The eStarling WiFi photo frame does Flickr
We've never really gone gaga over LCD picture frames, and even WiFi versions do little to excite, but now that the 5.6-inch, WiFi enabled eStarling has gone all Web 2.0 on us and thrown down the Flickr RSS photo feed support, we might have to give the category another look over. The frame goes for $250 and accepts feeds from whatever Flickr tag you mind to set it up with, along with support for a POP inbox to receive pictures in that manner. The device holds around 30 pics which it rotates through on the display, and you can add memory via SD if you wish.
[Via TRFJ]
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Sara @ Jan 10th 2006 7:43AM
Thats cool, but like all digital cameras, it should come with more than 16 or 32 megs built in. These days, I would say 128 is just as cheap and should really be standard. What about you guys?
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n8 @ Jan 10th 2006 8:06AM
SD expansion and WiFi streaming, and you're quibling over on-board RAM?
JHodge @ Jan 10th 2006 8:31AM
Sara has a point on the Ram. I do not want to upgrade my product straight out of the box, why should I? With as much as these cost, it would do the customer a disservice to expect them to buy more Ram as soon as it comes out of the package.
Tom @ Jan 10th 2006 9:01AM
I have one from lcdphoto.com which is pretty sweet. 8" screen, and it takes compact flash cards. 640x480, so you can fit a lot of pictures on a card. Even has a motion tracker to turn it on when someone's in the room and turn itself off when no one is around.
kiya @ Jan 10th 2006 2:58PM
why are you all complaining about onboard RAM??
this thing streams photos via wifi and takes SD cards. you don't need the onboard ram..
Adam @ Jan 10th 2006 3:55PM
That's true; they realized that RAM could be mostly redundant, so they excluded it from the design, implemented a slot for it just in case, and then slashed the price accordingly. So if even one person buys the frame and does not buy ram as well, I think it is justified.
Aren @ Jan 11th 2006 12:55AM
Make your own, complete with WiFi and remote access for maintenance! I've built 2 now for around $100 each (including the laptop). Not too hard to build for the true engadgeteer.
http://www.thesandersens.com/blog/linux-powered-digital-picture-frame