digital photo frame. The perfect Mother’s Day Gift, customers will receive a FREE Gold or Silver interchangeable frame (a $20 value) for a limited time when they purchase an Image Moments digital photo frame.
Priced at $199, the Image Moments digital photo frame comes with a Standard Black Frame that matches perfectly with living room or office décor. To celebrate Mother’s Day, from now until May 13th, Digital Foci is offering a free Gold or Silver interchangeable frame with any Image Moments digital photo frame purchase. In addition to the free frame, customers can also receive another Gold or Silver frame for just $10 more. In addition, there are 10 other different frame styles to choose from Digital Foci’s frame selection, sold separately at $19.95 each.
This Mother’s Day, give your mom a Digital Foci Image Moments digital photo frame and let her display, share, and re-live her precious memories 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.
The handy “Slideshow Mode” lets your mom automatically scroll through her photo collections. MP3 music soundtracks and MPEG video can be also added for more creative options to personalize her experience. Slideshow intervals and transitions can be changed with a touch of the included remote control. The frame also includes an automatic on/off timer, which can be set to activate or turn off Image Moments according to her schedule.
With its built-in memory card slots, Image Moments can display photos directly from digital camera memory cards without a computer or subscription. Image Moments reads from virtually all cards, including CompactFlash I/II, MD, MMC, SD Card, Memory Stick, MS PRO, miniSD, MS Duo, and xD-Picture Card (Standard & H-Type).
For more details, go to: http://www.digitalfoci.com/mother_day_special.html and http://www.digitalfoci.com/image_moments.html
Digital Foci, Inc. announced today that that it will introduce Photo Safe portable digital photo storage with 40GB, 80GB, 120GB hard drives and built-in memory card readers at this week’s Photo Marketing Association Conference (PMA) in Las Vegas. Photo Safe is a portable hard drive that lets you quickly and securely save digital photos wherever you go, so you can keep snapping away and never worry about losing important photos or running out of memory card space while on the road.
Photo Safe is the essential traveler’s digital camera companion featuring 40GB, 80GB and 120GB hard drive configurations for copying photos from memory card to the hard drive for safe-keeping. Photo Safe provides the fastest copy speed on the market as compared to similarly priced products. Its text/icon backlit LED screen shows key system information, including operational status, battery life, remaining hard drive capacity, and active partition (Photo Safe supports multiple hard drive partitions). Copy status indicator displays percentage completed during copy, copy confirmation, and number of files copied upon completion.
A unique folder name that indicates media card type and copy sequence is automatically created for each copy task to help you keep organized. When you get home, simply connect Photo Safe to your computer to retrieve your saved pictures. With its user-replaceable Li-Ion battery that’s rechargeable via computer USB port or external AC power, Photo Safe provides the ultimate convenience both at home and on the go.
Priced attractively for leisure photographers starting at $139, Photo Safe is a lower-cost alternative to the popular Digital Foci Picture Porter Elite. Both Photo Safe and Picture Porter Elite save photos on their portable hard drives so you don’t have to bring heavy laptops on the road. The key difference is that Photo Safe uses a simplified operating system and lower priced backlit LCD for text-only display, whereas Picture Porter Elite features a 3.6” color LCD screen and advanced operating system for viewing photos and playing music and movies. Read the rest of this entry »
Digital Foci, Inc. http://www.digitalfoci.com announced today that it will introduce Image Moments 6 (Model IMT-062) high-resolution digital photo frame at next week’s Photo Marketing Association Conference (PMA) in Las Vegas. Image Moments 6 displays photos on its 5.7” high-resolution digital LCD screen with the highest pixel density available on the market for superior image clarity and detail as compared to similarly-sized digital frames.
Based on the previous version of the Image Moments – Model IMT-081 8” digital frame (winner of The Professional Photographer 2007 Hot One Awards), the new Image Moments 6 is a smaller, lower-cost version of the digital frame with a contemporary design, perfect for compact places, like a bedside table or office desk. With its brushed chrome facade and polished chrome highlights, Image Moments 6 matches perfectly with any living room or office décor.
Priced at only $159, Image Moments 6 lets you display photos directly from virtually any digital camera memory card at home or at the office without a computer or subscription needed. Image Moments 6 supports all popular memory cards – CompactFlash, MicroDrive, SD card, MMC, Memory Stick, MS PRO, xD-Picture Card, and even MS Duo/MS PRO Duo directly without needing an adapter. It also has a USB slot to support USB thumb drives. Read the rest of this entry »
DXG USA announced today the new DXG-Roadster all-in-one Personal Media Center that lets you take your entertainment on the road wherever you go. The DXG-Roadster (Model DXG-521) is the only device you’ll ever need to capture precious memories and keep you entertained while traveling. The Roadster is a combination 5 Megapixel digital and video camera, video game and music player with FM radio, voice recorder and storage device, with 32MB of internal storage and an SD slot for additional memory.
Instead of being bored on a plane, waiting at the doctor’s office, at your kid’s soccer practice, or at the Department of Motor Vehicles, why not entertain yourself while waiting? The DXG-Roadster lets you listen to your complete collection of MP3s and videos anywhere you go. You can record TV shows and movies ahead of time directly from any video source via the included AV cable and then watch your favorite “American Idol,” “Desperate Housewives” TV shows, or NBA basketball games on the 2.5” bright TFT LCD screen.
As featured in the March 12, 2007 issue of Life & Style Weekly, the Roadster is the ultimate in design and functionality. Geared towards kids, teens, and young parents, where style, price, and usability are most important, the DXG-Roadster is popular for its price-performance ratio and the multiple features available in one easy-to-tote compact package. Not only can you store and watch your entire media collection of music, videos, and photos wherever you go, you’ll also never miss another once-in-a-lifetime photo-op with the Roadster’s 5 Megapixel camera and camcorder. Also, if you remember something important while on the road, you can record a reminder on the spot with the included digital voice recorder.
“Are we there yet?” How many times do parents have to hear this on a family trip? With the DXG-Roadster, kids can now enjoy their OWN entertainment. The DXG-Roadster features 4 pre-stored popular video games, such as Tetris, Boxman, and Gobang, and is shaped like the familiar Sony PSP™. And since the device is lower cost than competing products, you won’t be as worried about sticky fingers playing with it.
“No other product offers the amount of features at such a low price,” said Paul Goldberg, Vice President – Sales and Marketing, DXG USA. “The DXG-Roadster is a one-of-its-kind mobile experience at a user-friendly price.” Read the rest of this entry »
Today equinux is introducing TubeStick, a white Apple-esque DVB-T receiver designed exclusively for the Mac. TubeStick connects to a USB port and ships with equinux’ new TV software “TheTube”, TV on the Mac is now simple and intuitive. The device also works seamlessly with equinux’ own media center solution, MediaCentral.
“TubeStick is a perfect match visually for all current Macs, and thanks to its small size, it is particularly attractive for notebook users. Together with our new TV software ‘TheTube’, TV on your Mac is a lot of fun. For our product launch, we are also bundling TubeStick with MediaCentral, for free. So users get two powerful equinux software products as well as the TubeStick hardware for the price of EURO 39,95 (rrp)”, says Till Schadde, equinux CEO.
TubeStick is based on the DVB-T standard, which has found widespread adoption across Europe and is available in most European countries, including Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Scandinavia, France and the UK.
For more information on TubeStick, visit the equinux TubeStick site.
Samsung today announced the launch of the super slim 7 mega pixel L77 digital still camera. In combining a sleek compact body less than one inch thick with an impressive 7x optical zoom lens, Samsung has once again set new standards in style and technology. The L77 offers an extremely compact and elegant design, combined with a host of advanced features and functionalities, making it the ideal camera for those looking for the latest in sleek design and premium digital compact camera performance.
With shutter speeds that reach up to an effective 1/1,250 sec and an ISO equivalent of 1600, users will be able to take advantage of the L77’s high resolution in any situation, ranging from landscapes at dusk to fast action sports photography. The L77 has an elegant metal body and features a bright 2.5” TFT LCD for bright and clear viewing of images. It also comes equipped with Samsung’s ASR (Advanced Shake Reduction) image stabilization system to minimize the effects of hand shake and ensure the best shots are captured even in dimly lit conditions.
The L77 can easily capture moving action and is able to record in MPEG-4 at VGA quality (30 fps). When activated, its Movie Stabilizer mode enables users to compensate for unwanted camera movement and subject blur. In addition, the L77’s Continuous Movie mode allows its operator to pause, then resume filming of video clips without having to save the clips as individual files. For added convenience, editing film clips and photographs is possible through the L77’s in-built editing capabilities, making it simple to trim, resize, or add effects right on the camera without having to wait until you’re back at a home computer.
The Samsung L77 – the World’s slimmest 7 Mega pixel/7x optical zoom lens camera – will be available in April 2007 at an MSRP of $399.99.
Samsung Opto-Electronics America, Inc., Secaucus, N.J., is the U.S. subsidiary of Samsung Techwin Co., Ltd., Sungnam Kyungki-Do, Korea. Samsung Opto-Electronics markets a full line of auto focus cameras, zoom and digital cameras for the amateur as well as the professional under the Samsung brand name.
For full specifications and hi-res images visit the Samsung Camera website at: www.samsungcamerausa.com.
Much has changed for Kodak since it’s founders George Eastman and Henry Strong started film-based camera company back in 1881. Now, film isn’t the big thing but rather digital photography. Being keen to future trends, Kodak announced in 2004 that it would restructure itself by, “elimination of 25,000 to 27,000 positions,” saving the company over $3 billion. Well, smile, yesterday it said the final 3,000 would be getting their pink slips and investors could start banking on that $3 billion.
It’s not all bad news. Antonio M. Perez, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Eastman Kodak Company, can be found saying on the Kodak site, “Kodak is now a company comprised of numerous leading digital businesses with diverse sources of sales and earnings, coupled with strong intellectual property positions.” Perez further stated, “Our dramatic operational improvements during the past three years have created a solid foundation from which Kodak will become a growing digital company with innovative new products and services, attractive margins and strong cash generation.”
Me? I understand the hardship and I’d rather make cuts to an American icon than see it completely be lost…or bought by a foreign company like Zenith in the ’80s.