PMA 08: UNIBIND “GOES GREEN” WITH ENVIRONMENTALLY-FRIENDLY GREEN PHOTOBOOKS
First to Offer Green PhotoBooks Made from Natural & Recycled Materials Peleman Industries, Inc. www.peleman.com, manufacturer of the award-winning Unibind PhotoBook Creator and high-quality binding and lamination line of products, announced today that it is the first company to introduce environmentally-friendly Unibind “Green” PhotoBooks made from natural and recycled materials. Read more
VistaQuest to Market AgfaPhoto Brand to North America
AgfaPhoto digital cameras and digital video products will be added to the VistaQuest (Booth C210) product line presented at the 2008 PMA in Las Vegas, January 31-February 2, 2008. The distribution contract between VistaQuest and AgfaPhoto’s digital still and video manufacturer and license holder, plawa-feinwerktechnik GmbH & Co. KG of Germany, permits distribution in the U.S., Mexico and Canada. Read more
Chiasso photo wall clock: See pets, family or friends when gazing at the clock
With a generation so infatuated with themselves and pretty pictures, it’s obvious why these products have such a huge market. Not that m complaining, but just a decade ago, who would’ve thought these kinda products could attract so much attention? What we have here though is a welcome change from the infamous digital photo frame. This is a contemporary photo wall clock, of which each hand has space to hook up a picture of your loved one. It looks like something of a wall-hangin fan, but it’s kinda cute. I’d love to see my pets, my family n friends every morning when I gaze at the clock. Read more
Adaptive polymer lens (APL): Liquid Camera Lenses to be up for grabs soon
Sure liquid camera lenses have been in the news more than once, but only as a unique concept. It hasn’t been untill now that we’ve a lot about it developing and being available in the market soon. From what we hear, the investment by a Japanese giant called Osaka in the US small firm Holochip, might just bring us a little closer to experiencing this technology soon enough. What it basically entails is the use of adaptive polymer lens (APL), which swaps glass for liquid to create a smaller, more powerful optic. Pretty neat. This kind of technology would allow manufacturers to make some really powerful lenses even for the tiniest of gadgets. Read more
Wireless PIXXA from Ality: Digital photo frames Gen 2 offer Instant Messaging
WiFi digital photo frame offers instant messaging
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Digital photo frame industry these days continue to expand the functionality and versatility of their digital LCD photo frames to new horizons. The last example comes from Ality, tzhe company behind the Wireless PIXXA frame. The Pixxa features Wi-Fi connectivity, instant messaging, automatic news flash and weather reports plus multiple user accounts allowing each member of the family to set-up their own multi-media libraries and personalize preferences.
Too late: Photo frame manufacturers miss hoiday season
According to Digitimes, a number of leading Taiwan-based digital photo frame makers missed their shipment targets this holiday season. Market watchers predicted the year 2007 would be a great year for the photo frame business, leading makers such as Lead Data, Action Electronics, Quanta Storage or Wireless Mobility will not be able to meet their shipment targets this year due to shortages of small- to medium-size LCD panels, according to market sources. Read more
Mustek PF-i700: Digital Photo Frame w/ iPod Dock
Taiwansee hightech company Mustek is addressing the needs of photo, music and movie enthusiats and will launch during CES 2008 the PF-i700, a color 7- inch digital photo frame with an integrated Apple® iPod® docking station that plays iPod files, in addition to those stored on popular memory card formats.
The new PF-i700 has the expanded multimedia capabilities to play all kinds of digital entertainment files on one screen without the cable clutter. Nearly three times the size of the iPod’s screen, the PF-i700’s 7-inch TFT LCD panel boasts 480 x 234 resolution and a widescreen 16:9 aspect ratio ideal for playback of movies in MPEG format, Xvid and motion-JPEG formats. The panel is mounted within a high-gloss black bezel with the contemporary aesthetics to fit into any home, office or dorm room. Accentuating the “wow factor” is the panel’s ability to display in both portrait and landscape positions. A removable stand design allows for wall mounting. Read more
Powerful Credit-card sized video players: Impressive High resolution screens, 8 hour battery life
The world’s becoming pocket-sized and crunchy enough to get rid of all the bulk and do things the small, sexy and Chinese way. What you see above just exemplifies a little more of that lifestyle change. These are nothing but credit card sized video players, that are totally packed with the best features, so don’t just go by their size. Not just that, they are just the right size for you to make a last minute stuff into your pocket to catch up on all that video or presentation you need to. Priced at $99.99, they’re worth their weight in gold. Read more
Upframr: Cool Online Christmas photo frame generator
Haven’t mailed your Xmas cards out yet? Can’t find a funny digital post card to mail your buddies and family? Here’s help: We just stumbled upon this Xmas tool Upframr, an online Christmas photo frames generator that allows you to add Christmas themes borders to your photos and save, email, print, upload them to our all time favorite photo sharing service flickr.
Sanyo Xacti camcorder: Santa can take a break this Xmas
Ever since I’ve seen the Sanyo Xacti, I’ve just never felt my heart get attracted to another camcorder. Okay, so at great risk of sounding biased, I’ve always been looking for this camcorder to get a lil budget friendly, so that I could go buy it without second thought. Looks like Amazon’s heard me. They’ve slashed the price for the Christmas season and are selling the hottie for a mere $299.99. Neat eh? Read more
