Press Release: DIGITAL FOCI INTRODUCES PICTURE PORTER
Picture Porter Digital Photo Album Securely Saves
Photos on the Road on 20GB & 40GB Portable Hard Drives without Heavy
Laptop
Los Angeles, California, September 23, 2005 –
Digital Foci, Inc. (<http://www.digitalfoci.com/>www.digitalfoci.com)
introduced today Picture Porter portable digital photo album with hard drive and
card reader that lets you instantly and securely save and view digital photos
and video on a hard drive wherever you go, so you can keep snapping away and not
worry about running out of memory card
space.
Especially valuable for vacations, trade
shows, special events, parties, and for pro photographers who take and show a
large number of photos, Picture Porter saves photos on its compact portable hard
drive, so you don’t have to bring heavy laptops on the road. Picture
Porter takes the worry out of losing precious photos stored on easily damaged
memory cards. Its built-in memory card slots let you copy and archive
photos directly from any digital camera card, without the need of cumbersome
cabling. With Picture Porters’ compact 20GB and 40GB hard drive versions,
you’ll virtually never run out of memory card space on the road again.
Portable Digital Photo
Album
With its high-capacity hard drive,
you can now carry your collection of digital photos and video with you all the
time right in your pocket and view them anywhere you go on Picture
Porter’s bright 2” color LCD screen. With Picture Porter, you can
rotate, zoom, pan your pictures, view EXIF information, and play picture
slideshows for friends. You can even connect Picture Porter to a TV and share
your photos and music with family and friends on a big screen in the comfort of
your living room.
Works with All Media
Formats
Picture Porter works with all
media card formats, including CF I/II, MD, SM, MMC, SD Card, miniSD, Memory
Stick, MS PRO, MS Duo, and MS PRO Duo, so you can copy and save your precious
pictures directly from any digital camera memory card. You can also make
yourself copies of photos taken from friend’s and family member’s
digital cameras by quickly inserting their cards into Picture Porter for instant
archival of special picture moments.
MP3 Player & Data
Bridge
Picture Porter is also perfect as a
portable MP3 and video player -- keep your entire content collection in one
place for easy access. Bi-directional data transfer lets you copy files
directly from any memory card to the Picture Porter hard drive and vice versa.
In addition, you can easily transfer files to and from your computer and
between computers with different operating systems through its high-speed USB 2
connection.
Picture Porter
Features:
1. Photo and video
player
2. MP3 music
player
3. Archives
files
4. Color LCD screen for viewing pictures
and videos
5. Bi-directional data transfer that
allows direct transfer to and from memory
cards
6. Output to
TV
7. Directly reads & writes from memory
cards
8. Memory card format support of CF I/II,
MD, SM, MMC, SD Card, miniSD, Memory Stick, MS PRO, MS Duo, and MS PRO
Duo
9. Image format support of JPEG, Tiff, BMP,
RAW
10. Music format support of MP3, WMA, ACC,
WAV
11. Video format support of MPEG1, MPEG4,
and DivX 5.x
12. Includes Ulead Video Toolbox 2
to edit video clips, create slideshows and convert video
files
13. Transfers files between multiple
computers running different operating
systems
Compatible with Windows and Mac
operating systems, Picture Porter is compact and light-weight weighing only 8.6
oz (with hard drive and battery included) with dimensions of 5.2” (L) x
2.8” (W) x 1.2” (H). It comes in 2 stylish colors: frosted white
and graphite and 2 storage capacities: 20GB and 40GB. Picture Porter comes
complete with Ulead management software (normally a $70 value), USB cable,
video/audio cable, earphones, AC adapter, Lithium-Ion battery for 3.5 hours of
video and 7.5 hours of music, remote control, carrying case, and user’s
guide. It is available immediately at Digital Foci’s online store at
<http://www.digitalfoci.com/>www.digitalfoci.com starting at $399.
For more information, see the site:
<http://www.digitalfoci.com/>www.digitalfoci.com.
About Digital
Foci
Digital Foci helps consumers manage
and enjoy their digital content collection easily. The company enhances
people’s lives by allowing them to seamlessly move digital photos, video,
and music from one place to another. With Digital Foci products, consumers are
able to enjoy any of their digital content on any device without ever worrying
about format compatibility. Digital Foci products include digital picture
frames, photo displays, storage devices, and card readers for transfer, storage,
and management optimized for any setting where you choose to enjoy your digital
content.
Digital Foci (pronounced
“foe-sigh”) is the plural form of the word “focus” and
symbolizes the many distinct points where light and sound converge and diverge.
It is at these digital focus points, or foci, where you view and share your
digital pictures, watch your digital video, listen to your digital music, and
access your digital files.
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PICTURE PORTER SPEC
SHEET
Model
no.
PTP-180
Memory
card supported
CompactFlash I & II,
MicroDrive, SmartMedia, MultiMedia Card, SD Card, Memory Stick, MS PRO, MS Duo,
MS PRO Duo
Hard
drive
1.8" hard
drive
LCD
screen
2" color TFT LCD screen with
backlight
Resolution: 558 x 234
pixels
Computer
interface
USB 2.0 (compatible with USB
1.1)
Transfer
rate
Up to 480
Mbps
Image format
support
JPEG, TIFF, BMP,
RAW*
Video format
support
MPEG1 (352x240 @30fps;
bitrate:1.5Mbps)
MPEG4 (720x480@25fps /
640x480@30fps; bitrate: 4Mbps)
MJPEG
(320x240@30fps)
DivX 5.x(720x480@25fps /
640x480@30fps, bitrate: 4Mbps)
Music
format support
MP3 (16 to 384 Kbps), WMA
7, 8, 9 (32 to 192 Kbps)
AAC (16 to 320 Kbps),
WAV
Bundled
software
Ulead Photo Explorer 8.5 SE
(Image editing software)
Ulead Video Toolbox 2
(Video editing software)
External
power
AC 100-240V, DC 5V/2.5A power
adapter
Battery
power
Built-in 3.7V 1800mAh Li-Ion
rechargeable battery
Battery
life
3.5 hours of continuous video
playback
7.5 hours of continuous audio
playback
OS
compatibility
Windows XP Home/Pro, ME,
2000, 98/SE
Macintosh OS 8.6 and
later
Linux OS kernel versions 2.4.x and
later
File system
support
Standard FAT
12/16/32
Dimensions
5.2"
(L) x 2.8" (W) x 1.2"
(H)
Weight
8.6
oz. (with hard drive and battery)
* RAW Image Formats Supported :
Canon: 1Ds Mark-II, 1Ds,
1D-II, 1D, 20D, 10D, 300D (Digital Rebel, Kiss Digital), D30, Power Shot
G1/G2/G3/G5
Nikon: D100, D70, D1X,
D1H, D1
Kodak: DSC Pro SLR/c, DSC
Pro SLR/n, DSC Pro 14n
Fujifilm:
S2 Pro
Olympus:
E-1
Minolta: A1, A2, DYNAX
D7
Pentax: istDS
Posted: Fri - September 23, 2005 at 02:47 PM