Tuesday, January 27, 2004
Video: CES KeyDigital Systems Performance Video
The 4 minute wmv video was edited with the automatic "drag, drop and done" downloadable editing software from MuVee. The clip (click on above photo) took about 20 minutes to encode, edit, compress and share online.
Now Available One-Gigabyte SD Cards
SanDisk Corporation this week is shipping the world's first production one-gigabyte (GB) Secure Digital (SD) flash card (MSRP: $499), which contains a unique "stackable" packaging technology jointly implemented with Sharp Corporation of Japan.
This new package employs a low-cost, high-yielding die-stacking process that
is designed to enable SanDisk to double the memory capacity without
increasing the size of the card, thus launching a new generation of
competitively-priced, higher-density flash devices that can store
unprecedented amounts of pictures, music and video.
Full Press Release
Friday, January 23, 2004
CES 2004: Key Digital Systems Had The Coolest Performers At The High Tech Show
their outfits were electrifying
standing still
when they danced
on their 2 foot white pedestals
three feet off the carpeted convention floor
to eastern European techno funk
the guys in their politically correct spotted
neck ties
frozen in mid-stride
stood
with their jaws dropped
tongues hanging down to their knees
and watch these two shake their things
back and forth
north and south
over and over again
during a 5 minute
upbeat Las Vegas Strip
show
keydigital.com
makes set-top HDTV boxes
rack mounted boxes
electronic cards
and knows how to put on a good show
I captured their show on video
And will be uploading it soon
Online Registration
At the moment, there isn't a link to register product online at ZVUE.com.
The link is:
http://www.zvue.com/registration.html
This information comes from the MyZvue.com Discussion Board.
The link is:
http://www.zvue.com/registration.html
This information comes from the MyZvue.com Discussion Board.
Wednesday, January 21, 2004
SD Reader/Writers
Since the ZVUE! does not ship with a USB cable for reading/writing MP3's from a PC, z-owners need to purchase a USB cable or a SD reader/writer adaptor.
A USB 5 pin din mini-B cable can be purchased online or from a consumer electronics store like Best Buy or Radio Shack for around $10.
A single slotted SD reader/writer USB adaptor from Crucial (photo) sells for $14.95 (plus shipping) while a multi-function* USB flash memory adaptor can be purchased for under $30.
* Compatible Media
CompactFlash Type I/II
IBM Microdrive
SmartMedia
MultiMediaCard
Secure Digital
Memory Stick
Memory Stick Pro (1 bit)
If you know of a good deal on USB cables or SD adaptors, let us know.
Until the MPEG4 card is available for the ZVUE!, MP3 usage is the most popular activity.
NOTE: At this time, the company recommends using a SD adaptor.
Tuesday, January 20, 2004
The Sundance Film Festival
Nirvan Mullick of Los Angeles wears a dandelion costume to promote his animated short "The Three of Us" on the sidewalk of the Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah. (Photo: Robert Hirschi/The Salt Lake Tribune)
Nirvan and Benjamin Goldman started working together on "The Three of Us" two weeks after meeting at CalArts. The film began as a two week improvisation that ended up taking four years to complete.
If Nirvan and Benjamin had ZVUE!'s, they could show off clips of their film quickly and easily at the two week annual international festival to VIPs waiting in line or anyone with five minutes to spare.
Official Sundance Daily News
Sundance Real Time Blogs
Blogging Sundance
The Salt Lake Tribune
Aboriginal Radio
Online Film Fest
Sundance Online Film Festival - Watch indie films online. $10.
Time Magazine Article Clarification
In the January issue of Time Magazine that features the Mars Mission on the cover, reporter Anita Hamilton wrote:
And transferring your music and videos to the unit is more complicated than it should be. Available now for $99 at zvue.com, the Zvue should hit retail stores by April.
- Transferring music and video to the ZVUE! is simple. Once the media is on the PC's hard drive, it can be sent to the hand held device through a USB cable or an inexpenisive SD card writer can be used to put content on SD cards.
- The ZVUE! will be on retail shelves by February.
Monday, January 19, 2004
Five Year Old ZVUEing
Five year old Vivie Anna can hardly wait to watch cartoons in the back seat on her new ZVUE!
Sunday, January 18, 2004
The Gadgeteer CES Photo Report
Gadgeteer reporters Judie Hughes and Julie Strietelmeier with watermellon smasher Gallagher
Judie wrote in the CES report:
We were given a demo of the $99 media player from Zvue. At that price, I was sure it was going to be a flimsy device. I was totally wrong.
http://www.the-gadgeteer.com/ces-2004-article.html
End User VM4500 Videos
Check out the 15 second video clips a handful of Pacific Northwest teenagers made Friday night with the Sanyo VM4500 photo/video phone. They made this ZVUE! commerical.
Friday, January 16, 2004
CES 2004: Day One Droolcoolness
On the first day of the Consumer Electronics Show, I attended a Sprint media breakfast and received a Sanyo 4500 video phone with a couple of months of access.
The clamshell phone is the first to combine Push-To-Talk and a camera. Other key features include dual color displays, video clip recording, flash, voice dialing, speakerphone, call screening, video games and airplane mode.
I immediately began shooting video with the 4500 and uploading multimedia reports directly from the show floor to the picture phone yahoo group.
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CES 2004 - ZVUE! At The Show
Hand Held Entertainment Representives demonstrated the ZVUE! at two big press events.
The theme of the four hour Digital Experience function was 70's disco.
ZVUE! CES Photo Report
Gizmodo Digital Experience Photo Report
CES 2004: Cool Cars, A/V and Booth Models
Automobile Related Pics and Movies from the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas
Digital DownLoad - ZVUE Owners download all 127 images and both MPEG Movies directly into your for ZVUEing on the go!
Sunday, January 04, 2004
ZVUE! ZINE COVERS CES 2004 In Real TIME
ZVUE Zine will cover all the droolcool digital gear and the world of ZVUE! direct from the annualConsumer Electronics Show using the Samsung A620 camera phone with voice annotations.
After the show, multimedia articles and interviews recorded with a MPEG4 compatible camcorder can be downloaded directly from the ZVUE Zine on an SD card for ZVUEing off line, on the go.
If there is anything you are interested in seeing, let us know and we shall do our best to get the scoop!
ZVUE! at CES
