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eStarling 2.0 WiFi digiframe gets larger, maintains price
Quite a few digiframes have come and gone since eStarling's original iteration hit the market early last year, but the company is coming back swinging with a swankier, larger, and soundly priced 2.0 edition. The eStarling 2.0 WiFi digital photo frame now dons a sleek, piano black casing, a seven-inch widescreen display, 480 x 234 resolution, support for 802.11b/g, WEP, and WPA, a four-in-one multicard reader that handles MMC, MS, CF, and SD, and the obligatory Web 2.0 features that make this thing attractive. As with version one, you can still view photos from a Flickr RSS feed, and you can even email pictures in from your mobile or alternate location to give your household pets a glance at where the master's currently hanging. Notably, you will need a Windows-based computer to get things up and running, and while we've certainly seen frames with more detailed displays and classier motifs, the web-enabled WPF-187 still only costs $249.99.[Via TRFJ]
Digital Foci rolls out Image Moments 6 digiframe
Although the barrage of new digital cameras have (rightfully) claimed the limelight at PMA, Digital Foci is looking to grab your attention with its budget-priced Image Moments 6. The IMT-062 digiframe sports a downsized 5.7-inch 640 x 480 resolution LCD (compared to its eight-inch sibling), brushed chrome facade, USB port, audio output, integrated speaker, built-in timer, and an obligatory automatic slideshow mode. As for compatibility, you'll have no qualms shoving your CF, MicroDrive, SD, MMC, MS, MSPro, xD, or MSDuo cards directly into the device, and you can also fiddle with the transition effects and slideshow intervals to keep things fresh. Furthermore, the frame can reportedly play back MPEG 1/2/4 videos or MP3-backed photo shows as well, and the wireless remote will allow you to handle the action from the comforts of your recliner. Sadly, you'll have to wait until June to pick this one up, but it'll only run you $159 when it comes time to buy.[Via MacMinute]
Ceiva announces low-cost, WiFi-ready Digital Photo Frame lineup
The bevy of entirely overpriced digiframes out there had us wondering when digital frame prices would finally stoop beneath the stratosphere, and while we're still not entirely there yet, Ceiva is making strides. The firm's most recent lineup features both 7- and 8-inch flavors, decked out in wood or black frames and sporting "high resolution" LCDs. While marketed as a groundbreaker in the world of WiFi frames, this is far from the first wirelessly-enabled rendition out there, and oddly enough it doesn't even include an 802.11 adapter right out of the box. While $24.95 Ethernet and $34.95 WiFi adapters are available, the PicturePlan service (3 months free, $6.95 per month thereafter) works by default using a standard telephone line which "dials up" to check for daily photo updates that you (or someone else with permission) has uploaded to your Ceiva online portfolio, and also gives you access to "free channels for daily updates of weather, sports, and news." While all this fancy connectivity is fine and dandy, the frames also accept your typical CF, MS, MS Pro, MS Duo, SD, SmartMedia, MMC, Micro Drive, xD, and miniSD cards, but apparently lack a convenient USB connection. Nevertheless, the 7-inch Digital Photo Frame comes in at just $149.99, while the 8-inch variety demands $50 more, and bundles of all types are available if you're interested in years of PicturePlan service or ho hum digital cameras.[Via Digital Camera Info]
Smartparts adds 5.6-inch and 10.4-inch digital photo frames to lineup
Smartparts is expanding its offerings in the ever-popular digiframe market by offering two new models just in time for the holiday rush. The 12- x 10-inch option (SPDPF104) boasts a 10.6-inch 640 x 480 resolution LCD, 350cd/m2 brightness, 250:1 contrast ratio, MP3 playback, video output, and a nifty wireless remote to control the action from afar. The smaller sibling (SPDPF56E) rocks an 8- x 7-inch frame, which packs a 5.6-inch 320 x 234 resolution display, 300cd/m2 brightness, and 150:1 contrast ratio. Both units support automatic slideshows, AVI / JPEG playback, USB 2.0 ports, and a built-in flash card reader supporting SD, MMC, and MS cards, while the big brother plays nice with SM, CF, and xD flavors as well. The acrylic-framed SPDPF104 will set you back $249.99, while the wood-flanked SPDPF56E will run you just $99.99, and both are available right now.
Smartparts' DPF56N 5.6-inch digital photo frame
With a name like Smartparts, it's gotta be good, right? While we can't judge the quality per se, the intriguingly-named company has crafted a sleek, classy digital picture display that looks more like a frame and less like a futuristic decoration. Sure to garner grandmother's approval, the DPF56N sports a 5.6-inch LCD, wireless remote, and slots for SD, MMC, and CF cards. After popping in any supported flavor of flash media (since there's no integrated storage), it automatically strikes up a slideshow for the whole family to enjoy, and can channel the fun to your TV set via the video out port. Smartpants also throws in two colored frames (black or silver) to suit those swinging moods, while offering a walnut wood alternative (DPF56E) for the naturalists; these digiframes are priced to move, too -- just $129.99 for the colorful duo or $99.99 for the woody.[Via Photography Blog]
Westinghouse DPF-0701 shows multiple shots per frame
You think hanging 8 x 10s on the wall is old school? Well, it looks like the standard fare of digital picture frames are getting refreshed too. Westinghouse has a new digiframe on the horizon that displays multiple digital photos in varying orientations. The DPF-0701 rocks a 7-inch 16:9 widescreen display housed in a strikingly large ebony bezel and includes an admittedly lacking 16MB of internal storage. Since you probably won't fit all your memories on that (right?), the frame supports USB thumb drives and a myriad of card formats including CF, SD, MMC, XD, MS Pro, and MS Duo. You can get your snapshot shuffle on when it drops later this month for $199. [Via MacWorld]
Make a frame out of a Powerbook
Do you have a need for a digital picture frame and own an old Powerbook you no longer want? Well then, you should craft your own digital picture frame out of your Powerbook following these directions. If only I hadn't traded in my old TiBook for an Aluminum Powerbook.[via Make]
