2008 Consumer Electronics Show Live Tradeshow Coverage

Presents Live
Tradeshow Coverage of

The Consumer Electronics Show

January 7 to 10, 2008
Las Vegas, NV

Welcome to Imaging Resource’s Live CES 2008 Tradeshow Coverage. The Consumer Electronics Show is considered the world’s largest electronics expo. Imaging Resource will take you straight to the show floor with Newsletter Editor Mike Pasini, who will use his keen editorial nose to sniff out the good stuff. Our news team will keep on top of the latest announcements, and you’ll find it all right here: daily reports, news and photos of all that we can capture at the massive CES 2008. Keep checking back, and let us know what you think.

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Thursday, January 10, 2008

CES Live Show Coverage: Tuesday Report

00:18 EST - Our Tuesday Report is now up, along with the Tuesday gallery, revised Pepcom and Monday reports.

Take a walk through the exhibits with us by viewing our galleries and then sit down to discuss what you see with our show reports. Our Tuesday coverage was delayed by an Internet blackout at our Las Vegas barracks and the effects of Friday's storm in San Francisco, but neither bandwidth nor hurricane force winds can keep us from amusing you. Read on for more in the Tuesday CES report: The Fun & the... (More)

Wednesday, January 9, 2008

PRESS RELEASE: Panasonic And T-Mobile Cooperate To Enable Development Of First Panasonic Lumix Wireless Digital Camera With Ability To Upload To Google's Picasa Web Albums™
14:37 EST - LAS VEGAS, NV (January 7, 2008) – Panasonic, the leading brand by which Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. (NYSE: MC) is best known, today highlighted the development of a LUMIX digital camera with wireless network connectivity, complete with integrated access to T-Mobile® HotSpot service and the ability to send photos directly to Picasa Web AlbumsÔ, a free online photo-sharing... (More)

PRESS RELEASE: Panasonic Brings Photos, Videos To Consumers' Living Rooms With Google And YouTube
14:28 EST - Panasonic VIERA® Internet-Connected HDTV’s with VIERA CAST™ Feature Offer Seamless and Easy Access From The Living Room to Google’s Picasa Web Albums™ and Millions of Originally Created Videos from YouTube™ Las Vegas, NV (January 7, 2008) – Panasonic, the leading brand by which Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. (NYSE: MC) is best known, and YouTube today... (More)

PRESS RELEASE: ArcSoft Demos Embedded Solutions at CES
12:06 EST - Solutions Optimized for Digital Photo Frames FREMONT, Calif. --(Business Wire)-- Jan. 9, 2008 ArcSoft, Inc. is demonstrating its embedded solutions optimized for Digital Photo Frames this week January 7-10, at CES at the ArcSoft Meeting Room 35667, LVVC South Hall 4. These technologies are available as software development kits (SDKs). "ArcSoft Embedded Solutions for Digital Photo Frames enhance... (More)

Tuesday, January 8, 2008

PRESS RELEASE: Polaroid Launches Instant Photos for the Digital Age, Provides Consumers with Innovative Digital Media Sharing Platform
16:47 EST - Latest offerings from Polaroid unlock personal content trapped on computers, cameras and cell phones LAS VEGAS (January 7, 2008) – Polaroid today launches a new of line instant entertainment products to help consumers unlock their digital media. The company is announcing the launch of a Bluetooth- and USB-enabled Digital Instant Mobile Photo Printer for mobile phones and digital cameras, as... (More)

PRESS RELEASE: Polaroid to Demo New Digital Instant Printer Tuesday at Booth 13614, Central Hall
16:24 EST - CES Press Kit Materials Available Online at Polaroid.com/CES2008 and http://virtualpressoffice.com/kit/polaroid MINNETONKA, Minn. --(Business Wire)-- Jan. 8, 2008 Bringing the instant photo to the digital age, Polaroid will provide demos of the new Polaroid Digital Instant Mobile Photo Printer every half-hour on Tuesday, Jan. 8, at Booth 13614 in Central Hall. Demos will begin at 9:30 a.m. and will... (More)

PRESS RELEASE: Samsung Ships Compact Flash Card Sized Hard Drive With Record Breaking Capacity For Advanced Mobile Devices
16:18 EST - LAS VEGAS --(Business Wire)-- Jan. 6, 2008 Samsung Electronics Ltd., a worldwide leader in digital consumer electronics and information technology, today announced that it is shipping Compact Flash card-sized hard disk drives (HDD) for use in mobile consumer devices. Initially available in 30GB and 40GB models, Samsung's Spinpoint A1 hard disks offer significantly higher storage capacity than conventional... (More)

PRESS RELEASE: Samsung Releases New Flash-Based 1080P HD Camcorder
16:14 EST - Samsung's SC-HMX20C Camcorder Records in 1080p Mode and full HD Mode with High-Quality Still Camera Functionality LAS VEGAS --(Business Wire)-- Jan. 6, 2008 Samsung Electronics, a market leader and award-winning innovator in consumer electronics, continues to improve its camcorder offerings with the addition of the SC-HMX20C Progressive HD Flash-based Camcorder. Featuring Full HD and a1080p mode... (More)

PRESS RELEASE: Lexar Leads the Way in 2008 with Broad Range of Advanced Memory Products for Today's Digital Lifestyle
16:04 EST - -- Lexar Media Offers New Crucial Solid-State Drives, An Expanded Range of Kodak Products, Plus Innovative New Flash Memory and Mobile Products -- FREMONT, Calif. --(Business Wire)-- Jan. 7, 2008 Lexar Media, Inc. (NYSE:MU), a leading global provider of memory products for digital media, is demonstrating its leadership in advanced digital media technologies with the introduction of a broad range... (More)

PRESS RELEASE: ZINK Imaging and Polaroid Corporation Announce Partnership
16:01 EST - Partnership to Develop Range of Digital Printing Products Based on ZINK(TM) Zero Ink(TM) Technology WALTHAM, Mass. --(Business Wire)-- Jan. 7, 2008 ZINK Imaging and Polaroid Corporation today publicly announced their collaboration on the development of a new family of printing products that leverage ZINK Imaging's ink-free printing technology. The first Polaroid-branded ZINK(TM)-enabled product... (More)

PRESS RELEASE: ZINK Imaging and Foxconn Technology Group to Deliver a Range of Innovative ZINK-Enabled Products
15:58 EST - Partnership Will Enable Foxconn to Deliver New Digital Imaging Products with the ZINK(TM) Zero Ink(TM) Technology WALTHAM, Mass. --(Business Wire)-- Jan. 7, 2008 ZINK Imaging, Inc. and Foxconn Technology Group today publicly announced their strategic partnership to design, commercialize, and market a range of ZINK(TM)-enabled digital printing products. In this partnership, ZINK Imaging, inventor... (More)

PRESS RELEASE: SanDisk Announces the 12-Gigabyte microSDHC Card - the World's Largest Capacity Card for Mobile Phones
15:54 EST - SanDisk Increases Capacity By 50%; Reflects Growing Demand For Higher Capacity Storage Cards As Consumers Use Mobile Phones For Music, Photos, Video LAS VEGAS NEVADA, Jan. 7, 2008 - SanDisk Corporation, (NASDAQ: SNDK) the proven leader in flash memory, today announced it has begun to sample 12-gigabyte (GB)1 microSDHC™ flash memory cards to major phone manufacturers for testing and evaluation.... (More)

PRESS RELEASE: Lexar Increases Capacity of Popular SDHC Memory Cards
15:51 EST - New High-Capacity Memory Cards Deliver the Ultimate in Functionality and Performance to Those Managing Images, Video, and Music Fremont, CA, January 8, 2008 -- Lexar, a leader in advanced digital media and accessories, announced today that it has increased the capacity of its SDHC (Secure Digital High Capacity) format memory cards in all three of the company's popular product lines including Professional,... (More)

PRESS RELEASE: Ubicom Simplifies Photo Sharing
12:33 EST - Ubicom Introduces Wireless Digital Photo Frame Reference Design with Easy Connection to Social Networking Sites LAS VEGAS --(Business Wire)-- Jan. 7, 2008 Ubicom(R), Inc., a leading provider of communications processor and software solutions, announced the availability of its reference design for wirelessly connected digital photo frames. The reference design makes it easy to view photos over a... (More)

PRESS RELEASE: CEIVA® Continues Digital Photo Frame Leadership with Innovative New Product Line
11:05 EST - New Products are Targeted at Distinct Consumer Groups to Further Enhance Photo Sharing Experience LAS VEGAS --(Business Wire)-- Jan. 7, 2008 CEIVA Logic Inc., the inventor and leading supplier of the connected digital photo frame, today announced the unveiling of its newly designed product line with expanded options to see, share and connect at CES 2008 (Booth # 35319 South Hall 4). Continuing its... (More)

Monday, January 7, 2008

PRESS RELEASE: ZINK Imaging, Inc. and Alps Electric Co., Ltd. Announce Joint Development Partnership
17:39 EST - Partnership to Leverage ZINK(TM) Zero Ink(TM) Technology and Alps Expertise to Deliver Groundbreaking Printing Products WALTHAM, Mass. --(Business Wire)-- Jan. 7, 2008 ZINK Imaging, Inc. and Alps Electric Co., Ltd. ("Alps") today publicly announced their 24-month long strategic partnership to design, commercialize, and market a range of ZINK(TM)-enabled digital printing products. In this partnership,... (More)

PRESS RELEASE: ZINK Imaging and TOMY Company, Ltd. Announce Product Development, Branding, and Marketing Partnership
17:36 EST - Partnership to Develop Range of Digital Printing Products Based on ZINK(TM) Zero Ink(TM) Technology WALTHAM, Mass. --(Business Wire)-- Jan. 7, 2008 ZINK Imaging and TOMY Company, Ltd. today publicly announced their collaboration on the development and marketing of a new family of printing products that leverages ZINK Imaging's ink-free printing technology. The first TOMY branded ZINK(TM)-enabled product... (More)

PRESS RELEASE: Ubicom Solution Selected for D-Link Wi-Fi Internet Picture Frame
17:29 EST - D-Link Builds on Flexible Reference Design to Create a CES Innovation Award-Winning Photo Sharing Experience LAS VEGAS --(Business Wire)-- Jan. 7, 2008 Ubicom(R), Inc., a leading provider of communications processor and software solutions, has been selected by D-Link as the processor and software supplier for D-Link's Wi-Fi Internet Picture Frame (DSM-210). D-Link is demonstrating the DSM-210 photo... (More)

PRESS RELEASE: Kodak to Launch Powerful Charge to Stop Counterfeit Consumer Electronics
17:18 EST - Kodak plans to implement KODAK TRACELESS System for Anticounterfeiting on KODAK rechargeable Lithium-Ion Digital Camera Batteries supplied by SANYO Electric Co., Ltd Mobile Energy Company LAS VEGAS --(Business Wire)-- Jan. 7, 2008 Kodak aims to pull the plug on counterfeiters exploiting the consumer electronics industry. At the International Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas this week, Kodak... (More)

PRESS RELEASE: ZINK Imaging Achieves New Milestones at the 2008 International Consumer Electronics Show
17:16 EST - Go-to-Market and Product Development Partners Will Bring the Magic of ZINK(TM) Zero Ink(TM) Printing to Consumers in 2008 WALTHAM, Mass. --(Business Wire)-- Jan. 7, 2008 ZINK Imaging, makers of the award-winning ZINK(TM) Zero Ink(TM) digital printing technology, today publicly announced the first of an expanding list of partnerships at the 2008 International Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas,... (More)