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SanDisk Unveils SanDisk Photo Album

The SanDisk Photo Album is a compact, sleek and user friendly device that lets consumers display digital photos or video clips on their TV sets and attach soundtracks to slide shows.

Using any one of eight flash memory card formats as well as portable USB flash drives, the unit also enables consumers to play MP3 music files on their home audio systems.

The SanDisk Photo Album allows users to bypass their computers entirely when storing, organizing and viewing images from a digital camera. A user can attach the SanDisk Photo Album to any TV set that has an audio/video input, then show larger images and video clips. The device comes with a remote control that allows for multiple functions. With a suggested retail price of US $49.99 (approximately EUR 46 excluding VAT), the SanDisk Photo Album will be sold worldwide through consumer electronics and photo retailers.

On the front side, the SPA supports eight flash memory card formats in four slots — for CompactFlash Type I/II, SD/MultiMediaCard, Memory Stick/Memory Stick PRO, and SmartMedia/xD. On the rear side there are two USB sockets, one that can connect to a PC (the device can also be used as an 8-in-1 card reader/writer), and another that can host a portable USB flash drive such as a SanDisk Cruzer Mini, Cruzer Micro or Cruzer Titanium. Also on the back is a slot for a second CompactFlash Card (not included). This card can be used as "archiving memory" for storing extended slide shows from images that are displayed from flash cards on the front side or from the USB flash drive. This rear card also can store and replay video clips and MP3 music selections.

Dimensions of the SanDisk Photo Album are 7.4 x 2.6 x 0.8 inches (187 x 66 x 20 millimeters). In addition to standard JPEG still images and MP3 files, the media player supports Motion JPEG and MPEG-1 for video.

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