Archive for February, 2008
All of the Kodak wireless/digital photo frames are fantastic, and this video can tell you why.
We gave my sweet mother-in-law a Kodak Easyshare S510 digital picture frame last Christmas, and even though she is pretty much 100% technologically “impaired,” she has no trouble at all inserting a flash drive or memory card in her digital frame. Well, after we showed her how about five hundred times. My point? You can be technologically brain dead and still manage a Kodak digital picture frame! This is a GOOD thing, by the way.
The Kodak SV1011 digital frame, shown here, is an exceptionally fine digital frame. Many businesses use this digital frame in their offices and foyers, and wherever customers are likely to see it. They showcase not only their families and dogs and last summer’s vacations, but also the many things their individual business offers its customers: examples, and samples, and sales, and smiling satisfied customers, etc.
Over at Freight & Shipping, Inc. in Clearwater, Florida, there’s a big Kodak SV-1011 in the president’s office, in fact. In my veterinarian’s office, on the receptionist’s desk, there’s a smaller Kodak digital frame showcasing and slideshowing all the doctor’s patients, from newborn kittens to gigantic Holstein cattle. It keeps the children in the waiting room occupied, too. In the hallways of my college, there is a giant wireless digital picture frame, featuring all kinds of information about our students and their opportunities for employment, graduation, clubs, etc. Think of how welcome a wireless/digital picture would be in hospitals, nursing homes, schools, and pretty much any place where people gather. Think of how much a soldier overseas would appreciate a wireless digital picture frame; you could send pictures to the wireless frame from your FrameChannel account, and your soldier could “keep up” with what’s happening at home, visually!
There are so many fine wireless/digital picture frames on the market now. The best ones, of course, use FrameChannel. My own Digital Spectrum MF8104 is proof of that.
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Digitimes posted an article today with a detailed write up of Frame Media and FrameChannel. The excerpt featuring
FrameChannel is below. You can view the full article on the Digitimes website.
Extending the Internet to digital photo frames
Michael McManus, DIGITIMES, Taipei [Wednesday 27 February 2008]
Although digital photo frames are in many ways still thought of as a geek accessory or as a gift to bestow on a less technically inclined loved one, the market continues to show strong growth. According to Taiwan’s Industrial Economics and Knowledge Center (IEK), demand is expected to grow from about 12 million units in 2007 to 20 million this year. Looking to drive growth further, players in the industry are now trying to leverage Internet services to make digital photo frames easier to manage while perhaps even redefining how the devices are used.
Read the rest of the article….
I always know what the weather forecast is, and I don’t have to listen to the radio or turn on the television to get it. (To be quite honest, I don’t listen to the radio and I never watch television.)
I just look at my wireless digital picture frame. It’s always turned on, 24/7, and it’s the highlight of my living room.
I subscribed to FrameChannel’s Weather Channel, you see, and every fifteen minutes I get an updated weather report/forecast on my wireless frame.
FrameChannel has lots of interesting channels a person can subscribe to, and they’re free! I store all of my digital pictures on FrameChannel, and you can even use your Flickr and Picasa accounts with FrameChannel!
People are always interested in the weather, and during these times of snow, sleet, freezing rain, and blizzards, it’s nice to know ahead of time. I have found the FrameChannel weather report to be accurate, too.
Hmm, that means that tomorrow I need to wear my warm coat and be careful of frozen spots in the parking lot.
Thank you, FrameChannel!
CNET published a review of the Chumby yesterday. An excerpt is below. To read the full review, please visit CNET’s website.
The Chumby ($179) is a plush, softball-size Linux computer that includes a 3.5-inch touch screen, speakers, and Wi-Fi. An adorable little machine for hosting music, photos, videos, and Web applications, the Chumby distinguishes itself from the world of ultramobile PCs and portable video players with its deliberately simplified scope and approachable, durable design.
With its beanbag shape and soft exterior, the Chumby resembles a computer designed by Teddy Ruxpin. Measuring 5 inches wide by 4 inches tall by 3 inches deep, the Chumby feels like the perfect gadget to place under your arm and take around the house…
The biggest hurdle Chumby faces is its ambiguous purpose. We love that the Chumby can be used as an RSS reader, an Internet radio, an alarm clock, an iPod speaker dock, a photo frame, an IPTV, and countless other things–but it’s hard to decide exactly where it belongs in the house. Whatever use you find for the Chumby, its essential features can be divided into three basic camps: clock, audio, and widgets.
As it stands now, the Chumby isn’t the most practical device, but if you have a general love for the Web, digital music, and new technology, you’ll have no problem finding a fun use for the Chumby in your home.
