General Imaging unveils compact camera line-up at PMA 2010
General Imaging Corp., Torrance, Calif., unveiled it’s 2010 line-up, featuring the new Create by Jason Wu fashion series.
“We have done extensive research into what consumers want and need from their digital cameras, and simplicity is key in helping them take great pictures,” says Paul Meyhoefer, General Imaging’s vice president of Marketing and Product Planning. [...]
Plustek announces USB mobile scanner
Imaging device manufacturer Plustek Technology Inc., Cerritos, Calif., announced the new MobileOffice AD450 Scanner, one of the few mobile scanners on the market with an Automatic Document Feeder and the ability to run on USB bus or AC power.
The AD450 turns documents and even embossed plastic cards, business cards, and photos into an easy-to-use or [...]
Fujifilm reports lower nine-month sales
Fujifilm Holdings Corp., Tokyo, Japan, reported nine-month sales of 1,597,138 million yen, ending Dec. 31, 2009, compared to 1,904,161 for the same period last year. The company had a net loss for the period of 6,990 million yen, compared to net income of 29,454 million yen for the same period last year.
Regarding the global economy, [...]
Sakar introduces new Kodak webcams, Nickelodeon-themed products
Sakar International, Edison, N.J., unveiled a series of Kodak webcams and Nickelodeon-themed products. The company’s Kodak series webcams include three autofocus models: the $59.99 Kodak T130 webcam, featuring a 1.3 MP sensor and VGA video; the $79.99 Kodak L200 webcam, featuring 2 MP sensor and VGA resolution; and the Kodak P310 HD webcam, with 3 [...]
Skinit, Photobucket team up to offer personalized CE product skins
Skinit Inc., San Diego, Calif., and Photobucket have teamed up to allow Photobucket users to use their personal images on “skins” for the 3,000 consumer electronics devices. Skinit has set up a dedicated landing page for the service. Photobucket users can access the site through their Photobucket Album Page by clicking on the phone image [...]
Itronics reports 10-percent revenue increase
Itronics Inc., Reno, Nev., reportedtotal revenues for the first nine months of 2009 increased by 10 percent to $2.6 million from $2.4 million in 2008. Revenue growth in the first nine months continued to be driven by increases in silver, up 101 percent, and GOLD’n GRO fertilizers, up 3 percent. The company said [...]
PMDA meeting: Google, Apple discuss marketing discipline
“The founders of Google didn’t start out to build a world class brand, but like the guy who brings a baby tiger into his home, when it grows to 800 pounds you realize if you don’t control it, it will eat you.” With that statement, Andy Berndt, manager director, of Google Creative Labs opened the [...]
Fuji adds website for underwater FinePix users
Fujifilm Corp., Tokyo, Japan, has launched FinePix Lagoon, a website dedicated to underwater photography using Fuji FinePix cameras.
Sales, internet taxes discussed at PMA New England Division meeting
“Not what I was expecting but we needed to hear it” was the synopsis of last night’s New England PMA Division Meeting by David Gordenstein of Zeff Photo. The evening’s speaker was the Minority Leader of the Massachusetts Senate, Senator Richard Tisei. Among Senator’s Tisei’s agenda topics was sales tax which was high on the [...]
