Connectix Ships Color QuickCam 2 for Windows: Next Generation of Best-Selling Digital Camera; Connectix QuickCam 2 Delivers Sharper Images, Enhanced Software, and Easy Applications Integration.SAN MATEO San Mateo (săn mətā`ō), city (1990 pop. 85,486), San Mateo co., W Calif., on San Francisco Bay; inc. 1894. It is a commercial and retail center with some high-technology manufacturing. San Mateo, Spanish for St. , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 10, 1997--Connectix Corporation, the market leader in digital cameras for personal computers, today began shipping Connectix Color QuickCam 2 for Windows -- an enhanced version of the highly popular Connectix QuickCam digital camera. Flexible, powerful, and easy to use, the Color QuickCam 2 provides an improved optical system for better images, enhanced image capture software and new software drivers for even more versatility. Color QuickCam 2 retails for less than $200 in North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. . Color QuickCam 2 is the latest offering in the popular QuickCam product family, which has sold over 500,000 units since its 1994 debut. Color QuickCam 2 is designed with improved optics and a new charged coupled device See CCD. sensor which combine to produce images that are two times brighter than the original Color QuickCam and offer improved color response. Since QuickCams are primarily used indoors where lighting conditions are inconsistent, this allows for better results in low light environments. "With Color QuickCam 2, we've extended our market lead by increasing the functionality of our camera and making integration with popular applications even easier," said Don Pickens, vice president and general manager of Hardware at Connectix. Versatile, full-featured software enhances Color QuickCam 2's value Currently in final testing, Connectix plans to make a Windows NT (Windows New Technology) A 32-bit operating system from Microsoft for Intel x86 CPUs. NT is the core technology in Windows 2000 and Windows XP (see Windows). Available in separate client and server versions, it includes built-in networking and preemptive multitasking. driver available for Color QuickCams via the company website at no cost to all QuickCam owners. This will allow business users to deploy the camera on Windows NT enabled systems. (A Windows NT driver for the Grayscale In computing, a grayscale or greyscale digital image is an image in which the value of each pixel is a single sample. Displayed images of this sort are typically composed of shades of gray, varying from black at the weakest intensity to white at the strongest, though in QuickCam already is available from the Connectix website, America Online See AOL. and CompuServe.) Another feature of Color not of the white race; - commonly meaning, esp. in the United States, of negro blood, pure or mixed. See also: Color QuickCam 2 is a new TWAIN driver for easy image access within TWAIN-compliant applications such as Adobe Photoshop See Photoshop. and Connectix PhotoMate. Connectix has enhanced QuickPict, a full-featured still image capture program which is included with Color QuickCam 2. The new Film Roll feature allows a user to store and view up to 36 still thumbnail images, and select the best picture to save to a file, clipboard or email. QuickPict's image save capability now includes America Online's (AOL (A division of Time Warner, Inc., New York, NY, www.aol.com) The world's largest online information service with access to the Internet, e-mail, chat rooms and a variety of databases and services. ) ART format for seamless emailing of still images to AOL users. QuickPict also includes self-timer mode with audio and visual countdown cues, Auto Capture for automatically updating website pictures, and timed exposure still image capture. In addition, Connectix includes QuickMovie software for video capture featuring time lapse and stop action animation capabilities. Compatible software provides unlimited uses Trial versions of America Online software, Connectix VideoPhone (1) (VideoPhone) A line of videophones (definition #1 below) from AT&T that were introduced in the early 1990s and later pulled off the market due to poor sales. The first models came with a price tag above $1,000, and a pair were needed. See Picturephone. 2.0, White Pine Software Inc.'s Enhanced CU-SeeMe and Connectix QuickCards are available on a CD-ROM CD-ROM: see compact disc. CD-ROM in full compact disc read-only memory Type of computer storage medium that is read optically (e.g., by a laser). that comes packaged with the camera. Optional Connectix software applications sold separately can increase the functionality of Color QuickCam 2 at affordable prices. Connectix VideoPhone 2.0 enables videoconferences over corporate networks, the Internet, or modem to modem. Connectix PhotoMate, with its ability to edit, enhance, organize and present images, offers popular features of high-end photo editing packages at a fraction of the cost. Connectix QuickCards allow users to create self-running, multimedia greeting cards. Connectix PhotoBadge creates personalized badges and ID cards on almost any printer. "With this comprehensive suite of applications and software enhancements, Color QuickCam 2 offers everything a user needs to unlock his or her own creative potential. This product represents the next level in visual communications and secures Connectix's status as the leading digital video communications provider," said Roy McDonald, Connectix president and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. . Product Requirements Connectix recommends the following minimum hardware and software configuration when testing Color QuickCam 2: Pentium-class processor or higher; 12 MB RAM to run under Windows 3.1 or 16 MB RAM under Windows 95; CD-ROM drive for software; and Video for Windows The name of Microsoft's first video playback implementation in Windows. Supporting the AVI movie format, Video for Windows (VfW) was installed separately in Windows 3.x, but was later built into Windows 95 and subsequent versions. (included with Color QuickCam 2 installer CD-ROM). About Connectix Founded in 1988 and based in San Mateo, Connectix Corporation designs, manufactures, distributes and publishes award-winning personal computer enhancement products. The company's flagship products include QuickCam, RAM Doubler, Speed Doubler, and Connectix VideoPhone. For more information, contact Connectix at 800/950-5880, 415/571-5100 or fax 415/571-5195. -0- Note to Editors: QuickCam, VIDEC, QuickMovie, QuickPict, PhotoBadge, PhotoMate, QuickCards and Connectix VideoPhone are trademarks of Connectix Corporation. America Online, AOL and Developers Studio are trademarks of America Online Inc. Video for Windows and Windows are trademarks of Microsoft Corporation. All other trademarks are the property of their respective holders. CONTACT: Connectix Corporation Michelle Lee, 415/571-5100 mlee@connectix.com or Wilson McHenry Company Wendy Barbour, 415/638-3400 wbarbour@wmc.com |
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