Kodak is making sure that they have every area of imaging covered. They already make cameras, printers, and scanners. Now, they’ve announced that they are going to purchase the scanner division of Bowe Bell + Howell.

Who is Bowe Bell + Howell? They make document scanners that are used by the government, legal markets, and general offices. Bowe Bell + Howell is based in Chicago and operates its business all over the world. They have compact scanners as well as scanners that can scan large documents such as blueprints.

Two years ago, Digital Foci introduced its Image Moments digital photo frame product line. Two years after, Digital Foci has released several models of the Image Moments digital photo frame and the latest of which is the Image Moments 6, nicknamed the Executive.

What makes this digital photo frame special? Digital Foci claims that its 140ppi pixel density is the highest by industry standards so far. According to the company, this enables the photo frame to display photos with excellent image clarity and detail. This feature is complemented by a LED backlight which gives photos more colors when displayed on the photo frame.

It seems like even the most simple digital devices such as a digital photo frame are becoming more sophisticated and highly advanced in terms of features and functionality. Take the case of Sony’s Vaio CP1 digital photo frame. This 7-inch frame not only supports wireless connectivity but is packed with radio tuner and displays real-time RSS feeds as well.

The Vaio CP1 digital photo frame also lets users display photos without transferring them onto the digital photo frames storage but instead streaming them from their PC’s. In addition, the digital frame can connect with Picasa, Google’s photo uploading site, to allow viewing of up to four Picasa web albums. Inversely pictures stored in the digital photo frame can be uploaded directly to the user’s Picasa account even without the need to download the photos to a PC.

Samsung has announced four new digital photo frames, two of them, the SPF-85H and SPF-85V will be available on September 1, while the other two, the SPF-105P and SPF-105V will be on store shelves on October 1.

Both the SPF-85H and SPF-85V digital frames sport an 8-inch screen with an 800 x 600 resolution and support SD/MMC/MS/XD media cards and also have a USB memory slot. In addition, the SPF-85H is packed with a 1GB internal memory, an auto on/off function and auto photo resize. The SPF-85V only packs in 64MB of internal memory but makes up for it with its Wi-Fi connectivity, it also features auto rotation, a rechargeable battery and InfoLink, which is a free information service for news, weather and stock information.

Kodak has unveiled its new Easyshare P520 digital frame featuring easy photo navigation through Kodak’s Quick Touch Border technology. This feature lets users scroll through their pictures while at the same time keeping fingerprints off the frame’s viewing screen and allowing the frame to remain smudge-free. The Quick Touch Border also lets users to create, edit and view slideshows at the touch of a fingertip.

The P520 has a 5-inch display with a 5:4 aspect ratio allowing for a vibrant color and crisp display. In addition, the frame is also loaded with the Kodak Easyshare Software Digital Frame Edition which allows easy loading of pictures directly from the user’s PC, easy browsing and editing of photo albums, and a drag-and-drop functionality for transferring pictures when creating slideshows.

Epson is adding two new multimedia photo viewers to its product line with the release of the P-6000 and P-7000. Featuring 4-inch 640×480 VGA resolution LCD screens that can display up to 16.7 million colors both, photo viewers offer a high-speed USB 2.0 connection and a built-in CF that supports UDMA and SD card slot. more »