Synology iPhone Application DS photo is Available on Apple App Store

Synology announces DS photo, its new iPhone application allowing Disk Station users to use an iPhone or iPod touch to upload photos to their Disk Station, or browse photos stored on the Disk Station on the go.

. DS photo allows users to upload photo stored on their iPhone or iPod touch to the Disk Station easily while instantly sharing it with anyone online. Users can upload photo to an existing album or create a new one, and customize the photo title and description. Uploaded photos are instantly available on the web-based Synology Photo Station 3 to be viewed with a desktop computer, iPhone, or Windows Mobile.

. The DS photo is now available for free download on Apple App Store : http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewSoftware?id=321493106&mt=8 .

The DS photo works with Synology Disk Station 2.2 firmware. The beta of DSM 2.2 firmware is now available for public's evaluation and its official version is expected to be released in September 2009.

. Founded in 2000, Synology is a company dedicated to developing Network Attached Storage (NAS) products.

HP iPrint Photo for iPhone or iPod

Announced just ahead of the opening of CES 2009, the world’s largest annual tradeshow for consumer technology, the new HP lineup includes iPrint Photo.

HP iPrint Photo is the first, free photo printing application of its kind (1) and allows for quick and easy wireless printing of 4 x 6-inch photos from an iPhone or iPod Touch to most HP inkjet printers connected to a local Wi-Fi network. (2) HP iPrint Photo is fully compatible with Apple’s Bonjour technology and features an intuitive Multi-Touch interface for the easiest and fastest wireless iPhone or iPod Touch print experience. (3)

(1) HP iPrint Photo is the first application available on the Apple App store to print photos directly from an iPhone or iPod.

(2) A list of compatible products is available at

www.hp.com/go/iprintphoto.

(3) Wireless performance is dependent upon physical environment and distance from access point.

In conjunction with the introduction of HP iPrint Photo, HP also announced a special sweepstakes for CES attendees with the HP iPrint “Make Your Mark” contest seeking unique moments caught on iPhones or stored on iPod Touches. To enter, attendees must download HP iPrint Photo and visit the HP iPrint Gallery, an interactive photo installation located in the Grand Lobby/Central Concourse at the Las Vegas Convention Center, to print and display their photos in the gallery for a chance to win $1,000 and an HP Photosmart C6380 All-in-One. The contest is open to all CES attendees and exhibitors 18 years of age or older. Exhibitor badges will be scanned for entry and one winner will be selected at random.