Viewsonic busts out a bevy of customizable digital photo frames
By Donald Melanson 
posted Apr 9th 2008 12:23PM
posted Apr 9th 2008 12:23PM
There's nothing like an impending holiday to get companies rushing to get their appropriately-themed products out the door, and Viewsonic's now following Memorex's lead with a slew of new digital photo frames aimed at Mother's Day shoppers. This latest batch includes ten frames in all, including 7-, 8-, and 10-inch varieties (both widescreen and 4:3), each of which boast interchangeable bezels to suit your decor. At the head of the pack is the 10-inch DPX1002 model (pictured above), which packs a decent 1024x600 resolution, along with 400 cd/m2 of brightness, a 400:1 contrast ratio, and the usual video and MP3 playback features. If that's a bit more than you're looking for, you can opt for one of three variations of the 8-inch DPX802 model, which packs an 800x600 resolution and drops the video playback, or one of three incarnations of the 7-inch DPX702 model, which offers up a 800x480 resolution and drops the MP3 playback as well. Rounding things out are the 7-inch widescreen DPX704WH, 8-inch 4:3 DPX804WH and 10-inch widescreen DPX1004WH, each of which boast white finishes, and include 128MB of memory, along with some basic media-playing features. According to Viewsonic, the whole lot is available now, with prices ranging from $130 to $209.
No wifi? No deal, how 2nd millenium. I'm not giving my mother a gift for which i'll have to give her step by step instructions each time i want her to have new photos. I email them to her, she carries the frame to the PC, connects the USB... No way.
EXACTLY! I thought I was the only one looking for WiFi enabled photo frames. There are WAY too many digital photo frames on the market without WiFi. COME ON!
Yeah, like I'm going to take a whiz through this $5,000 suit. Come on!!!
I think I'm the only one who got the A.D. reference. :)
Do they come with or without embedded Chicom spyware and viruses?
Speaking of wifi frames, does anyone make a frame that will let me PUSH stuff to the frame? Yeah, picking images off of flickr/picasa/snapfish/etc is nice and all, but if I had a frame that would let me shove webcam images, weather maps, real-time info to the frame, THAT'S what I could use.
Ceiva is the best they've got at this point. I've got one for my dad, but I would love it if he didn't have to wait until the middle of the night when that puppy dials up and downloads my pictures. And I despise the monthly fee, but there's no way he would do it himself.