PICFA Press Release 08/12/03

PICFA Partners with Micro Solutions to Offer Total Digital Photo Protection

CUPERTINO, Calif., Dec. 8, 2003 - Picfa, a provider of innovative software and unique photo services, today announced the partnership with Micro Solutions to bundle Picfa membership and photo archive service with Micro Solutions’ RoadStor device. The bundle offers total digital photo protection for people to preserve, share, and enjoy their photos online as well as offline.

Described as possibly a “frequent traveler’s favorite toy” by USA Today.com and “a prayer answered” by the Imaging-Resource Web site, the portable and versatile RoadStor from Micro Solutions offers the best offline solution for people to archive, share and enjoy their photos. RoadStor is a CD burner, a DVD player, an MP3 player and a digital photo viewer. It works with major computer platforms and has a built-in 6-in-1 flash memory card reader and a USB 2.0 port. With RoadStor, users can download photos, MP3s, and videos from a variety of memory cards and burn CD-R and CD-RW discs with or without a computer. This innovative product can be connected to a television or a computer for watching DVD movies or viewing digital photos. Measuring only 1.4 inches by 5.4 inches by 8.2 inches with its detachable lithium ion battery pack and weighing just 1.6 pounds, RoadStor travels easily.

To safeguard photos from computer hard disk crashes, virus attacks, loss of CDs and backups, Picfa offers a unique permanent photo archive service with total protection without recurring storage charge that allows members to pay a one-time only storage fee to safely store all their photos permanently on the Internet. Picfa members pay only as much space as they need for as low as just a few cents per megabyte. Picfa members can use the free Picfa Album software to backup photos on the internet with just a single click. Picfa Album is a unique and innovative photo album software designed for people to preserve, share, and enjoy their photos with versatile multimedia support, comprehensive slide show features, and convenient one-click Internet backup and P2P (Peer-to-Peer) sharing features. Picfa also offers comprehensive security/privacy protection for archiving and sharing photos online or via P2P sharing.

The total digital photo protection is achieved by the RoadStor and Picfa membership bundle with:

CDs created with the RoadStor device. Photos stored on CDs can be mailed to Picfa for free upload and online archive.
Online albums uploaded from CDs, Picfa Album, or via the web browser.
Photo albums created with Picfa Album software and stored in members’ computer.
Comprehensive security/privacy protection for archiving and sharing Picfa albums and online albums.
The bundle includes Micro Solution’s RoadStor device, five-year Picfa membership with one GB permanent storage space, Free Picfa Album Pro software, $300 scanning credit, and free upload of photos from CDs mailed to Picfa. With the bundle, digital photos can be stored online and offline in multiple sources. This redundancy combined with Picfa’s comprehensive security/privacy protection forms total protection for people to preserve, share, and enjoy life’s memories. For a limited time, the bundle can be purchased directly from Picfa’s web site at http://www.picfa.com for $299, a saving of $430.

About Micro Solutions

Founded in 1980, Micro Solutions, Inc. pioneered parallel-port-attach mass storage technology. Its award-winning products are distributed worldwide at major retail outlets, through mail-order catalogs and Web sites, and through distribution. The privately held company is headquartered in DeKalb, Ill. and can be reached at 815-756-3411 or http://www.micro-solutions.com.

About Picfa
Picfa is headquartered in Cupertino, Calif. and was founded in October 2003 by a team of Internet veterans, software gurus, and enthusiastic shutterbugs. Picfa’s mission is to provide innovative software and photo services to help people preserve, share, and enjoy life’s memories. Picfa is located at 21710 Stevens Creek Blvd #240, Cupertino, CA 95014-1174, California and can be reached at 408-873-7336 or http://www.picfa.com.