CASIO OFFERS WRIST CAMERA WATCHES THAT CAPTURE COLOR IMAGES

Casio, Inc., Dover, N.J., in conjunction with its parent company, Casio Computer Co., Ltd., Tokyo, Japan, announced today at the JCK Show in Las Vegas, NV, two new wrist camera watches that can transfer images to a PC in full color. The new WQV3D-8 (metal band) and the WQV3-1 (resin band) will be added to the Casio Wrist Technology line-up, which include wrist-type wearable digital cameras, global positioning watches and wrist remote watches.
The new WQV3D-8 ( suggested retail ? metal band) and WQV3-1 ( suggested retail ? resin band) Wrist Camera models will be available in September. A new 25,000-pixel color CMOS sensor makes it possible to capture up to 80 full digital images that can be transferred to a computer, displayed in full color, or e-mailed to friends or family on the web.

The first Casio Wrist Camera watch hit the market in September 2000, packing a CMOS monochrome image sensor into a super compact and lightweight configuration. Its ability to snap monochrome digital images any place and anytime, made the Wrist Camera watch a popular hit the world over. Since then, there has been a demand for a new version capable of recording images in color.
"Casio remains firmly committed to the expansion of "Wrist Technology" timepieces and the new Wrist Camera watches are an integral part of this expansion, " said John Clough, executive vice president of Casio, Inc.?s Timepiece Division. He said that digital images are an important part of our daily lives, and future plans call for the development of new models and services provided over the Internet. "Casio has been a leader in introducing new technology into the digital watch category and will continue to develop unique, user friendly watches that do more than just tell time," continued Clough.
A built-in 16-grayscale monochrome LCD panel acts as both the viewfinder and an on-the-spot playback monitor. Enough memory capacity is provided to store up to 80 images and infrared data communication. These Wrist Camera watches also feature 5 alarms which can be set up to display a specific digital image when each alarm time is reached. Images can be transferred to a computer and viewed by using the Wrist Camera internal software which enables the image to be viewed in 16.77 million colors on your PC. A library of images can be stored onto your desktop, transferred back to a Wrist Camera, or e-mailed to friends.