Windows Phone Thoughts: Microsoft Launches Digital Image Software Suite

Microsoft is shipping a new version of their Picture It! suite, re-named Digital Image Suite 9 (gosh, where did the previous eight versions go?). I've never been a huge fan of Microsoft's imaging products (give me Picasa any day!), but this one looks like it might be a winner - especially with the mobile device integration mentioned below. I hope it's something vaguely cool, not just "Oh, you can do a SAVE AS and resize your JPEG images to 320 x 240".

"Microsoft also says the new software will enable users to locate, organize and search for in new ways. Microsoft clearly aims to integrate imaging into other forms of multimedia. The company says with what it calls "Photo Story Lite" consumers will be able to combine edited images, motion, text and even their own voice into a unique and personal photo story or video that can be burned onto CD-ROM and viewed in most consumer DVD players or sent via e-mail, Microsoft said in a press release. The digital imaging software suite is designed for mobile applications too, which enables users to instantly resize digital photos to the correct display size for a mobile device. Photos can be resized to fit on most popular mobile phones, Pocket PC or Palm devices, Microsoft said."