June 25, 2002

Red Mercury is changing the way you view and share your digital pictures. With AcidImage, a new image viewer for Palm OS, you can view multiple file formats, organize images and create slideshows on any Palm Powered handheld.

AcidImage is the first full featured image viewer for Palm OS that supports five images formats, including JPEG, GIF, and BMP images AND allows you to view images directly from your Memory Card or Memory Stick on your Palm OS handheld without converting them to any special format.

Finally! Digital Camera to Handheld
Those of you with digital cameras may be scratching your heads... the Memory Stick fits in the camera, it fits in the Palm... but why can't you view the full resolution, 16-bit, JPEG image on your CLIE or Palm? Well now you can. Just pop the card out of the camera and in to your Palm, start up AcidImage, and you're ready to go.

Whether you are a professional photographer and want to display your portfolio or just want to share your latest vacation pictures, AcidImage allows you to quickly organize hundreds of images, zoom and pan images and create custom slideshows.

Go ahead and load up some huge images. The only size limit is the amount of free memory you have. The ultra-quick zoom toolbar will let you zoom all the way from less than 1% size all the way up to 1600% size. Got a map of the world on your Memory Stick? Load it up, pan to the area you want to see, and hit the 100% Zoom button. With a tap, you've got details.

You can rotate, too. Flip the image 90 degrees, upside down, 270 degrees... if you like to turn your digital camera every which way when snapping shots, this makes it a lot easier to see what's going on in those pictures!

Of course, high resolution makes all of this really shine. On Sony CLIE handhelds with 320x320 pixel screens, you'll pack four times the pixels in each screen full. With that kind of detail, you might not need to make paper prints of those digital photos after all. You can also enjoy full-screen 320x480 viewing on the Sony CLIE NR series, and 240x320 on the Handera 330.

Organizing images is a snap with powerful Image Groups. Add images to one or more groups, and save your pan, zoom, and rotation information with each group. Show a slideshow including one or more groups with just a few taps.

Key features include: