Intel® Pocket PC Camera Detaches To Go Where The Photos Are

HILLSBORO, Ore., Aug. 15, 2000 - Intel Corporation is unleashing the PC camera to offer users the capability to shoot Internet-ready photos and record video at, and away from, the PC.

The Intel® Pocket PC Camera is an inexpensive and easy-to-use product that includes a detachable PC Camera that can be taken to backyard barbecues, summer softball games and family vacations. The package comes with a software suite so that when the digital PC Camera is reattached to its PC, consumers can make video phone calls, create personal Web pages, send e-mail postcards, create PC movies, edit photos and play PC Camera games. The Intel Pocket PC Camera is available at manufacturer's suggested retail price.

The eight-ounce Intel Pocket PC Camera is a high-quality VGA camera with a CCD sensor for enhanced low-light performance, and a four-element lens with a 50-degree field of view. When connected to a PC through the supplied USB cable and monitor cradle, the Intel Pocket PC Camera provides unlimited video capture and still image snapshot capabilities. When untethered, the camera's built-in 8 MB of memory can capture a combination of 128 Internet-ready VGA quality (640x480) images or two minutes of video. An auto setting lets users capture five shots in two seconds, and a self-timer lets everyone get in the picture. Batteries, a carrying case, and wrist strap are included.

The Intel Pocket PC Camera comes with the comprehensive Intel® Create & Share Software. The software suite includes Microsoft Windows Netmeeting**, an easy-to-use video phone software that lets users make video phone calls over dial-up and broadband Internet connections, including cable and digital subscriber lines (DSL).** Now, distant friends and loved ones can see and talk to each other easily and more often.

As an added value, the Intel Pocket PC Camera will include the Intel® Bonus CD in selected North American retail packages this fall. Designed for friendly navigation, the Bonus CD contains a suite of creative Web-based services that allow PC camera owners to publish and broadcast their personal video clips and photos on the Web and more. All of the services are free and have been optimized to work with the entire family of Intel PC Cameras.