The new application lets users send images directly from camera phones to Walgreens
locations nationwide
TRENTON, N.J.-- Today ExclaimSM unveiled its innovative Pictavision® Teleprints
application, which lets consumers print their camera phone pictures directly from
their mobile handsets. Walgreen Co., the nation’s largest retail pharmacy chain
and a leader in innovative drugstore retailing, is the exclusive Pictavision Teleprints
print-to-retail provider. Camera phone users will be able to shoot and send digital
pictures to any of more than 5,600 Walgreens locations in the United States and
Puerto Rico, and have high-quality photo prints ready for pickup in an hour for
just $.19 each. Users can also choose to have their prints delivered by mail.
“When people take a picture, they want to do something with it, whether it’s
printing, merchandising, or simply sharing it with family and friends,” says Dean
Jarrett, Walgreens divisional merchandise manager for new photofinishing technology.
“Exclaim’s Pictavision Teleprints is a revolutionary way to help our customers
do more with their camera phones in a fun, fast, affordable, and easy way. This
service is a perfect fit with our mission of innovative drugstore retailing.”
Pictavision Teleprints is part of Exclaim’s Pictavision portfolio of rich-media
mobile phone photo and video applications, and doesn’t require memory cards or
a PC. Mobile shutterbugs simply download the application to their camera phone,
select the size of their pictures and send them directly to a photo center for
pickup or mail delivery.
“By bringing Pictavision Teleprints to consumers’ camera phones, we’re making
it incredibly convenient to share life’s moments while mobile,” says Jiren N.
Parikh, Vice President and General Manager of Wireless for Exclaim. “Of the 5
billion camera phone images shot last year, less than 20 percent were transmitted—and
fewer still were printed. This represents an incredible market opportunity for
phone manufacturers and wireless carriers, who can now offer their camera phone
customers even more capabilities and enjoyment by partnering with Exclaim.”
Pictavision Teleprints is fully compatible with the widest array of BREW®, Java™,
and Symbian™ phones. The application’s other core benefits include:
Automatic size and resolution adjustment for perfect prints every time.
Access to print history and printed photos at www.Teleprints.com.
Easy synchronization of PC and Web address books, eliminating tedious, and error-prone
manual data entry.
Flexible payment options allow customers to buy transaction credits on their
phone through their wireless carrier.
About Exclaim
Exclaim is a leading branded platform provider of innovative Web and wireless
applications that allow advanced sharing of digital images, video, and rich media.
The new Exclaim platform enables wireless and Web providers to easily extend and
offer digital imaging services to their customers, to better engage online audiences,
increase wireless network traffic, and boost revenue. The Exclaim platform seamlessly
integrates and moves rich media from wireless handsets to Web applications to
devices in the home, providing the most complete rich media solution on the market
today.
About Walgreen
Walgreen Co. is the nation’s largest drugstore chain with fiscal 2006 sales of
$47.4 billion. The company operates 5,611 stores in 48 states and Puerto Rico,
including 76 Happy Harry’s stores in Delaware and surrounding states. Walgreens
also provides additional services to pharmacy patients and prescription drug and
medical plans through Walgreens Health Services, its managed care division, which
includes Walgreens Health Initiatives Inc. (a pharmacy benefits manager), Walgreens
Mail Service Inc., Walgreens Home Care Inc. and Walgreens Specialty Pharmacy.
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