Comdex

Nov. 11, 2002--Veo, a leading provider of high-quality digital imaging products and services, today announced its certification by handheld leader Palm Inc. as the first digital camera vendor for Palm handhelds utilizing the Palm Expansion Card Slots, including the Palm m125, m130, m500 series, and i705 models. During November, Veo will ship the Photo Traveler for Palm handhelds, a new handheld digital camera that plugs directly into the expansion slot now common on most Palm handhelds. The new camera is part of the broader Photo Traveler line of products that Veo announced in September.Read more

Nov. 11 /PRNewswire/ -- SnapStream Media, a leading developer of digital entertainment software, today announced that it will debut the next version of its TV recording software, Personal Video Station Version 3.0, at Comdex Fall 2002 (booth # 5058-91). New capabilities of the software include an integrated electronic program guide; a full-screen, TV-screen interface; and the ability to pause, rewind and fast forward live television. Public release of Personal Video Station Version 3.0 is scheduled for early December. SnapStream Personal Video Station 3.0 gives users complete control of their TV recording experience. SnapStream's powerful new program guide, SnapStream.NET, lets users record every episode of a favorite TV show with a single click. A comprehensive search engine allows the user to quickly find and record their favorite programs. SnapStream's new "trickplay" functionality allows users to pause, rewind and fast forward live television. Finally, the latest version lets users watch their SnapStream TV recordings on their television through the network-enabled Sony PlayStation 2 and BroadQ's QCast media player software.Read more

Sony's new Micro Vault is a USB-based storage media device that lets users transport and share files between computers without cables or adaptors. Read more

Samsung’s SPH-I300 Palm Phone is the first combo Palm organizer cell phone that’s not the size of Montana. We’ve had this guy in the office for a few days and it’s starting call out my name. Especially when I lay my PocketPC and my cell phone down next to it. Read more

Every year a new company tries to enter the watch phone organizer business. This year watch maker behemoth Seiko is betting on its Wrist Companion to corner the Dick Tracy market. The Wrist Companion is a Seiko watch with built-in Bluetooth communication capabilities, which links with a cellular phone and email. Seiko and a company called AU-System are tentatively planning to have the watch available to the public the end of 2002’s first quarter.

Give Compaq credit for resuscitating the fledgling Windows CE Market. Its iPAQ Pocket PC wowed even the most jaded palm biased techies last year and breathed life into the whole category. Read more

At $299, HP’s Photosmart 612 digital camera features 8MB of internal memory and a CompactFlash slot for additional digital film. Pocket sized, this camera is the perfect entry level digital. It's easy to use and has all the features (LCD screen, flash, 2Xzoom) you would expect. www.hp.com

Nov. 15 /PRNewswire/ -- Rand McNally and Palm received a Best of COMDEX 2001 award for the best mobile/handheld software at this year's event. The award was presented by a group of leading technology publications to Palm and Rand McNally for the co-branded PalmPak(R) Travel Card: Rand McNally Road Atlas for Palm(TM) m505, m500 and m125 handhelds that are based on Rand McNally's flagship print Road Atlas. Read more

Nov. 14, 2001--Comdex Booth L5555-- Sonic Solutions (Nasdaq:SNIC), the world leader in DVD production systems, announced at the Comdex Convention significant enhancements to the world's most popular application for authoring DVD titles, Sonic DVDit!. Expanded drive support, accelerated performance, and Windows XP compatibility are among the new features in this release. Suggested list prices for DVDit! have been lowered by 40%, to $299 U.S. for DVDit! SE and to $599 U.S. for DVDit! PE. Read more

This teeny 6.5 ounce 2.1 megapixel digital camera fits in your shirt pocket and has seven scene modes that automatically set focus, exposure and color balance, making great picture-taking a snap in any setting. Other features include a one –button share for easy image PC transfer and access to Nikon’s new NikonNet web site for image storage. The Nikon Coolpix 775 sells for $399.95. www.nikonusa.com