Panasonic Press Release

ORLANDO, FL (February 20, 2005)—Panasonic, the leading brand by which Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. is known today, announced that it will expand its “HIGH SPEED Series” SD Memory Card line up by introducing the “HIGH SPEED” 256MB SD Memory Card with up to 2MB/s data transfer speed this April.

Panasonic “HIGH SPEED Series” 64MB and 128MB SD Memory Cards have been already available in the market, and the company plans to introduce larger capacity “HIGH SPEED Series” SD Memory Cards later this year. The “HIGH SPEED Series” SD Memory Cards offer a data transfer speed suitable for storing still images or small-size motion pictures taken with a digital still camera (DSC) and digital video camera (DVC). Together with the current “PRO HIGH SPEED Series” SD Memory Cards (512MB & 1GB) which boast a transfer speed of up to 20MB/s and the “SUPER HIGH SPEED Series” SD Memory Card (256MB) with up to 10MB/s data transfer speed for more advanced usage such as motion picture recording or fast continuous consecutive shooting, the new “HIGH SPEED” 256MB SD Memory Card allows users to select the type of cards depending on consumers’ needs.

Apacer Press Release

Apacer Launches 1GB and the World’s First 2GB MultiMediaCard

Lead in the Trend of High Density Development for the Camera Phone Market

Hertogenbosch 23 February 2005 - Apacer Technology B.V. leads in the trend of high density development for the camera phones market and today launches the world’s first highest-density MultiMediaCard (MMC) compliable with MMC Specification Version 3.X, introduced by the MMCA (MultiMediaCard Association). In addition to storing more than 4000 images at 1024 x 768 pixel resolution, Apacer’s 2GB MMC supports plug-and-play with all MMC slots in mobile phones, digital cameras, MP3 players, PDAs and other compatible multimedia devices.

Kingston Launches MMCplus and Larger Capacity MMC, Hi-Speed SD Cards and Portable USB Drives to Support Booming Digital Device Markets

ORLANDO, Fla., PMA Show Booth # 2217, Feb. 21 /PRNewswire/—Kingston Technology Company, Inc., the world’s leading independent memory manufacturer, today announced the further expansion of its digital media product offerings with six new products:

  *  MMCplus cards in 256-MB, 512-MB and 1-GB capacities
  *  256-MB MultiMediaCard(TM) (MMC) card
  *  1-GB Elite Pro Hi-Speed Secure Digital (SD) card
  *  1-GB DataTraveler(R) USB Flash drive

Lexar Press Release

Lexar Expands Award-Winning Professional Series Flash Memory Cards and Accessories

Line-Up Now Features Speed-Rated SD Card and Memory Stick PRO in Newly Designed Packaging

ORLANDO, FL, February 20, 2005 (PMA booth #4132) – Lexar Media, Inc. (Nasdaq: LEXR), a world leader in advanced digital media technologies, today announced the expansion of the company’s Professional Series of flash memory cards and accessories by adding Professional Memory Stick PRO™, speed rated at 80X, and Professional Secure Digital™ (SD), speed rated at 60X, to its award-winning professional line of products. In addition, the company also announced that the complete line of Professional Series flash memory cards and accessories is now available in newly designed, eye-catching packaging designed to drive customer attention at retail sales locations.

Lexar’s Platinum Series Flash Memory Cards Provide Consumers with High-Speed Performance and Superior Reliability

Complete Platinum Series of Cards Now Speed-Rated at 40X, Including Memory Stick PRO and Secure Digital (SD) Formats

ORLANDO, FL, February 20, 2005 (PMA booth #4132) – Lexar Media, Inc. (Nasdaq: LEXR), a world leader in advanced digital media technologies, today announced that the company’s full line of Platinum Series flash memory cards are speed-rated at 40X, equivalent to a minimum sustained data read and write speed capability of 6MB per second, and provide consumers with superior performance. Available in recently updated, contemporary packaging designed to drive consumer interest at retail sales locations worldwide, Lexar’s Platinum Series now includes Memory Stick PRO™ and Secure Digital™ (SD) flash media formats as well as CompactFlash®.

Kodak Press Release

Kodak Leads Imaging Industry in Driving Wireless Picture Sharing and Printing

KODAK EASYSHARE-ONE, WiFi-Enabled EASYSHARE Printer Dock Plus Add to Growing Kodak Portfolio of Wireless Products and Services

ORLANDO, Fla., Feb. 20—Building on its leadership role in making digital photography easy, Eastman Kodak Company is highlighting a range of new wireless-enabled digital photography products and services at this week’s 2005 Photo Marketing Association International Show (Kodak Booth #3544; OCCC West Building), bringing to life the ability to share pictures whenever and wherever people wish.

Kodak added to its growing portfolio of wireless products and services with the unveiling of EASYSHARE-ONE (US$599) in January 2005, the first WiFi digital camera of its kind that allows consumers to carry and instantly share up to 1,500 digital pictures with friends across the table, or across the globe.

Pretec 133X Secure Digital Card is unveiled today at the PMA SHow 2005. The Pretec 133X is available in 256MB, 512MB and 1Gb capacities. The Pretec 1GB 133X SD Card can transfer 1GB of 5MP high resolution digital images in under one minute. Price and availability to be announced.

Pretec Press Release

ORLANDO, Fla.—(BUSINESS WIRE)—Feb. 20, 2005—PRETEC Electronics Corp., the leading company offering flash memory cards since 1993 is announcing today their 133X (20MB/sec.) secure digital (SD) card with capacities of 256MB, 512MB and 1GB at PMA (booth # 2025 & 2027) in Orlando.

Endowed with more than 2 times the access speed of current high speed SD 60X (9MB/sec), PRETEC SD 133X is now running at close to 20MB/sec allowing for a demanding new generation higher-resolution and higher-speed digital cameras and growing multimedia appliances. Implementing high speed flash algorithm controller design and “Dual Channel” technology, PRETEC SD 133X offers a 16-bit bus architecture for data transfer at an accelerated rate.

Sony 1 Gb and 2GB Memory Stick PRO Duo is introduced today. The tiny media card is ideal for use in compact digital devices, including cellular phones, wearable portable audio players and pocket-sized digital imaging and gaming devices The 1GB and 2GB Sony Memory Stick PRO Duo media will be available in April for about $150 and $300, respectively.

Sony Press Release

ORLANDO, Fla., Feb. 20, 2005 (PMA Conference Booth # 3032/33) - Sony today announced a leap forward in the Memory Stick® flash media family with the introduction of the 2GB Memory Stick PRO Duo™ (High Speed) media, the largest capacity available in the Duo format. Sony is also introducing the 1GB Memory Stick PRO Duo, ™ media which is easily recognizable by its bold new black coloring.

The new 1GB and 2GB media are the perfect solution for users who need to easily store and swiftly transfer data-intensive digital content, such as high-resolution digital photos and TV-quality video clips.

SanDisk Ultra II SD Plus card is announced. The SanDisk Ultra II SD Plus card has a built-in USB connector in the card for instant connectivity. Flip the card to expose the USB connector and plug it into any USB port. A blinking LED light indicates when data is being transferred. The SD card features a write speed of 9-megabytes per second (MB/Sec) and a 10MB/sec read speed. Available in 512MB and 1-gigabyte capacities for $109.99 and $149.99.

Sandisk Press Release

ORLANDO, Fla.—(BUSINESS WIRE)—Feb. 19, 2005—New Twin Functionality Card is Added to SanDisk’s High-Performance Ultra II Product Line

SanDisk(R) Corporation (NASDAQ:SNDK) today introduced the SanDisk Ultra(TM) II SD(TM) PLUS, an innovative SD flash memory card with built-in USB connectivity. The new card, which works seamlessly in any SD card slot, also can be used as a high-speed USB 2.0 flash drive. The announcement was made at the annual Photo Marketing Association (PMA) Show at the Orange County Convention Center where SanDisk is demonstrating products in Booth 2408.

Sandisk 128 Megabyte Shoot & Store CompactFlash Card. SanDisk Introduces a 200-Picture, 128 Megabyte Shoot & Store CompactFlash Card and also launches a Shoot & Store Version of the SanDisk Photo Album. The SanDisk 200-picture Shoot & Store CompactFlash card is a low-cost digital film card that is ideal for point & shoot digital cameras. Offered at $19.99, the Shoot & Store cards are priced at a point where many consumers are expected to fill the card and purchase another instead of re-using the card. Shoot & Store cards are available in the food and drug channel with prices starting at $9.99.

Sandisk Press Release

ORLANDO, Fla.—(BUSINESS WIRE)—Feb. 19, 2005—SanDisk(R) Corporation (Nasdaq:SNDK) today introduced a new 200-picture (128 megabyte)(a) CompactFlash(R) card in its Shoot & Store(TM) line of affordable digital memory cards. The announcement was made at the Photo Marketing Association (PMA) trade show in the Orange County Convention Center, where SanDisk is exhibiting in Booth 2408.

Sandisk 2-gigabyte Memory Stick PRO Duo card is introduced, plus a a new Memory Stick PRO Duo family in the high-speed Ultra II format. The Ultra II line of Memory Stick PRO Duo cards provides faster read and write speeds and are ideal for digital cameras with 5-megapixel resolution and higher. The SanDisk Ultra II cards are available in 512MB, 1GB and 2GB versions with suggest list prices of $119.99, $209.99 and $479.99 respectively.

Sandisk Press Release

ORLANDO, Fla.—(BUSINESS WIRE)—Feb. 19, 2005—Memory Stick Format Expands Beyond Digital Cameras to Other Electronic Devices, Spurs Demand for More Memory and Faster Performance

With growing sales of high-resolution digital cameras, video camcorders and other electronic devices that require more memory and speed, SanDisk(R) Corporation (NASDAQ:SNDK) today announced a 2-gigabyte (GB)* Memory Stick PRO Duo(TM) flash storage card and a new Memory Stick PRO Duo family in the SanDisk Ultra(R) II line. The announcements were made during the Photo Marketing Association (PMA) show at the Orange County Convention Center, where SanDisk is exhibiting in Booth 2408.

Delkin SD-Xtra card is announced, which allows you to transfer data from a SD card onto a computer via any USB port. Prices for the 128MB and 256MB SD-Xtra cards will be $39.99 and $59.99 and will be available in March.

Delkin Devices Inc. Press Release

DELKIN INTRODUCES SD-XTRA CARD THAT ALLOWS EFFORTLESS DATA TRANSFER BETWEEN PC’S AND PORTABLE CONSUMER ELECTRONICS

Poway CA, February 18, 2005 Delkin Devices Inc., maker of premium quality eFilm memory cards and other innovative digital photography products, today announced the SD-Xtra card which allows effortless transfers between any SD slot and any USB port.  The innovative design allows photos, music or data to transfer easily without the use of a reader/writer or cables.  Built into this SD card format is a USB 2.0 high-speed flash drive in capacities from 128MB to 1GB.  With the removable cover installed, the card plugs into any standard SD or MMC card slot in kiosks, cameras, PDA’s or Digital Music players.  When the cover is removed, the card becomes a USB thumb or flash drive.  This drive plugs into any standard PC or laptop USB port and is read like a disk drive.

Archos AV4100 Portable Video Recorder/Player is launched - the world’s first 100-Gigabyte portable video recorder and player. The AV4100 can store and display movies, music, photos and data. The Archos AV4100 allows you to record television shows and movies directly from a TV, VCR, cable set-top box or satellite receiver with a convenient TV Cradle. The Archos AV4100 will be available at the end of February with a suggested U.S. retail price of $799.95.

Archos Press Release

IRVINE, Calif.—(BUSINESS WIRE)—Feb. 18, 2005—Enjoy TV Recording and a Portable Home Entertainment Center in the Industry’s Largest Capacity Portable Video Player

ARCHOS, the pioneer and technology leader in pocket-sized audio and video digital media solutions for consumers, announced today the availability of the industry’s first 100-gigabyte(1) portable video player (PVP) and recorder with the Pocket Video Recorder AV4100, a complement to the ARCHOS AV400 line.

HP have announced several new products today; the HP Photosmart R717, M417, M22 and M23 Digital Cameras, HP Designjet 90 printer, HP Photosmart 8750 Professional Photo Printer and HP Photosmart BMW Williams.F1 Team Special Edition Digital Camera.

HP Press Release

New solutions offer users quality, ease of use and affordability

PALO ALTO, Calif., Feb. 18, 2005

In advance of the annual Photo Marketing Association (PMA) show in Orlando, Fla., HP today announced several new offerings designed to further the company’s leadership in the digital photography market by delivering high-quality, easy-to-use and affordable solutions for everyone from beginners to pros.

Highlighting this news, HP announced its entry into the $20 billion-plus advanced amateur market with the introduction of the industry’s first nine-ink color and black-and-white photo printer that produces finished, professional-quality photos up to 13 x 19-inches.

Lexar Press Release

Lexar to Demonstrate LockTight Digital Imaging Security Solution at PMA

PMA 2005 Feb. 17, 2005 Lexar Media, Inc., a leading marketer and manufacturer of high-performance digital media and accessories, today announced that the company will demonstrate its LockTight(TM) CompactFlash digital image security solution, at the upcoming PMA show in Orlando beginning Sunday, February 20. Lexar’s LockTight flash memory cards incorporate a high level of flash memory card security, while maintaining digital camera performance. Nikon’s D2X is the first camera to incorporate this new technology and address the security need of its customers.

SmartDisk Press Release

FORT MYERS, Fla.—(BUSINESS WIRE)—Feb. 17, 2005—SmartDisk Corporation, a leading provider of portable, network and multimedia storage products and technologies, today introduced FotoChute(TM), a USB On-The-Go photo storage device.

“Pocket-sized FotoChute offers a fast, convenient and easy way to directly transfer digital photos from your camera,” states Charles Klinker, Vice President of Marketing for SmartDisk. “Simply plug FotoChute into the USB port of your camera and, with one touch, copy and safely store your photos.” FotoChute holds over 20,000 photos (at 800KB file size) on the internal 20GB hard drive and can be connected directly to a PC to offload images to share with family and friends.

Rolleiflex 6008 AF introduced by Rollei. The Rolleiflex 6008 AF is a 6 x 6 medium format camera with a db20p PhaseOne digital back and 16 megapixels, expected to be in the $16,000 (US) range. The 6008 AF will be available later this month.

Rollei Press Release

Rollei is Back!  First Single Lens Reflex Auto Focus Camera in 6x6 Medium Format to be Unveiled by Rollei at PMA

Four Other New Cameras To Be Introduced

ORLANDO, FL, (February 16, 2005) - Rollei, manufacturer of the classic twin-lens 6x6 Rolleiflex that has been a workhorse and a work of art for 85 years to professionals and enthusiasts, is back in the U.S.! And in a big way. Rollei will introduce five new cameras for professional photographers and digital camera enthusiasts, at the PMA 2005 Annual Convention and Trade Show here (booth 4598/99).

Nikon Press Release

Face-priority Auto Focus Industry Leading Technology Featured in New COOLPIX 7900, 5900 and 7600, Compact Digital Cameras

TOKYO — Nikon Corporation is pleased to announce an exciting new technology that makes it easier to take high-quality, sharply focused portraits. Called Face-priority AF (Autofocus), this technology is an industry first and will be initially available on the new COOLPIX 7900, the COOLPIX 5900 and the COOLPIX 7600 compact digital cameras.

Nikon’s newest built-in technologies have set a trend that helps make better pictures with less effort a reality; they’re for making picture taking easier and more effective. While built-in automation has long assured good results, Nikon’s introduction of a new generation of industry leading built-in automatic technologies such as One-Touch Transfer button, In-Camera Red Eye Fix, Scene Assist and D-Lighting facilitate even better results and easier operation. With these newest built-in technologies, the fix is in the camera, and with the announcement of Nikon’s next leadership built-in technology, the next level of exciting picture taking will be achieved.

MediaGear Inc. Press Release

Media Gear’s New Flash-HD to Go Wins American PHOTO Magazine’s 2004 Editors Choice Award

February 15, 2005 - Santa Ana, CA - MediaGear Inc., (www.mymediagear.com), a manufacturer and marketer of digital camera peripherals for transfer, storage, archiving, and processing of digital photos, announced today that its popular Flash-HD to Go has won the prestigious 2004 American PHOTO Editors Choice Award.  The portable Flash-HD to Go is a self-contained backup solution for Flash Memory Cards that reliably and quickly stores your digital images when away from a computer.

MediaGear will be exhibiting Flash-HD to Go in Booth #3986, at PMA on February 20th to 23rd in Orlando.

Olympus 1 GB xD-Picture Card is announced ahead of the PMA Show 2005 which starts on Sunday. Olympus America have also introduced the MAUSB-300 mobile USB Reader/Writer. Insert an xD-Picture Card into the MAUSB-300 and you upgrade the card into a portable storage device.

Olympus America Press Release

Olympus Announces One Gigabyte xD-Picture Card And New Mobile USB Reader/Writer Exclusively For xD Media

USB Reader/Writer is an Inexpensive Way to Upgrade xD Card to a Portable Storage Device Capable of Sharing Images, Music, Video and Documents

Melville, New York, February 15, 2005 – Olympus today announced the release of a One Gigabyte xD-Picture Card™ and a new Portable USB Reader/Writer for xD media. As one of the world’s smallest storage media for digital cameras and digital voice recorders, the xD-Picture Card is now capable of holding an entire gigabyte of data, whether it’s digital images, video, music files, written documents, or presentations. When any xD card is placed inside the new stylish, compact MAUSB-300 Reader/Writer, data can go anywhere and be directly transferred quickly to and from a personal computer for added convenience.