I’ve now received the official PhotoPC P-1000 Photo Viewer press release from Epson, which Photo-i first revealed last week.

Espson Press Release 01/10/03

EPSON’s(r) new digital photo album signals a new era of digital photo sharing

With a high definition display, 10GB hard disk and support for photo printing and CD writing, the new PhotoPC P-1000 Photo Viewer from EPSON delivers a flexible way of viewing digital photos and images.

Launch Date 1st November 2003 - The PhotoPC P-1000 from EPSON is the company’s first entry into the mobile imaging market. Aimed at digital photo enthusiasts and professional photographers, the PhotoPC P-1000 utilises EPSON’s latest LCD and display technologies to deliver a new method of viewing high definition photos and images on the move.

The PhotoPC P-1000 has a 3.8” LTPS LCD screen capable of displaying 260,000 colours for viewing high definition images and photos in crisp vibrant colour. With a screen resolution of 640 x 480 the PhotoPC P-1000 is ideal for digital photographers needing to view high-resolution images direct from their camera. In addition, the PhotoPC P-1000 has a Video-out connection and supports NTSC and PAL format for viewing output on a television or a projector.

To offer users maximum flexibility the PhotoPC P-1000 has a 10GB hard disk capable of storing over 7500 high-resolution photos. The device also has an integrated CF/Micro Drive card slot and supports Memory Stick, Smart Media, MMC and SD memory cards via an optional adapter, for viewing or transferring images direct from a digital camera. The PhotoPC P-1000 supports the Jpeg file format, a standard amongst digital camera users.

The PhotoPC P-1000 comes with an EPSON Graphical User Interface enabling users to manage their images in digital photo albums and run slideshows with transition effects. Users can also change the way they view files and control the behaviour of the PhotoPC P-1000 through the intuitive GUI.

USB support is installed into the PhotoPC P-1000 for fast uploads and downloads, printing and CD writing. In addition, PhotoPC DIRECT print is available for printing on a wide range of EPSON photo printers directly from the device, without the need for a PC.  Prints are also perfectly reproduced in hard copy thanks to the support of PRINT Image Matching. Using the one-touch print button, users can print borderless photographs, whole albums or a photo index on a range of paper of 4x6”, 5x7”, 10x15” or A4 size. The PhotoPC P-1000 also has support for external USB CDR and CDRW drives for direct reading from and writing to CDs.

“The launch of this product represents another significant step forward in the digital photo market for EPSON,” stated Senior Product Manager, Yasbir Sihan. “The quality of the display is unbeatable and its wide range of features makes it a highly desirable tool for digital camera users who want to demonstrate their portfolio on the move.”

The PhotoPC P-1000 is lightweight and has a sleek, compact design synonymous with EPSON products. The device runs on a rechargeable high capacity Li-Ion battery.

Key Features include:

* Launch date November 2003
* EPSON 3.8” LTPS LCD screen (640 x 480, 260,000 colours)
* 1.8” 10GB hard disk for storing over 7500 photos
* USB support for fast uploading and downloading with PC and Mac
* PhotoPC DIRECT Print and CDR support
* Video-out connection for viewing images on larger screens
* Lightweight, compact design
* ?499 RRP inc. VAT