eStarling Ships 2.0 Frames to Existing Customers

Posted on May 7, 2007 by Sam Costello at 1:34 am

Owners of the troubled eStarling 1.0 wireless digital picture frame started receiving free upgrades to the 2.0 frame on Friday, May 4, according to Andrew Caffey, executive vice president of PF Digital, the company that makes the eStarling frame. Caffey revealed this an interview with WirelessPictureFrame.com on Friday. The full interview will run on the site later this week.

The eStarling 1.0 frame was plagued by a number of problems, including issues with crashing and shorter-than-advertised WiFi range.

In response to those issues, and voluminous customer complaints, PF Digital announced that it would replacing all eStarling 1.0 frames free of charge with the new 2.0 version. ThinkGeek.com, the site that sold the frames originally, is handling the replacements.

More on this issue and other eStarling news will come in the full interview with Caffey.

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