I couldn’t figure out why Kodak wanted us down at CTIA in the first place, but that’s probably because we missed the introduction of the Kodak EasyShare-one at CES. They’re still not ready to launch the product (three to four months, they say), but it does hold some promise. The idea is simple: take four-megapixel pictures, edit them on the camera with touch screen and stylus, and then send them out over the Wi-Fi SD card. The problem is, it uses Ofoto (Kodak’s image hosting service) for everything, even routing email through the service. I understand the decision, but it makes the camera come off less as an innovation and more like an extension of the brand. It’s also a bit weird that the Wi-Fi has to use an SD-Card instead of just being built-in.
http://www.gizmodo.com/gadgets/announcements/index.php#ctia-gizmodo-just-wont-stop-selling-out-036005
If Kodak would let you configure your own photo hosting service of choice (Flickr/.Mac/self-hosted FTP), it would be a lot more exciting.
