Club Photo Announces Interactive Photo Album for Palm Connected Organizers
SAN JOSE, Calif. — August 30, 1999 — Club Photo(TM), www.clubphoto.com, continues to redefine the model for photography with the introduction of Album To Go, the world's first interactive photo album, now available for handheld devices made by Palm Computing(r), a 3COM company (NASDAQ:COMS). Club Photo, the creator of Living Album99(TM), the industry's only integrated photo sharing and finishing community on the Internet, has empowered Palm(TM) device users to share their favorite pictures directly from their Club Photo online albums or from their desktop. Now, Palm connected organizer users can share memories with friends, family and associates, or beam them directly to other Palm device users. The free Album To Go software is compatible with Palm IIIe(TM), Palm IIIx(TM), Palm V(TM), and Palm VII(TM) connected organizers.
Club Photo provides a complete and free photo sharing solution supported by fully integrated online photo finishing services. Its Living Album, a powerful yet simple to use photo album, enables everyday users to quickly and easily organize, manage, archive and electronically share their pictures on the Internet or the desktop with a few clicks of the mouse. The free membership includes a personal photo Web site for members to share their memories and special occasions with friends and family around the world. Now, with the addition of the Album To Go, these memories can be shared with anyone, at anytime.
"The proliferation of personal computers and the popularity of the Internet have made it possible for us to redefine the model of photography. Club Photo continues to create the means for every day users to share their precious photo moments by removing cost, time and geographic barriers," said Andrew Wei, president and CEO of Club Photo Inc. "Palm(TM) users are a unique group of enthusiasts, a real community. Our Album To Go extends Palm users' ability to share their life experiences with friends, family and co-workers."
Album To Go enables users to download photos from their Club Photo online albums or their desktops to create portable digital photo albums. From the Club Photo site, Palm device users can download by simply clicking on the desired picture. Palm device users can also drag-and-drop images from the desktop using the Album To Go Desktop. At the next HotSync operation, the pictures are then transferred into the Palm device and displayed immediately, in 16-bit or 4-bit grayscale, to family, friends and co-workers. Once in the Palm device, the images can be beamed to other devices for easy sharing of photos globally and portably. The photos can be viewed one at a time or shown as a slide show with built-in special effects.
Club Photo provides a comprehensive solution for simplifying the photo sharing and finishing experience by leveraging the power of the Internet. Club Photo brings new functionality to the Album To Go through its easy-to-use software interface, and allows everyday people to first organize and annotate pictures, and then with a tap of a button, share their photographs instantaneously. To further enhance the sharing experience, built-in special effects transitions create an entertaining ambiance during the sharing of precious moments. The effects include screen wipes, fades, scrolls, and other special effects.
Club Photo provides the world's only solution for creating and organizing albums and sharing them over the Internet within minutes, and has now extended this new model of photography to the Palm Computing(TM) platform.
About Club Photo
Club Photo delivers award-winning digital photo organizing, sharing and personalized finishing solutions with its Living Album software and Club Photo Network. It provides intuitive, easy and powerful tools to make it possible for casual and professional photographers to create, organize, archive, or share memorable images. On-line personalized finished product or gift offerings can be purchased online. Club Photo is located at 650 Saratoga Avenue, San Jose, California and can be reached at 408-557-6845 or http://www.clubphoto.com.
Note to Editors: HotSync, and Palm Computing are registered trademarks and Palm IIIe, Palm IIIx, Palm V, Palm VII, and PalmOS are trademarks of Palm Computing, Inc. or 3Com Corporation.
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