CES announcements to take note of
January 8th, 2007 by Andy
- Panasonic SD cards, to 20 MB/sec, 16 GB coming
CES 2007: Panasonic has today officially announced its range of ‘Class 6 SD Speed’ cards, an addition to the Pro High Speed SD card range. These new cards, available in 1, 2 and 4 GB capacities are ‘Class 6′ speed compliant, meaning they have a guaranteed minimum write speed of 6 MB/sec, they are capable of burst speeds of up to 20 MB/sec. In addition Panasonic has upgraded its existing card range to the next class (Class 4; 4 MB/sec minimum) and also revealed that they intend to introduce a 16 GB card this year. - Kodak Easyshare V803, V1003 and C653
CES 2007: Kodak has today announced three new digital cameras; the eight and ten megapixel V803 and V1003 and the entry-level six megapixel C653. The stylish rounded V803 and V1003 both feature a three itmes optical zoom lens, high sensitivity ISO 1600, 32 MB of internal storage, VGA (640 x 480) MPEG-4 video clips at 30 fps and Lithium-Ion batteries. We’ll dock Kodak ten points for describing a high ISO mode as ‘Digital Image Stabilization’ - Kodak Wi-Fi Picture Frames
CES 2007: Kodak has today announced four new digital (LCD) picture frames; a 10 and 8 inch with built-in Wi-Fi (EX1011 and EX811) and an 8 and 7 inch standard (SV811 and SV710). These picture frames are all capable of displaying JPEG images as well as video in MPEG-1, MPEG-4, MOV and AVI formats as well as playing MP3 music files. The Wi-Fi functionality in the EX1011 and EX811 models allows you to either display images from your local network or from an online ‘Kodak Gallery’. All should be available in March at prices ranging from $280 for the EX1011 to $130 for the SV710.
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