ViewSonic goes crazy with nine new digital photo frames

Talk about covering all of your bases. ViewSonic has unloaded a netbook, a 3D LCD and a 3D projector here at CES, but it has somehow found the time to also unload not one, not eight, but nine new digital photo frames. It's adding in the 7-inch VFM735-52M, 8-inch VFM835-52M and 10-inch VFM1035W-52M to its SwifTouch lineup for $129, $159 and $189, respectively, and it's also busting out a full line of 4:3 frames for those still deathly afraid of widescreen. Finally, it's previewing a pair of all-in-one frames with inbuilt alarm clocks and AM / FM radio, both of which are on track for a Q2 release at $99.

[Flashpoint @ Jan 8th 2009 7:26PM]

I'll just keep waiting for the iFrame

[skeptical @ Jan 8th 2009 7:26PM]

Once again, light years ahead of the iPhone.

[Chase @ Jan 8th 2009 7:46PM]

"Foreign malware included at no extra charge!"

[Mitty @ Jan 8th 2009 7:53PM]

"4:3 frames for those still deathly afraid of widescreen" Why would I pay for a 10" screen, then only use 80% of it for the thousands of photos I have? I can use 100% of what I pay for if I buy 4:3. Of course, maybe your photography is so sloppy that it will benefit from cropping the top and bottom off all your pictures. Mine isn't.

[CM @ Jan 8th 2009 8:23PM]

I must spend too much time on 4chan. Or am not I the only one who thought "That kid's a bit young to be doing bukkake shots"?

[brian @ Jan 8th 2009 9:58PM]

Built in alarm clock? Is it covered under warranty when I smack it off my dresser at six AM?

[Andir3.0 @ Jan 9th 2009 12:35AM]

What... no comments on the photo of the kid caught the moment before biting it's tongue?

[Prestor John @ Jan 9th 2009 11:22AM]

These are kind of expensive. I would recommend the following:

1. Buy a cheap, generic, large Digital Photo Frame.

2. Take a picture of a nice looking expensive frame.

3. Photoshop the pictures you want to display into the picture of the nice, expensive frame.

4. Cover the bezel on the cheap frame.

[Marc @ Jan 9th 2009 5:44PM]

Most cameras don't shoot in widescreen. Manufacturers are moving away from widescreen digital frames because they realized consumers don't want their photos stretched or cut off.