Glass Lantern Releases PocketLoupe LE for Pocket PC Devices Running Windows Mobile 2003

Washington, DC, 12 September, 2003: Glass Lantern, LLC announces the release of PocketLoupe LE, a less expensive version of PocketLoupe that supports only JPEG images. In addition, both PocketLoupe v1.6 and Pixfer v1.4, which make a Pocket PC into both a JPEG/RAW file viewer and an image transfer/storage device, are updated for Windows Mobile 2003. New functionality includes support for Olympus ORF files (tiny thumbnail only) and improved reliability.

PocketLoupe allows digital photographers to display and evaluate the thumbnails embedded in Nikon NEF, Canon CRW, Fuji RAF, Olympus ORF (tiny thumbnail only), and Minolta MRW raw files, as well as standard JPEG images. To check for sharpness and detail, images can be zoomed and panned directly with the stylus. With one tap, PocketLoupe displays information about the image including the image dimensions, time and date the photograph was taken, and additional data such as exposure, ISO setting, and focal length, depending on the camera.

Glass Lantern Pixfer allows photographers to efficiently transfer digital images from flash cards to hard disks using a Pocket PC. Specifically designed to handle large digital camera files, it typically transfers data over twice as fast as the built-in Pocket PC File Explorer application. Battery life is extended through options such as turning off the Pocket PC screen during transfer. Any storage technology that connects to the Pocket PC as a standard storage card can be used with PocketLoupe and Pixfer, including SD, Compact Flash, PCMCIA, USB drives and other formats with the correct Pocket PC.