Flashpoint Technology Provides Developers With Tools To Build In-Camera Applications

SAN JOSE, CALIF. -- August 14, 2000 -- FlashPoint Technology, Inc., creator of Digita OE, the industry-standard operating system (OS) for digital cameras, today announced the availability of its Digita Application Software Development Kit (SDK). This is the first independent software vendor (ISV) toolkit available for the Digita environment. It supports the creation of groundbreaking in camera software applications for Digita-enabled cameras.

This toolkit gives FlashPoint's 3500+ registered developers the opportunity to leverage Digit's application programming interfaces (APIs) and improve upon many of the Digita scripts they have written. The Digita Application SDK allows deeper access to camera control systems for more powerful and feature-rich in-camera applications. It provides a new option for third parties, allowing them to write applications that work in Digita-enabled cameras as after-market digital camera software products.

The Digita Application SDK provides developers with a complete set of tools to begin building complex applications that extend and customize the capabilities of digital cameras. The SDK incorporates Wind River's powerful Tornado embedded application development toolset for building next-generation digital applications on the Digita OS.

The Digita Application SDK is available in two versions, Standard and Professional. The Standard version, targeted for those who wish to create inside-the-camera applications primarily for freeware, is sold at an initial price of US.

The Professional version is US,995 and targets those individuals engaged in full commercial development projects. In addition, this version comes with additional tools and resources from FlashPoint and Wind River. Both versions contain a selection of sample application source code for accessing the APIs, to eliminate the need to "reinvent the wheel" and to help speed time to completion.