Eastman Kodak Archive

  • Kodak Files Lawsuits Against Apple, RIM Over Digital Imaging Technology Patent

    Kodak Files Lawsuits Against Apple, RIM Over Digital Imaging Technology Patent

    Posted on January 14, 2010 | No Comments
    Eastman Kodak Company (in short, Kodak) has filed lawsuits against Apple and Research In Motion, alleging that both have infringed digital imaging technology patented by the company. The complaint, filed with the U.S. International Trade Commission, claims that Apple’s iPhone devices and all RIM’s camera-enabled BlackBerry phones infringe a patent that covers technology related to a method for previewing images. Separately, Kodak filed two suits today against Apple that claim the infringement of patents related to digital cameras and certain computer processes. In a statement, Kodak says it remains open to negotiating an agreement with both Apple and RIM, which it claims to have tried reaching for years.

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  • Kodak launches Slice touchscreen camera

    Kodak launches Slice touchscreen camera

    Posted on January 6, 2010 | No Comments
    Kodak pretty much started the point and shoot camera market, but they've been behind for a while as far as innovation goes. In fact, this is pretty much an attempt to catch up with Nikon, Canon, and the other manufacturers who are using a touchscreen interface.

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  • Google and Microsoft join I3A’s Camera Phone Image Quality Initiative

    Google and Microsoft join I3A’s Camera Phone Image Quality Initiative

    Posted on December 3, 2009 | No Comments
    The International Imaging Industry Association -- colloquially known as I3A -- announced today that Google's signed on as a member of the non-profit organization. They've also simultaneously announced that pre-existing member Microsoft has joined forces with Google on the Camera Phone Image Quality Initiative. What's that all about? The initiative, which also calls Motorola, Eastman Kodak, Nokia, and other members, is dedicated to creating the metrics needed to "produce an accurate and repeatable testing program for camera phone image quality." Considering the wild variances in quality among different cellphones, such formalized measurement techniques would surely be welcomed by everyone on planet earth.

    Google and Microsoft join I3A's Camera Phone Image Quality Initiative originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 03 Dec 2009 18:58:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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  • Kodak outs the 1080p Zi8 pocket camcorder

    Kodak outs the 1080p Zi8 pocket camcorder

    Posted on July 29, 2009 | No Comments
    Oh man, we nailed it. Remember that dumb Kodak viral video we posted where a marketing dude was showing off the latest Kodak product but it was blurred out Japanese porn-style? Well, we said it would be an updated pocket camcorder and it’s a new, 1080p-recording pocket camcorder. The Kodak Zi8 packs a lot into the [...]

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