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]

[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).