ACIDIMAGE 1.2 BETA NEEDS YOU!
Virtual Graffiti, Hardware JPEG Decompression, and Grayscale Screens

CHICAGO, IL, April 24, 2002 - Red Mercury, LLC today released a public beta of AcidImage™ 1.2. A free trial is available for all who would like to help test it out. This is the first version of AcidImage to run on non-color Palm OS® handhelds, such as the Palm m500 and Sony CLIE T415. Support for Sony's NR-series Virtual Graffiti provides a full 320x480 viewing area for images. And, AcidImage 1.2 adds hardware-accelerated JPEG decompression to speed up image viewing on Sony NR-series devices.

The beta is available now on Red Mercury's Web site.

Owners of non-color devices such as the Palm m500 and Sony CLIE T415, and owners of Sony NR-series devices such as the NR70 and NR70V, are invited to try out the beta and report on their experiences to aibe@red-mercury.com.

AcidImage is a second-generation image viewing application for Palm OS. Native-format JPEG, BMP, and GIF images can be viewed directly off a Memory Card or Memory Stick without being converted to a proprietary format. For backward compatibility, AcidImage will also view PictureGear Pocket and MGI PhotoSuite images from RAM or from a memory card.

Features include:

  • Direct JPEG, BMP, GIF viewing from Memory Card or Memory Stick
  • High Resolution (320x320) and Normal Resolution (160x160) support
  • View legacy PictureGear Pocket and MGI PhotoSuite images
  • Zoom images in real time, from 1% to 1600%
  • Open any size image, limited only by available memory
  • View images directly from your digital camera
  • View multiple images with Quick Slideshow
  • 16-bit Color Support
  • 4-bit Grayscale Support for non-color devices
  • Rotate Images 90, 180, 270 degrees
  • Pan Images by dragging stylus
  • No annoying file converter needed on PC
  • No conduit needed
  • Put images anywhere on Memory Stick or Memory Card
  • Fastest JPEG viewer for Palm
  • And many more features that will make you happy...

AcidImage is $19.95. It is available now for an introductory price of $10. The price will move towards $19.95 as new features are added. New releases through Version 2.0 will be free upgrades.

About Red Mercury

Red Mercury, LLC was founded in November of 1999 to create entertaining things for handheld devices. All Red Mercury apps are free to try. Demonstration versions of all Red Mercury apps, including AcidImage™, Atom Smash™, AcidFreecell™, and AcidSolitaire®, are available for download from our Web site.

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© 2002 Red Mercury, LLC. Red Mercury and AcidSolitaire are registered trademarks, and Atom Smash, AcidFreecell, and AcidSolitaire are trademarks of Red Mercury, LLC. All other products or service names mentioned herein are the property of their respective owners.