New Durst Rho 900 offers greater speed, enhances color gamut
Durst Phototechnik AG, Brixen, Italy introduced the Rho 900 Large-Format UV Inkjet Printer – a 98-inch-wide printing platform that combines more efficient automated media handling and “process color additions” with high-speed printing capabilities. The printer features Durst’s Quadro 30D Array print head technology for high speed, improved efficiency and high image quality. Its media handling [...]
HP announces expanded HP iPrint Photo application
HP Co., San Diego, Calif., announced HP iPrint Photo, the first free mobile printing application that allows for quick and easy wireless printing of 4-by-6-inch photos for iPhone and iPod touch, will now be available for phones using the Symbian and WinMo operating systems. Additionally, HP will offer an enhanced version of the current HP [...]
Isabella Products announces two-way cellular Vizit digital photo frame
Telit Wireless Solutions Inc., Raleigh, N.C., the mobile technology arm of Telit Communications, announced mobile device company Isabella Products is using Telit’s GE864-QUAD machine-to-machine (M2M) module to enable two-way communications on the Vizit, a new, fully interactive digital photo frame that enables users to send and receive digital photos over a cellular network. “Vizit is [...]
myPhotopipe.com reports improved September, third-quarter revenues
myPhotopipe.com Inc., Atlanta, Ga., announced revenues for the three months ended Sept. 30, 2009, were $411,499, an increase of 2.7 percent when compared with sales of $400,484 in the third quarter of the previous year. Revenues for the month of September 2009 increased 17.6 percent to $136,638, compared with $116,096 in September 2008. myPhotopipe.com attributes [...]
Target reports September sales up 1.3 percent, comparables down
Target Corp., Minneapolis, Minn., reported net retail sales for the five weeks ended Oct. 3, 2009 were $5,392 million, an increase of 1.3 percent from $5,320 million for the five weeks ended Oct. 4, 2008. On this same basis, September comparable-store sales decreased 1.7 percent. “Sales for the month of September exceeded our expectations as [...]
Panasonic, Samsung, LG fined for price-fixing in Japan
AFP reports the Japan Fair Trade Commission is levying fines of 3.32 billion yen (US$37 million) against affiliates of Panasonic Corp., South Korea’s Samsung SDI affiliate, and LG Philips Displays Korea Co. The companies allegedly met regularly every two months from 2003 and jointly set their minimum target prices for cathode-ray tube displays, the commission [...]
Sigma DP2 firmware updated to version 1.03
Sigma Corp. has updated the firmware for its Sigma DP2 camera to version 1.03. The update decreases the intermittent camera freeze under certain conditions and improves white-balance accuracy. (Note: this update is only for Sigma DP2 cameras, and cannot be used with the SIGMA DP1 and SD DSLR series cameras).
A look at the top ten iPhone photography applications
There are approximately 80,000 interesting applications available for the Apple iPhone, including a wide variety of photography applications. The top 10 paid photo apps have the tendency to change regularly, but the apps currently at the top of the list are highlighted below. These apps and many more can be purchased at the Apple iTunes [...]
BobCarMedia: New, experiential marketing … vehicle
The brainchild of marketer Benjamin Cohen, the patent pending BobCarMedia is helping companies like SanDisk create a 3D marketing experience for consumers. For the next few weeks, BobCar Mobile Showrooms will be stationed at various high-traffic locations throughout the New York City area promoting SanDisk’s newest products. The mobile showrooms allow consumers to test out [...]
Snapact photo manager upgraded
Tecagora Solutions Inc., Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, launched Snapact Photo Manager v1.4, featuring the Acquire Wizard. With the Acquire Wizard, users can view and select which photos they want to transfer from their camera or other device to their computer, rather than transferring all the photos for later viewing and selection. Version 1.4 also includes [...]
