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Casio PCP-1200 Photo Printer Has 7-Inch Touchscreen, Keyboard for Some Reason
Posted by Kit Eaton at 8:52 PM on August 19, 2008
This new photo-printer from Casio is one mixed-up gizmo: As well as standard photo-printing functions, it's got a 7-inch touchscreen and a full keyboard. So is it a mini computer with printer aspirations, or a printer with computing aspirations? Hard to say, but it's supposedly able to edit the photos you pop in from a memory card or mobile phone, and produce custom greetings cards, calendars and the like. And it comes with hundreds of built-in stamps and illustrations. You'd better be seriously into DIY greetings though: the PCP-1200 costs a whacking US$500 in Japan. [Far East Gizmos]
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jige
Posted 9:30 PM 19/8/08
Look! The word processor of the 70's is back! I'd like to see this hacked with a 16 GB CompactFlash card... And maybe someone can build a neater case for it?
jige
cossist
Posted 9:11 PM 19/8/08
Casio is the king of keyboards and don't you forget it.
cossist
ryanobo66
Posted 9:48 PM 19/8/08
The question is: can it run Vista?
ryanobo66
TheWTOisGOD
Posted 10:21 PM 19/8/08
"When I grow up...I wanna be a REAL Computer!
TheWTOisGOD
Git Em SteveDave displays attention-grabbing vanity
Posted 10:40 PM 19/8/08
It's so you can make you own LOL Catz pictures. Anyone can haz cheezburger now.
Git Em SteveDave displays attention-grabbing vanity
oneclick
Posted 11:29 PM 19/8/08
It looks as if the silver part on top can be detached, then you take that with you. The printer/keyboard is more of a docking station.
oneclick
Kaiser-Machead's WALL-E fetish
Posted 12:37 AM 20/8/08
@Git Em SteveDave displays attention-grabbing vanity: I'll take 3!
Kaiser-Machead's WALL-E fetish
jayseaz
Posted 10:14 PM 19/8/08
We'll be seeing this running Linux on Youtube in a month.
jayseaz
jige
Posted 12:58 AM 20/8/08
Ah, forgot the slimey-geeky comment: Stunning model!
jige
jige
Posted 12:57 AM 20/8/08
@oneclick: Sounds interesting, but I can't make this out from the pictures or the infosheet. On the other hand, I don't read japanese very well... Seems to have a carrying handle, though. Casio seems to push the handwriting ability, which is logical, given that they've had products in that niche before.
jige
ps61318
Posted 12:54 AM 20/8/08
@oneclick: I'm trying to figure out what you'd do with that. Is it a touch-capable photoframe? That's all I can see that piece being.
As for the whole gizmo, it's definitely going to give Broderbund a run for their money.
ps61318
jige
Posted 12:53 AM 20/8/08
@ryanobo66: No, the question is "can it be upgraded from Vista to XP?"
jige
VideoVampire
Posted 1:04 AM 20/8/08
How many whackings is the girl?
VideoVampire
sansovino
Posted 3:10 AM 20/8/08
They need a Steve Jobs type character to scream "ONE BUTTON!!" at them until they give in.
sansovino