$600 seems a fair price to me given that it's hand-painted by the artist, limited edition, and comes with other original art, but I do kind of wonder about the wisdom of bringing out such a premium product in this economy.

This looks a lot like the OpenPeak OpenFrame unit that was demoed a couple of years ago (http://www.informationappliance.com/?page_id=149). Anyone know if the two are related besides in their looks?

Seems like kind of a neat idea, though the 150 model more than the 100. Having the Internet connection in the 150 makes it potentially really useful for collecting new photos from across the web, friends, family, etc.

I'd like this product a lot more if it had an Internet connection. Seems like it would be more useful if someone could email pictures to your frame and then you could display or print them as you see fit.

Given that we've got more and more network-connected LCDs in our lives, I wonder if this system could deliver medical info to those, not just to the Health Guide PC?

Seems like an interesting product. I'm not sure how comfortable I feel about buying the box through my cable/'Net provider, though. I'd rather have more freedom of choice - but maybe that's not entirely possible when the box needs to work with the provider's system.

I'd love to see a lot of VOD providers offer channels for Roku - definitely Hulu (my new online video love), but also anyone else who offers VOD subscriptions (WWE, etc.). The possibilities this creates for channels that aren't just video, but that deliver other web-updated content, seems pretty cool, too. If enough new channels pop up, I might get a Roku player.

I wish it had WiFi!

According to eStarling, the v. 2.0 frame is also Mac compatible, contrary to your post.

Also, if folks are interested in eStarling's take on the problems with v. 1.0 and trying to fix them in this version, I did an interview with their exec. VP a few days ago: http://www.wirelesspictureframe.com/2007/05/08/interview-with-andrew-caffey-executive-vice-president-pf-digital/

Pandigital actually does have WiFi options, as well as Bluetooth, coming in May. Dean Finnegan, the CEO of Pandigital, mentioned this and a lot more (including their sales figures for 2006 and expectations for 2007) in an interview I did with him recently: http://www.wirelesspictureframe.com/2007/04/05/interview-with-dean-finnegan-pandigital/