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DIGITAL FOCI
INTRODUCES PICTURE PORTER
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Picture Porter
Digital Photo Album Securely Saves
Photos on the Road on 40GB Portable Hard
Drives without Heavy Laptop
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Keep on
Snapping Photos - Never Run Out of
Memory Card Space Again
Digital Foci,
Inc. (pronounced digital foe-sigh
www.digitalfoci.com) introduced today
Picture Porter portable digital photo
album with hard drive and card reader
that lets you instantly and securely
save and view digital
photos and video
on a hard
drive wherever you go, so you can
keep snapping away and not worry about
running out of memory card space.

Especially
valuable for vacations, trade shows, special
events, parties, and for pro photographers
who take and show a large number of photos,
Picture Porter saves photos on its compact
portable hard drive, so you don’t have to
bring heavy laptops on the road. Picture
Porter takes the worry out of losing
precious photos stored on easily damaged
memory cards. Its built-in memory
card slots let you copy and archive
photos directly from any digital camera
card, without the need of cumbersome
cabling. With Picture Porters’ compact
40GB hard drive version, you’ll virtually
never run out of memory card space on the
road again.
Portable
Digital Photo Album
With its
high-capacity hard drive, you can now
carry your collection of digital photos and
video with you all the time right in your
pocket and view them anywhere you go on
Picture Porter’s bright 2" color LCD screen.
With Picture Porter, you can rotate, zoom,
pan your pictures, view EXIF information,
and play picture slideshows for friends. You
can even connect Picture Porter to a TV
and share your photos and music with family
and friends on a big screen in the comfort
of your living room.
Works with All
Media Formats
Picture Porter
works with all media card formats, including
CF I/II, MD, SM, MMC, SD Card, miniSD,
Memory Stick, MS PRO, MS Duo, and MS PRO
Duo, so you can copy and save your precious
pictures directly from any digital camera
memory card. You can also make yourself
copies of photos taken from friend’s and
family member’s digital cameras by quickly
inserting their cards into Picture Porter
for instant archival of special picture
moments.
MP3 Player & Data Bridge
Picture Porter is also perfect as a portable
MP3 and video player -- keep your entire
content collection in one place for easy
access.
Bi-directional data
transfer
lets you copy files directly from any memory
card to the Picture Porter hard drive and
vice versa. In
addition, you can easily transfer files to
and from your computer and between computers
with different operating systems through its
high-speed USB 2 connection.
Picture
Porter Features:
1.
Photo and video player
2. MP3
music player
3.
Archives files
4.
Color LCD screen for viewing
pictures and videos
5.
Bi-directional data transfer that
allows direct transfer to and from
memory cards
6.
Output to TV
7.
Directly reads & writes from memory
cards
8.
Memory card format support of CF
I/II, MD, SM, MMC, SD Card, miniSD,
Memory Stick, MS PRO, MS Duo, and MS
PRO Duo
9.
Image format support of JPEG, Tiff,
BMP, RAW
10.
Music format support of MP3, WMA,
ACC, WAV
11.
Video format support of MPEG1,
MPEG4, and DivX 5.x
12.
Includes Ulead Video Toolbox 2 to
edit video clips, create slideshows
and convert video files
13.
Transfers files between multiple
computers running different
operating systems
Compatible
with Windows and Mac operating systems,
Picture Porter is compact and light-weight
weighing only 8.6 oz (with hard drive and
battery included) with dimensions of 5.2"
(L) x 2.8" (W) x 1.2" (H). It comes in 2
stylish colors: frosted white and
graphite in 40GB storage
capacity. Picture Porter comes complete with
Ulead management software (normally a $70
value), USB cable, video/audio cable,
earphones, AC adapter, Lithium-Ion battery
for 3.5 hours of video and 7.5 hours of
music, remote control, carrying case, and
user’s guide. It is available immediately at
Digital Foci’s online store at
www.digitalfoci.com starting at $299.
For more
information, see the site:
www.digitalfoci.com.
About Digital
Foci
Digital Foci
helps consumers manage and enjoy their
digital content collection easily. The
company enhances people’s lives by allowing
them to seamlessly move digital photos,
video, and music from one place to another.
With Digital Foci products, consumers are
able to enjoy any of their digital content
on any device without ever worrying about
format compatibility. Digital Foci products
include digital picture frames,
photo displays, storage devices, and card
readers for transfer, storage, and
management optimized for any setting
where you choose to enjoy your digital
content.
Digital Foci
(pronounced "foe-sigh") is the plural form
of the word "focus" and symbolizes the many
distinct points where light and sound
converge and diverge. It is at these digital
focus points, or foci, where you view and
share your digital pictures, watch your
digital video, listen to your digital music,
and access your digital files.
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PICTURE PORTER SPEC SHEET
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Model no. |
PTP-180 |
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Memory card supported |
CompactFlash I & II, MicroDrive,
SmartMedia, MultiMedia Card, SD
Card, Memory Stick, MS PRO, MS
Duo, MS PRO Duo |
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Hard drive |
1.8" hard drive |
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LCD screen |
2" color TFT LCD screen with
backlight
Resolution: 558 x 234 pixels
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Computer interface |
USB 2.0 (compatible with USB
1.1) |
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Transfer rate |
Up to 480 Mbps |
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Image format support |
JPEG, TIFF, BMP, RAW* |
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Video format support |
MPEG1 (352x240 @30fps;
bitrate:1.5Mbps)
MPEG4 (720x480@25fps /
640x480@30fps; bitrate: 4Mbps)
MJPEG (320x240@30fps)
DivX 5.x(720x480@25fps /
640x480@30fps, bitrate: 4Mbps) |
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Music format support |
MP3 (16 to 384 Kbps), WMA 7, 8,
9 (32 to 192 Kbps)
AAC (16 to 320 Kbps), WAV |
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Bundled software |
Ulead Photo Explorer 8.5 SE
(Image editing software)
Ulead Video Toolbox 2 (Video
editing software) |
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External power |
AC 100-240V, DC 5V/2.5A power
adapter |
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Battery power |
Built-in 3.7V 1800mAh Li-Ion
rechargeable battery |
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Battery life |
3.5 hours of continuous video
playback
7.5 hours of continuous audio
playback |
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OS compatibility |
Windows XP Home/Pro, ME, 2000,
98/SE
Macintosh OS 8.6 and later
Linux OS kernel versions 2.4.x
and later |
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File system support |
Standard FAT 12/16/32 |
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Dimensions |
5.2" (L) x 2.8" (W) x 1.2" (H) |
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Weight |
8.6 oz. (with hard drive and
battery) |
* RAW Image
Formats Supported :
Canon: 1Ds
Mark-II, 1Ds, 1D-II, 1D, 20D, 10D, 300D
(Digital Rebel, Kiss Digital), D30, Power
Shot G1/G2/G3/G5
Nikon: D100,
D70, D1X, D1H, D1
Kodak: DSC Pro
SLR/c, DSC Pro SLR/n, DSC Pro 14n
Fujifilm: S2
Pro
Olympus: E-1
Minolta: A1,
A2, DYNAX D7
Pentax: istDS
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