To me WiFi is important in this product for a few reasons. First of all I do not store my photos on my pc. All of them are in two places; flickr and my network drive as a back up. Second WiFi is all about convenience. If I can point the frame to a certain feed, that's one step less (or more than one) than pulling the memory card out of frame, walking to my pc, thinking which photos to put on there or not, thenpull the card out, go to the frame and watch the same photos over and over...To me the memory card set up seems like a dvd or a cd on auto repeat..it's cute for 5 minutes and then it's boring. On flickr I am subscribed to a group called HDR (High Dynamic Range) photography. People upload beautiful images all the time. You NEVER know what will pop up. So there's always a reason to draw your attention to the frame. This could be mixed with your photos..and all being pulled over WiFi. I think this is a pretty good idea and honestly I could give up the 15 thousand in one card readers which make most frames look like a fat cat and I'd take WiFi interface instead any second so the cost would be equal. I know that everyone likes different things. I just think that WiFi is a feature which I believe many people would like in DPF's.
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Hannes,
To me WiFi is important in this product for a few reasons. First of all I do not store my photos on my pc. All of them are in two places; flickr and my network drive as a back up. Second WiFi is all about convenience. If I can point the frame to a certain feed, that's one step less (or more than one) than pulling the memory card out of frame, walking to my pc, thinking which photos to put on there or not, thenpull the card out, go to the frame and watch the same photos over and over...To me the memory card set up seems like a dvd or a cd on auto repeat..it's cute for 5 minutes and then it's boring. On flickr I am subscribed to a group called HDR (High Dynamic Range) photography. People upload beautiful images all the time. You NEVER know what will pop up. So there's always a reason to draw your attention to the frame. This could be mixed with your photos..and all being pulled over WiFi. I think this is a pretty good idea and honestly I could give up the 15 thousand in one card readers which make most frames look like a fat cat and I'd take WiFi interface instead any second so the cost would be equal. I know that everyone likes different things. I just think that WiFi is a feature which I believe many people would like in DPF's.
Maciek