Sony calls in Ericsson to launch 7-inch IDP-100 digiframe

Look Sony, we were there in person to confirm that your digiframe building skills are world-class. Did you really need to phone up your lagging half (give or take a few dozen percent) for its help here? Whatever the case, the Q4-bound Sony Ericsson IDP-100 frame isn't too different from its fiercest rivals; we've got a 7-inch WVGA screen, built-in Bluetooth, a M2 Memory Stick slot (with support for SD, microSD and MS Duo), USB port, enough internal storage for 500 snaps, an active touch control on the frame itself and a world clock for good measure. Somehow, Sony SE spins the omission of a remote as a good thing, but if it was smart, it would enable cellphone control and have a real winner on its hands. Just sayin', is all.

[Via Gearlog]

[Zinger314 Posted Sep 10th 2008 7:45PM]

Back in my day, we didn't have fancy-dancy digital photo frames; we carved pictures on ROCKS.

[(Unverified) Posted Sep 10th 2008 7:50PM]

this is a nice talk grandpa~

[Deyanimay Posted Sep 10th 2008 8:37PM]

Said the old man calling his grandson on a touch pro.

[Bully Posted Sep 10th 2008 10:05PM]

Back in my day no one branded their product name front-and-center on the frame.

Big FAIL to Sony Ericsson for "sneaking" their name onto the frame.

[pk Posted Sep 10th 2008 8:01PM]

SE has always been acting like it's not part of Sony, IMO. It always produces similar accessories that Sony has already produced. Maybe Sony should cancel (wrong word?) the merging and have its own cellphone company to make the division more collaborative with other divisions.

[Wolfticket Posted Sep 10th 2008 10:21PM]

Sony Ericsson acting like it is not part of Sony is the only reason I have (and have had a few now) a Sony Ericsson phone. Their phones had proper drm free mass storage media players back when Sony walkmans still made you use Atrac and Sonicstage (*shudder*). Some over SE's newer efforts even use micro SD.

[(Unverified) Posted Sep 10th 2008 8:01PM]

Yay! Digital frames!

I'm waiting for the day I can say:

"Sony Ericsson, on."

Hey Nokia fanboys, we've got a 7-inch screen. =P

[kojo87 Posted Sep 10th 2008 8:36PM]

i can control my PC (desktop, media and presentation modes) with my SE phone via Bluetooth. maybe it will be able to detect this thing. probably not but its worth trying.

[Murphy Mac Posted Sep 10th 2008 8:56PM]

No wifi. No rss. No interest.

[(Unverified) Posted Sep 10th 2008 11:28PM]

My current photo frame can't even change the photo.

[(Unverified) Posted Sep 10th 2008 9:00PM]

Is it just me, or is the text starting to fade?

[Wolfticket Posted Sep 10th 2008 10:12PM]

Come on Engadget. Either hide the low ranked comment like on Digg or just leave it, just in case it is something unpopular but valid.
Light grey on white text gives me a headache.

[neeko18 Posted Sep 10th 2008 9:01PM]

nice design. Sony always is good at that.

[psyclotron Posted Sep 10th 2008 9:17PM]

that's a nice hand

[jupiterthunder Posted Sep 11th 2008 1:02AM]

be better if it was Asain.

[rlynd3 Posted Sep 11th 2008 2:42AM]

Who's Asain?? Pics?

[(Unverified) Posted Sep 11th 2008 1:33AM]

Great, a digital picture frame riddled with smudgy finderprints. Just what I wanted!

It doesn't need an intuitive touch-screen interface; it's meant to display a slideshow of pictures autonomously! Touch-mania has gone too far.

[TimmyRaa Posted Sep 11th 2008 5:43AM]

If it's not got an OLED screen, then it's a no sale here.