Retail Apps and Opps
September 2007
Consumer Storage Help from Avanquest
With the storage of consumer digital image files becoming a hot button topic within the imaging industry, a new solution from a company called Avanquest is gaining some steam lately. The company recently announced the release of SendPhotos 5, a new digital photo sharing and storage solution for the consumer market. The SendPhotos 5 software, as the company explains, “is an easy-to-use software-service combination that provides seasoned digital photographers and novices alike with innovative options for sharing photos through e-mail or online while at the same time affording them peace of mind about the privacy and preservation of their digital images.”
SendPhotos 5 subscribers essentially receive a private online locker with 2 GB of storage at www.sendphotos.com and what Avanquest describes as a powerful desktop application that simplifies the process of backing up, organizing and editing photo collections. This latest version of the software has also added the ability to create private online communities where friends, families and other groups can share photos. SendPhotos subscribers can invite an unlimited number of guests to browse photos and add their own to the private Web site. SendPhotos will notify the subscriber when guests have added photos and will automatically download them to the main photo collection on the user’s PC(s). Where SendPhotos 5 differs is with their “Photo Story” creator, which brings multiple photos, personalized captions and a variety of colorful themes together into a customized page that can be displayed in the online locker.
While the software is being sold as a direct-to-consumer package currently, Avanquest is looking into partnering with interested retailers to offer the service to customers through retail. Pretty slick tool for only $29.95, as users can purchase the SendPhotos 5 software and get 2GB of online storage space, with additional storage available. For more information, visit www.sendphotos.com.
Memjet Print Solution
Memjet is a relative newcomer to the imaging industry and their latest offering involves the Memjet Photo Retail division of their business. The Memjet technology is claiming to offer retailers a service/kiosk that produces 1600-dpi, photo-quality color prints at speeds of 1-2 seconds for 4x6 photos, utilizing a small 1-2 ft. footprint, with, they tell us, “dramatically lower device and consumables costs.”
Memjet Photo Retail is essentially an independent supplier of Memjet printing technologies, including printheads, driver chips, ink, software and reference designs. “We provide Memjet technology at the component and subsystem level, enabling manufacturers to develop retail countertop kiosks, pedestal-mount kiosks and behind-the-counter printers under their own brand without any additional technology investment,” the company explains. For further inquiries, visit the company’s Web site at www.memjet.com.
With the storage of consumer digital image files becoming a hot button topic within the imaging industry, a new solution from a company called Avanquest is gaining some steam lately. The company recently announced the release of SendPhotos 5, a new digital photo sharing and storage solution for the consumer market. The SendPhotos 5 software, as the company explains, “is an easy-to-use software-service combination that provides seasoned digital photographers and novices alike with innovative options for sharing photos through e-mail or online while at the same time affording them peace of mind about the privacy and preservation of their digital images.”
SendPhotos 5 subscribers essentially receive a private online locker with 2 GB of storage at www.sendphotos.com and what Avanquest describes as a powerful desktop application that simplifies the process of backing up, organizing and editing photo collections. This latest version of the software has also added the ability to create private online communities where friends, families and other groups can share photos. SendPhotos subscribers can invite an unlimited number of guests to browse photos and add their own to the private Web site. SendPhotos will notify the subscriber when guests have added photos and will automatically download them to the main photo collection on the user’s PC(s). Where SendPhotos 5 differs is with their “Photo Story” creator, which brings multiple photos, personalized captions and a variety of colorful themes together into a customized page that can be displayed in the online locker.
While the software is being sold as a direct-to-consumer package currently, Avanquest is looking into partnering with interested retailers to offer the service to customers through retail. Pretty slick tool for only $29.95, as users can purchase the SendPhotos 5 software and get 2GB of online storage space, with additional storage available. For more information, visit www.sendphotos.com.
Memjet Print Solution
Memjet is a relative newcomer to the imaging industry and their latest offering involves the Memjet Photo Retail division of their business. The Memjet technology is claiming to offer retailers a service/kiosk that produces 1600-dpi, photo-quality color prints at speeds of 1-2 seconds for 4x6 photos, utilizing a small 1-2 ft. footprint, with, they tell us, “dramatically lower device and consumables costs.”
Memjet Photo Retail is essentially an independent supplier of Memjet printing technologies, including printheads, driver chips, ink, software and reference designs. “We provide Memjet technology at the component and subsystem level, enabling manufacturers to develop retail countertop kiosks, pedestal-mount kiosks and behind-the-counter printers under their own brand without any additional technology investment,” the company explains. For further inquiries, visit the company’s Web site at www.memjet.com.
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