I still don't see the point in these things. Why the hell would anybody actually pay hundreds of dollars just for a small LCD screen that's going to show the same picture most of the time? I'd understand if it was $50 or less, but $230 just so you can change the image a little faster? Somebody low rank me and explain why digital picture frames are less useless than normal picture frames.
Umm, so you can give one to your parents that automatically downloads pictures of the grandkids from a set of pictures you maintain online. That's why I want one. Also, it might be nice for the living room for visitors to see your pictures passively (without having to get on your computer and find the pictures and probably find ones you don't want them to see). As for comparing it to normal picture frames, they tend to display one, or a few, pictures, not hundreds, so you get a bit bored of seeing the same picture every time you look at it.
I'm not sure if this is the one. It does have the advantage of not being tied to a subscription service, but another poster says its buggy. The best rated wifi picture frame I've seen is the Kodak one that gets its pictures from the Easyshare Gallery. I'm likely to buy one as a gift for my mom this year.
Oh, and if you don't have kids and don't want to show of pictures to friends and family, this product is not targeted at you. Don't buy it.
How is this compared to the I-Mate Momento? It has wifi too and can synchronize with Google Picasa Web and Flickr. I'm not that familiar but it may be a subscription plan. It looks like this product may be more flexible than this Samsung one here.
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JosephMohmed @ Dec 13th 2007 9:55AM
I still don't see the point in these things. Why the hell would anybody actually pay hundreds of dollars just for a small LCD screen that's going to show the same picture most of the time? I'd understand if it was $50 or less, but $230 just so you can change the image a little faster? Somebody low rank me and explain why digital picture frames are less useless than normal picture frames.
Che @ Dec 13th 2007 11:38AM
Umm, so you can give one to your parents that automatically downloads pictures of the grandkids from a set of pictures you maintain online. That's why I want one. Also, it might be nice for the living room for visitors to see your pictures passively (without having to get on your computer and find the pictures and probably find ones you don't want them to see). As for comparing it to normal picture frames, they tend to display one, or a few, pictures, not hundreds, so you get a bit bored of seeing the same picture every time you look at it.
I'm not sure if this is the one. It does have the advantage of not being tied to a subscription service, but another poster says its buggy. The best rated wifi picture frame I've seen is the Kodak one that gets its pictures from the Easyshare Gallery. I'm likely to buy one as a gift for my mom this year.
Oh, and if you don't have kids and don't want to show of pictures to friends and family, this product is not targeted at you. Don't buy it.
Ganesh Kumar @ Dec 13th 2007 9:51PM
How is this compared to the I-Mate Momento? It has wifi too and can synchronize with Google Picasa Web and Flickr. I'm not that familiar but it may be a subscription plan. It looks like this product may be more flexible than this Samsung one here.
Details of product here: http://www.amazon.com/i-mate-Momento-Wireless-Digital-Picture/dp/B000J6FVC2