Parrot intros Specchio WiFi photo frame with NFC
We were hoping WiFi photo frames would be a bit more ubiquitous by now, but Parrot's not waiting around on one lonely wireless standard -- it's introducing the Specchio frame with WiFi and Bluetooth NFC for getting photos to the screen. We've seen NFC in a few mass-transit trials here and there, but only Parrot seems to be really pushing the data aspects of the tech, so it'll be interesting to see how it holds up -- the idea is that you'll take pictures on your phone and simply hold it against the frame to transfer them. Nifty -- just like the frame display itself, which looks like a metallic mirror when switched off. Hm, this might be the first digital photo frame we're actually interested in -- too bad it'll cost $500 when it goes on sale next month.
P.S.- Parrot, have some dignity with these press images, will you? The iPhone has an ass-useless Bluetooth stack and you know it.
[Via Digital Picture Frame Review]
P.S.- Parrot, have some dignity with these press images, will you? The iPhone has an ass-useless Bluetooth stack and you know it.
[Via Digital Picture Frame Review]

















Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
John @ Oct 23rd 2008 6:28PM
Read link isn't right
Anthony @ Oct 23rd 2008 6:36PM
You got a problem being taken to a spam site? Engadget makes $.04 for every 10 people that click that link. Come on. They need to pay the bills too.
Nilay Patel @ Oct 23rd 2008 7:21PM
Fixed, thanks for the catch.
John @ Oct 23rd 2008 7:35PM
much better link, thanks engadget!
phanbouy @ Oct 23rd 2008 6:30PM
transluscent arm with iphone not included
Anthony @ Oct 23rd 2008 6:35PM
& the iphone has a 2mp camera to boot. Who'd really want to look @ those pictures again? Innov8, well that's another story.
KilgoreTrout @ Oct 23rd 2008 6:37PM
Moreover if you took some pictures with the iPhone crappy camera you are not going to have much worth showing in a frame anyway, no matter how good it is.
ThomasShaped @ Oct 23rd 2008 6:42PM
"The iPhone has an ass-useless Bluetooth stack and you know it."
It could be over WiFi?
Saad Rabia @ Oct 23rd 2008 6:47PM
I didn't know that you can do file transfers to other devices through iPhone's Wi-Fi!! Some people might be interested, enlighten them.
phanbouy @ Oct 23rd 2008 6:53PM
how useless is ass anyway?
narutogrey @ Oct 23rd 2008 7:34PM
You can do wifi file sharing on the iPhone with "Airsharing". It's a free app found in the AppStore. Doesn't work with bluetooth though.
ThomasShaped @ Oct 23rd 2008 7:44PM
I find mine quite useful.
For sitting on..
>_>
Lionel @ Oct 23rd 2008 6:43PM
'Specchio' means mirror in Italian if anybody is interested to know (probably not:)
iEye @ Oct 23rd 2008 6:45PM
That must be the "CiPhone 3G" clone available at various online retailers... as anyone with an iPhone would rather look at the picture in its crisp display...
Uchiha Sasuke @ Oct 23rd 2008 7:07PM
Too bad the pics take 33% longer to load compare to a G1 google phone.
Nippero @ Oct 23rd 2008 8:26PM
I didnt know 480x320 was considered crisp. *druels at Touch HD and X1*
Anthony @ Oct 23rd 2008 7:17PM
why must you remind me of my iphone being ALMOST GOOD!!! T_T
jeezzz cant us iphone users atleast get A2DP ATLEAST?!?!
..stupid cords
Taylor @ Oct 23rd 2008 7:20PM
"The iPhone has an ass-useless Bluetooth stack and you know it."
OMFG i know! There are TWO things i hate going on here:
My iPhone's bluetooth fails,
and most people (marketing people and their audience) are too ignorant to even know.
Please god bring me Android on AT&T with the correct 3G frequency!
-Taylor
pfromg @ Oct 23rd 2008 7:39PM
useless ?
Iphone bluetooth, yes.
ass, no.
Nippero @ Oct 23rd 2008 8:25PM
... what?
iPhone bluetooth is good for nothing but BT headsets.
Scott Huettig @ Oct 23rd 2008 8:45PM
$500????????????
Bad Beaver @ Oct 24th 2008 6:36AM
WTF would I want to display PHONESNAPS on a $500 frame? Frame looks nice, not $500 nice though.
fifi @ Oct 24th 2008 8:35AM
With the iPhone 3G you can send a picture by email to the frame, thus explaining the press photo.....
tpp @ Oct 24th 2008 11:28AM
$500?? You gotta be kidding me.
Looks like it's got RSS support to any RSS photo feed, though, which is refreshing. Usually these things only integrate with a fixed list of services and don't allow you to enter your own RSS feeds.
Still, $500??? Geez.
Where's the Wireless Pixxa from Ality!?? That's the digiframe I really want...can't find it on sale anywhere (other than Australia).