Ality's Wireless PIXXA puts more internet in the photo frame

And we thought we were getting all fancy with RSS-capable wireless photo frames. The new Wireless PIXXA 8-inch WiFi frame from Ality not only works with the likes of Flickr, but syncs with popular online calendars and news sites as well, including a special Photo Messenger feature that allows friends to push embarrassing photos instantly onto the frame and in view of your holiday guests. The 800 x 600 resolution should be plenty, and in addition to the traditional card reader there's 2GB of built-in storage. Ality should be selling the PIXXA in the first half of next year for $299.

[Via Born Rich]

[jtc970 @ Dec 22nd 2007 9:31AM]

Seeing how all wifi enabled frames were sold out this Christmas (and not that great), it will be nice to have more to choose from.
I like this one.

[Hannes @ Dec 22nd 2007 10:04AM]

I think we will see plenty of them next year.

http://www.digital-photo-frame-market.info

[Jared @ Dec 22nd 2007 9:33AM]

I can't wait for someone's mom to come over as one of your friends posts a picture of you naked doing a keg stand

[Andrew @ Dec 22nd 2007 10:10AM]

I can't wait for your friends to come over as I post pictures of your mom naked doing a keg stand.

[cory @ Dec 22nd 2007 10:14AM]

Sweet

[webon @ Dec 22nd 2007 10:14AM]

Ill take one of those please... the one with the hat preferably

[apw76006 @ Dec 22nd 2007 10:15AM]

Well, it's the sexiest digital photo frame that I have seen but I do not know if it's $299.00 sexy.

[Wwhat @ Dec 22nd 2007 10:50AM]

You know if you add more and more functionality, while raising the price, then you just have a computer and not a photo frame.
I say anything over $150 should get a new name, 'enabled monitor' maybe.

[Maneki Neko @ Dec 22nd 2007 1:12PM]

Finally, someone out there starting to make digital photo frames of decent quality with wifi.

I would have thought one of the main markets for these things is people in younger generations who want to seamlessly share digital pictures with people in older generations, but nothing out there really fits this yet. They all require weird futzing around at the recipient end.

[Technex @ Dec 22nd 2007 2:17PM]

What security does it support on the wifi? Can't seem to see it anywhere, there site's pretty useless.

Thanks.

[spam_from_engadget @ Dec 22nd 2007 2:58PM]

> The 800 x 600 resolution should be plenty

Err, plenty for who? That's less than 5% of the pixels that my camera takes. Even my phone's camera is higher resolution.

[whatsdamattau @ Dec 22nd 2007 3:32PM]

Will "D" be sending ME photos and emails too if I get one of these?

[chris @ Dec 22nd 2007 4:37PM]

Just use computer and free software. Try FireFox with FoxSaver plugin, it is totally free. And when you are tired of your own pictures, you can view other user submitted pictures also. http://www.foxsaver.com

[Matt @ Dec 22nd 2007 6:23PM]

Finally...now let's cut the price in half and we'll have a winner.

[John Ellenich @ Dec 23rd 2007 7:29AM]

I just got my parents one for christmas- first picked up a $150 Kodak tried to preload photos onto it with my mac w/ no success so returned it. Walked pass Sharper Image and saw the Phillips frames- they are by far the best build quality and picture quality....they also had Ality frames there too, but they're too "high tech" looking for my taste...

[pquistgard @ Dec 23rd 2007 2:09PM]

Wow...photo frames are the future...didn't realise it until I saw this photo. That's excellent.

[Mike Jones @ Dec 23rd 2007 4:29PM]

Deal breaker for me: "Build-in Battery for 1 Hour Operation"

[pquistgard @ Dec 23rd 2007 4:59PM]

Sony-made battery will explode in...20 mins.