Here’s a little recognition for Kodak from the folks over at.. umm Kodak. Ok I kid.. actually Kodak has announced that they’ve won two awards recently. First up, a German tech mag called CHIP has recognized the dual lens Kodak EasyShare V570 for innovation, style, and performance. The CHIP award was part of CeBIT’s highlights award.

The other award went to Kodak’s Scan Station 100 and it was called the Government Computer News Best of FOSE Award. FOSE stands for the Federal Office Supplies Expo and is basically the largest convention for government agencies and companies selling to the gov. The Scan Station 100 is designed to quickly turn paper documents into digital files which can then be stored on the network and shared with others all around.

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Kodak Products Win Two Leading Awards for Innovation; EASYSHARE V570 Camera Hailed as ‘Simply Ingenious’ at CeBIT; KODAK Scan Station 100 Document Scanner Captures Recognition in Debut

STUTTGART, Germany & WASHINGTON –(Business Wire)– March 13, 2006 Eastman Kodak Company has again been recognized for its product design prowess, marking 10 awards for product design, leadership and innovation since the start of 2006.

CHIP, the German personal computing and information technology magazine, has recognized the KODAK EASYSHARE V570 dual-lens digital camera for innovation, style, and performance. The magazine announced its “CHIP Award for Innovations in Digital Photography” last week at the international CeBIT trade fair in Hannover, Germany.

In Washington, D.C., the new KODAK Scan Station 100 captured the Government Computer News Best of FOSE Award in its debut at the Federal Office Supplies Expo (FOSE). GCN is a leading source of information for the government technology community published by PostNewsweek Tech Media, which is the organizer of the exposition and a wholly-owned media subsidiary of The Washington Post Company.

“We’ve made product innovation a primary driver of our design initiatives at Kodak,” said Paul W. Porter, Director of Corporate Design & Usability at Kodak. “In each of these awards, the judges have cited Kodak’s ability to design innovative technology that truly differentiates our products from others in the marketplace.”

The CHIP recognition was part of the “CeBIT Highlights” awards for the best and most innovative new products at the trade fair. The editors of the magazine chose winners in five categories, and recognized the KODAK V570 camera as the top innovative product in digital photography. Other category winners included Intel, T-Mobile, Texas Instruments, and Microsoft.

CHIP’s panel of judges lauded the KODAK V570’s unique dual-lens technology as a “simply ingenious” solution to the needs of picture-takers who prefer both wide-angle and zoom capability in a single camera. Using proprietary KODAK RETINA Dual Lens technology, the KODAK V570 camera packs an ultra-wide angle lens (23 mm equivalent) and an optical zoom lens (39-117 mm) into a stylish sleek black camera body. The camera includes two five-megapixel image sensors – one for each lens.

“We’re thrilled that the EASYSHARE V570 captured the imagination of CHIP’s judges at CeBIT,” said Mary Hadley, general manager of digital cameras for Kodak’s Consumer Digital Imaging Group. “This recognition is a reflection on the innovative design and technology thinking that our team applied to bring this breakthrough camera to market.”

Other awards earned by Kodak so far this year include:

– The KODAK EasyShare V570 and EasyShare Photo Printer 500 earned top honors at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES);

– At PMA, the photo-retailing trade show, Kodak earned the Digital Imaging Marketing Association’s (DIMA) award for the KODAK Picture Center G4 digital printing kiosk;

– The red dot Design award for three EASYSHARE cameras, the P850 and EASYSHARE ONE, as well as the EASYSHARE V570;

– The iF Product Design award for the KODAK DIRECTVIEW DR 7500 System, along with the EASYSHARE P850 and P880 digital cameras; and

– The NAPL Industry Award for Graphic Communications Leadership.

For more information on the EASYSHARE V570 digital camera, please visit http://www.kodak.com/go/easyshare.

FOSE Best of Show

The KODAK Scan Station 100 was introduced March 6 at FOSE, a technology tradeshow that serves the government marketplace. The FOSE awards program recognizes the most innovative and well-designed new products used in government IT. Award winners were chosen by a panel of editors from Government Computer News (GCN).

The desktop Scan Station 100 quickly and easily turns paper documents into digital files that can be simultaneously stored on the network and shared with colleagues across the hall, across the country and around the world.

“GCN editors reviewed hundreds of new and innovative products,” said Tom Temin, Executive Vice President, Editorial, PostNewsweek Tech Media. “The editors were proud to pick the best of the products from the 550 exhibiting companies at FOSE.”

Temin added that judges evaluated more than 200 products on usability and specifications, innovation and value, and government applicability. Of these products, 13 were named GCN Best of FOSE and only two awarded Best of Show – FOSE 2006.

“Because it is both easy to use and produces high quality images, the KODAK Scan Station 100 brings the same one-step simplicity that people appreciate most in our digital cameras and walk-up kiosks to the office environment,” said Roger Markham, Product Marketing Manager for Distributed Capture Products, US&C, Document Imaging, Graphic Communications Group. “This is another innovative way for the public sector to maximize efficiency in its efforts to convert paper documents to digital images.”

Additionally, the judges cited the color touch screen that enables Scan Station 100 users to convert paper documents – color, black-and-white and grayscale – into digital images for sharing via e-mail, routing to network folders, and sending to networked printers or copiers. Unlike competing products, the Scan Station 100 does not require a dedicated computer, additional software or training to operate because it connects to existing network infrastructure.

The KODAK Scan Station 100 is ideal for use in paper-intensive office environments. Applications include finance, accounting, insurance, healthcare, transportation, law offices, and government administration. For more information on KODAK Scan Station 100, please visit http://www.kodak.com/go/scanstation.

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