Pacific Digital Intros World's First USB Digital Photo Frame.

Business Editors & High-Tech Writers

IRVINE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 10, 2002

Pacific Digital Corporation:

-- MemoryFrame lets users transfer photos directly from a digital camera anywhere, anytime - and instantly play back a slideshow on its active matrix


				

				
				 
				
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-- Does not require a PC, printer, camera memory card or monthly subscription fee

Pacific Digital Corporation announced today that the world's first USB digital photo frame will be available this Christmas season. A brand new way to store and display digital photos, Pacific Digital's MemoryFrame(TM) is a stand-alone, electronic "picture-frame" that requires no camera memory card, PC, printer, paper, ink or monthly subscription fee. Users can easily and quickly transfer photos, on the spot, directly from a digital camera into MemoryFrame. Then they can immediately play them back -- in a continuous slideshow of vibrant, high-resolution images -- on MemoryFrame's active-matrix screen. Small and lightweight, MemoryFrame allows users to access and display their digital photos anywhere, anytime. In addition, it can be mounted into a standard 5x7 wood picture frame to create a handsome photo display for home or office. The user can buy a frame to match their decor -- and MemoryFrame is ready to be placed on a desk, shelf or wall.

"MemoryFrame is ideal for everyone who owns and uses a digital camera whether they have a PC or not," said Robert Horton, Pacific Digital marketing director. "For the first time, digital photographers have an easy way to display a slideshow of 50+ photos, immediately after taking them -- without a PC, printer or camera memory card. Because MemoryFrame is plug-and-play, and requires no other equipment, paper or ink, it is very cost effective to use."

MemoryFrame's potential applications -- for consumer, business, government and other users -- are virtually unlimited. For example, a family can photograph a vacation or special event and immediately share a slideshow with everyone there. A real estate agent can preview a house, photograph its rooms and features, and present a slideshow in the client's home a few minutes later. A couple on a cruise can photograph the sights and share the photos back in their cabin.

Pacific Digital's groundbreaking use of USB in MemoryFrame allows fast, easy transfer of images from virtually any digital camera. Then, with its easy-to-use on-screen menu system and multi-function control buttons, users can view "thumbnails" of digital-camera or memory-card contents, edit slide shows, select the time between image changes, add transition and display effects, delete images from slideshows and much more. They can also use the manual image-forward, pause and reverse buttons, and the adjustable contrast to control a slideshow. In addition, they can stand MemoryFrame vertically or horizontally. Then, they can use MemoryFrame's software and on-screen menu system to rotate all the images to a vertical or horizontal position.