Kodak

Kodak today announced the new KODAK Pic Flick app that lets iPhone and iPod touch users print and share photos directly to Kodak ESP 5250 printers and W1020 wireless digital frames.

"At Kodak, we believe pictures are meant to be shared and are committed to helping people do more with their pictures by providing solutions to make, manage and move images easily and effortlessly," continues Brody. "With the KODAK Pic Flick App, we are helping consumers to print and share moments in the time it takes to make a simple phone call."

The KODAK Pic Flick App is free and is available now on the App Store. To find out more information, visit www.kodak.com/go/picflick.

The KODAK EASYSHARE S730 Digital Picture Frame features a built-in rechargeable battery that enables consumers to bring it from the shelf or table into the hands of family and friends for more intimate sharing of moments and memories. The frame also boasts a new Picture Finder feature, enabling users to easily and quickly bring to life images and videos from special moments in time.

The S730 also comes with 1GB of internal memory (store up to 8,000 pictures), mercury-free LCD panel and touch sensitive controls. You can also play videos or add music to your slideshows. Also included is the KODAK EASYSHARE Digital Display Software that allows users to synchronize with the pictures on their computer and create slideshows.

The KODAK EASYSHARE S730 Digital Picture Frame will be available throughout Europe for Euro 149 beginning in June, 2009, and in the United States and Canada for $139 US beginning September, 2009.

KODAK just announced that their KODAK Gallery members (currently 75 million strong!) will be able to download high resolution versions of their pictures beginning next week. KODAK Gallery members will be able to easily access and download photos in the same resolution they were captured…and with no storage fees (unlike some other online photo services).

In other KODAK news, they announced free shipping everyday for all orders of $4.99 or more. Free shipping is available immediately. KODAK Gallery prints are processed with KODAK PERFECT TOUCH Technology and come with a 100% satisfaction guarantee.

"We are working to build a better KODAK Gallery that offers members more ways to manage, share and print their pictures and create one-of-a-kind photo gifts," says Victor Cho, General Manager of KODAK Gallery. "These new benefits help our members unleash the power of their pictures and save money."

Although a little bit scaled down this year, the 2009 Consumer Electronics Show (CES) - still the world’s largest consumer electronics trade show, had tons of product announcements. In case you didn't have time to read through them all, here are some you might have missed:

Touch-Screen Logitech Harmony 1100 Remote

MiRGE – the first SIRIUS XM interoperable satellite radio

LG Digital Photo TV

Palm Unveils New webOS

DISH Slingloaded HD DVR Read more

Kodak is extending their line of pocket video cameras with the Zx1 weather-resistant camera. It shoots 720p HD video at 30 or 60fps and stores the video on standard SD/SDHC cards. There is built-in software to ease editing and uploading to YouTube. I look forward to seeing how the claims of good quality with low-light turn out.

The new Zx1 is smaller and cheaper than their own Zi6. Another pocket video camera is the Flip lineup.

With a price of $149.95, the Kodak Zx1 will be available Spring 2009 in five different colors.

The pocket video camera is all the rage with those regularly posting to YouTube. Now HD (high definition) video is more important than just "plain-old-video". Where 720p at 60 frames per second produces quality content for your 16:9 LCD or Plasma televisions in smaller cameras. The Kodak Zi6 has a USB arm that “pops” out of the side of the camera when prompted. The camera powers itself from two AA batteries, and Kodak makes sure you have rechargeable batteries with the charger with this purchase. The expandable memory card slot is a great option, as there are 32 GB SD memory cards in the market. There are also cables that come with this camera for easy viewing on any HDTV.

For $179 MSRP this camera is worth the money for the easiest solution to capturing video today. As Yoda would say, "A Great Holiday Gift this would make." Who knows … the person you buy this for might be the next George Lucas.

Nearly every phone these days has a camera, but almost all of those take small, blurry, practically useless pictures unfit for even being part of the latest Facebook photo album. Useless and obsolete camera phones now face stiff competition from Motorola’s latest release, the MOTOZINE ZN5. By teaming up with Kodak, Motorola is able to offer users a fine phone and camera experience beating other “call and clicks” available in the marketplace.

Professional camera designer Kodak endowed this phone with 5 megapixels of power and the feel of a Kodak digital camera. With a camera like shutter button, flash option and viewer placement, the camera on the ZN5 looks less like a cheap afterthought and more like a prime strength of the phone. Combine it with easy sharing, and you finally have a camera on you at all times that you won’t mind taking pictures with.

For more information visit www.motorola.com or read the press release.