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Engadget: Ion Audio SLIDES 2 PC does what it promises
Boing Boing Gadgets: Slides 2 PC slide scanner is a cheap, easy way to digitize forgotten memories
Gizmodo: Ion Audio's Slides2PC Digitizes Your Old Negatives Simply, For $100 [Scanners]
Everything USB - Gadgets, Wireless USB, USB 3.0: Best of September 2008 - Everything USB
Ion Audio SLIDES 2 PC does what it promises
Engadget —
... is a good deal cheaper than your average slide scanner, and its 5-megapixel resolution should be more than adequate for the average user that'll likely burn through their entire slide collection and never lay eyes on the thing again. It also promises to get the job done fairly quickly, with it scanning each slide in one or two seconds at the push of a button, and employing some automatic exposure and color balance measures to cut down on the tweaking required afterwards. [Via Everything USB] ...
Slides 2 PC slide scanner is a cheap, easy way to digitize forgotten memories
Boing Boing Gadgets —
... in shirt sleeves frozen in each. I don't remember the price, just that it was staggeringly expensive.
I wish this sort of consumer solution had been around back then, but surely, there's plenty of people like my mother with boxes of old slides in the closet. An affordable, painless slide scanner like the Ion Slides 2 PC is going to be the gateway to a lot of poignant memories of old friends, cherished pets and departed loved ones.
Slides 2 PC [Ion Audio via Everything USB]
Ion Audio's Slides2PC Digitizes Your Old Negatives Simply, For $100 [Scanners]
Gizmodo —
... , but Ion Audio's new Slides2PC makes it about as simple and cheap as you might imagine. It takes a sled full of 35mm film negatives or slides, and turns them into 5-megapixel image files at the push of a button, with auto exposure control and color correction. So it's no pro-resolution image-cruncher, but 5-megapixels is perfectly serviceable—especially when the USB-connecting gizmo costs just $100. [Everything USB] ...
Best of September 2008 - Everything USB
Everything USB - Gadgets, Wireless USB, USB 3.0 —
... Illuminated Keyboard French Train Tickets Get USB Treatment USB Hub Blamed for Slow iPhone Sync... RealDVD- "Legal" DVD Ripper? MS Brought VideoMail Back to Life MS LifeCam Show USB Webcam ION LP2 USB Turntable Adds SSD Support USB HDD Dock Grows a Fan Apple iPod nano 4G MS SideWinder X8 Gaming Mouse Seamour Sheep USB Lamp Seagate Redesigns FreeAgent Go USB Drives ION $99 USB Slide Scanner Apple Massive Recall on iPhone 3G USB Charger RCA's $159 ...
