ZUIKO DIGITAL ED7-14mm (14-28mm) F4.0 Olympus E-System: official specs
I-O Data ToteBag: new 2GB portable USB storage
Apple introduces iPod shuffle player
ZUIKO DIGITAL ED7-14mm (14-28mm) F4.0 Olympus E-System: official specs
Olympus Imaging published the availability date (for Japan) and specs of ZUIKO DIGITAL ED7-14mm (14-28mm) F4.0 Olympus E-System lens announced as far back as on September 28, 2004.
Availability in Japan: March 2005
Specs:
- 7-14 mm focal range (14-28 mm in 35mm equiv)
- 18 elements in 12 groups, including aspherical, ED Glass, ED, Super ED lenses
- 114-75° viewing angle
- 122x162 mm min. area
- 0.25 m min. focusing distance
- 7 diaphragm leaves
- f4-f22 aperture
- 119.5 x 86.5 mm size
- Bundled with lens cap and case
I-O Data ToteBag: new 2GB portable USB storage
Japanese I-O Data announced its new portable USB 2.0 dongles ToteBag, capacity ranging from 64 MB to 2 GB.

Besides, the higher capacity, the novelties offer aluminium case sized 16x68.8x6.8 mm at 12 g weight and 10 MB/s read speed.
ToteBag series is expected to cost:
- 64 MB $25
- 128 MB – $27
- 256 MB – $38
- 512 MB – $72
- 1 GB – $137
- 2 GB – $325
Source: PC Watch
Apple introduces iPod shuffle player
Apple introduced its new flash-memory-based player iPod shuffle which has two modifications: 512 MB (M9724LL/A) and 1 GB (M9725LL/A). Like other MP3 players, this one can work as a mere USB dongle as well.
Features include playback of MP3 (8-320 Kbps), MP3 VBR, AAC (8-320 Kbps), Protected AAC (iTunes Music Store, M4A, M4B, M4P), Audible (2, 3, 4) and WAV. The completely charged battery provides up to 12 hours of playback, standby time is about 1 month.
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