Ricoh Offers Socket Cards to Wirelessly Enable Advanced Digital Camera; Digital Phone Cards Connect Ricoh RDC-i700 to Mobile Phones for Web Publishing and Email.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers NEWARK, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 29, 2001 Socket Communications, Inc. (Nasdaq:SCKT)(PSE PSE 1. pale soft exudative pork. 2. portosystemic encephalopathy. :SOK) and Ricoh Corporation today announced that Ricoh is now offering Socket's Digital Phone Card as a convenient plug-in solution for adding wireless capability to Ricoh's recently introduced RDC-i700, the world's first Internet-ready digital camera. Socket's card fits in the RDC-i700's CompactFlash expansion slot A receptacle inside a computer or other electronic system that accepts a printed circuit board. The number of slots determines future expansion. See PC data buses. (hardware) expansion slot - A connector in a computer into which an expansion card can be plugged. and connects via cable to a range of popular mobile phones. The RDC-i700's built-in software allows the revolutionary new camera, which was named Invention of the Year 2000 by Time Magazine, to use a mobile phone as a wireless modem A modem and antenna that transmits and receives over the air. Wireless modems support several technologies, including 802.11, Bluetooth, CDPD, DataTAC, Mobitex and Ricochet. There are wireless modems for laptops, handhelds and cellphones. for applications such as remote image transfer, email, instant web publishing Creating a Web site and placing it on the Web server. A Web site is a collection of HTML pages with the home page typically named INDEX.HTML. Web sites are designed using Web authoring software which provides a graphical layout capability or by hand coding in HTML or both. , and web browsing. "Ricoh's RDC-i700 is a great example of how standards-based expandability combined with innovative design can add a world of value to intelligent electronic devices An Intelligent Electronic Device (IED) is a term used in the electric power industry to describe microprocessor-based controllers of power system equipment, such as circuit breakers, transformers, and capacitor banks. ," said Vanessa Lindsay, product marketing manager for Socket's Digital Phone Cards. "We're excited that Ricoh has chosen to offer our Digital Phone Card to add wireless connectivity to a device we believe will radically redefine the digital camera." "We are delighted to offer Socket's Battery Friendly plug-in cards to bring wireless Internet access See how to access the Internet. to the RDC-i700," said Jeff Lengyel, manager of Ricoh's Digital Camera Division. "We look forward to continue working with Socket in order to bring our customers the full benefits of wireless connectivity." Instant Wireless Web Publishing A unique capability of the RDC-i700 when wirelessly enabled is that owners can take a picture while on the road, convert the image automatically to web format, publish the shot instantly to a specific web page via an FTP FTP in full file transfer protocol Internet protocol that allows a computer to send files to or receive files from another computer. Like many Internet resources, FTP works by means of a client-server architecture; the user runs client software to connect to transfer utility, and browse the page to make sure it looks good -- all in a few simple steps. The camera owner can then send an email message to up to 50 pre-stored addresses to announce that the new image has been posted. Markets that can benefit from this web publishing capability include consumers who want to broadcast images from special occasions such as weddings, sporting events, or vacations, as well as professionals in the insurance, real estate, retail sales or construction industries. About the RDC-i700 The RDC-i700 is a 3.34 megapixel CCD CCD in full charge-coupled device Semiconductor device in which the individual semiconductor components are connected so that the electrical charge at the output of one device provides the input to the next device. digital camera with 3X optical zoom Changing the focal length of a camera by adjusting the physical zoom lens. All zoom lenses in film cameras and digital single lens reflex (DSLR) cameras are optical zoom. Digital point-and-shoot cameras as well as consumer and prosumer video camcorders have optical zoom, but they also , 1 cm. (0.4 inch) macro capture, motion-picture mode, and sound recording capability. The camera's 3.5-inch color display features a 200,000-pixel touch screen for monitoring and editing images and interacting with the device's easy-to-use software. Built-in software supports email, templates for web publishing, FTP uploading for remote image transfer, web browsing, and fax transmission. The RDC-i700 includes two expansion slots, one for CompactFlash cards and one for PC Cards, which are compatible with Socket's Digital Phone Cards, Low Power Ethernet Cards, and Ruggedized Serial Cards. For more information about the RDC-i700, visit www.ricohzone.com or call 800/725-7767. About the Digital Phone Card Socket's Digital Phone Card, rated a perfect five stars by PC Magazine, is a CompactFlash plug-in card with an attached cable that connects to a data-enabled mobile phone. The Battery Friendly(R) design of the Digital Phone Card saves power by utilizing the data modem A modem used for sending data and not faxes. See modem and fax/modem. built into the latest generation of mobile phones. By eliminating a hardware modem, the Digital Phone Card cuts more than 90% of the energy required by a conventional modem card, allowing the host device to operate longer on battery power. Ricoh is offering versions of the Digital Phone Card for select CDMA (Code Division Multiple Access) A method for transmitting simultaneous signals over a shared portion of the spectrum. The foremost application of CDMA is the digital cellular phone technology from QUALCOMM that operates in the 800 MHz band and 1.9 GHz PCS band. , GSM and iDEN mobile phones from Motorola, Nextel, Nokia, Samsung, Siemens, and Sprint. For more information about the Digital Phone Card, visit www.socketcom.com. About Ricoh Ricoh Corporation, headquartered in West Caldwell West Caldwell, borough (1990 pop. 10,422), Essex co., NE N.J., a residential suburb of Newark and New York City; inc. 1904. It has some light manufacturing. , N.J., is a subsidiary of Ricoh Company Ltd., the 67-year-old leading supplier of office automation equipment with sales in excess of $10 billion. Ricoh Corporation was recently selected as one of the World's Most Admired Companies for the second year in a row by Fortune magazine. About Socket Socket Communications, Inc. develops and sells connection products for handheld computers and other devices. Socket's products include the Battery Friendly(R) family of plug-in cards for enhancing mobile computers by adding wireless Internet connectivity, local area networking, bar code scanning, and data communication. Socket's products incorporate the company's energy-efficient chip technology, making them ideal for battery-operated mobile computers. Socket is an Associate Member of the Bluetooth Special Interest Group The Bluetooth Special Interest Group (SIG) is the body that oversees the development of Bluetooth standards and the licensing of the Bluetooth technologies and trademarks to manufacturers. (SIG) and is developing products that will add Bluetooth wireless technology to handheld computers, notebooks and other electronic appliances. For information about Socket's complete range of products, visit http://www.socketcom.com/prodinfo.htm. Note to Editors: Socket and Battery Friendly are registered trademarks of Socket Communications, Inc. Bluetooth is a trademark owned by the Bluetooth SIG, Inc. All other product and company names herein may be trademarks of their respective owners. |
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