Archive for April, 2009

Mother’s Day is May 10: Get That Wireless/Digital Picture Frame Loaded Up For Her!

Mother’s Day is just around the corner – May 10 – and I can tell you for a fact that Mom would LOVE to have a wireless/digital picture frame instead of the usual candles, flowers, colognes, and shower gels.  Not that Mom doesn’t like those things, but let’s face it: she already has a house full of those things.

But think about a wireless/digital picture frame for Mom:  preloaded full of you, the kids, the dog, the cat, the neighbors, the vacations, the memories. . . . . What cologne can rival that?

Why don’t you scan a lot of her old standard photos and put them on the frame, too?  Back before the days of digital camera, Mom was taking lots of pictures and filing them away in albums, shoeboxes, and big envelopes.  She hasn’t seen most of those pictures in ten years or more, and it would absolutely THRILL her to see them slideshowing past on that wireless/digital picture frame!

Whether your mom has a computer or not. . . whether she’s tech-savvy or not. . . . and even if she doesn’t have a wireless connection in her house, you can give your mother a wireless/digital picture frame loaded full to bursting with that best gift of all:  memories.

There are many excellent wireless/digital picture frames from which to choose, too; for example, Kodak, Digital Spectrum, Giant, Phillips,  Samsung, D-Link, Edge, PhotoVu. . . these are all reputable wireless/digital picture frame brands, and all the better than usual because they are all FrameChannel-compatible!

On InformationAppliance: Adobe Makes Widget Play with Flash Platform

Today on InformationAppliance.com: Widgets are everywhere. Another thing that’s everywhere – or at least in nearly every web browser – is Adobe’s Flash, an audio, video, and animation technology. Now Adobe’s looking to merge the two with the debut of its widget-focused Flash Platform … read more

Giant InTouch IT7150 Wireless Digital Picture Frame for Mother’s Day

By now, I hope you’ve definitely decided to get your mom a wireless digital picture frame for Mother’s Day, but which one?  There are many fine wireless frames on the market today.

Over at Marketwire, there is a great post about Giant’s InTouch IT7150 wireless digital photo frame,  explaining to us all just why this particular frame would be the perfect Mother’s Day gift for YOUR mother.  Remember, Giant InTouch wireless frames are FrameChannel-compatible, and that is one of the things that makes them superior!

Give Mom the Gift of Digital Mobility & Treasured Memories With the Intouch IT7150 Wireless Internet Frame

Touch Screen Wireless Internet Frames Allow Mom to View & Share Photos, Listen to Internet Radio, Watch Videos and View Personalized News Updates From Virtually Anywhere in the Home

ATLANTA, GA–(Marketwire – April 27, 2009) – This Mother’s Day consider a gift that keeps mom connected and in touch with the current events of the day and the treasured family memories of the past. The Intouch IT7150 wireless Internet frame seamlessly transfers digital content from the PC or internet to a portable touch screen frame making it easy for mom to view and share photos, listen to live Internet radio or WEB TV and receive the latest news on her favorite hobbies in a comfortable home setting. Digital photo frames have been hot for a while, but the Intouch IT7150 is the first wireless Internet frame to combine multimedia content on an all touch screen, making it the most versatile and easy to use frame on the market today.

All Touch Screen, RSS News Feeder Puts Customized News at Mom’s Fingertips

The Intouch IT7150 features a convenient all touch screen operation. With its RSS news feeder capability, mom can stay up-to-date on the latest headline news, as well as receive tips of the day from parenting sites or even special hobbies such as cake decorating and skydiving. The Intouch frame comes pre-programmed with commonly used news sources with the option to add personalized feeds, based on mom’s unique lifestyle and news preferences. She simply types in her favorite RSS news feeds on the frame’s soft QWERTY touch screen keyboard and has access to a plethora of digital information at her fingertips without having to be confined to the home office.

Sharing Family Photos with Grandma Is a Breeze

Surprise mom by uploading cherished family photos into the Intouch IT7150’s internal frame memory ahead of time. Mom has the flexibility to view photos with a memory card or by connecting the frame to a networked PC via wireless or USB cable. Friends and family can also add photos directly to the frame, making it fun for everyone to stay up-to-date even over long distances. With a free subscription to FrameChannel, a web-based content provider, mom can also access and share photos stored on her favorite photo websites like Facebook®, Flickr™, Webshots® and Picasa®, so even grandma can view the latest photos of the grandkids without ever touching the PC. FrameChannel also offers over 400 channels of news, weather, traffic and sports content that mom can select personally and have automatically delivered to her frame.

Relax & Stay Connected with Portable News, Video & Music

In addition to viewing and sharing photos, the Intouch IT7150 provides additional news and entertainment value as a portable multi media player featuring audio and video playback and live Internet radio or WEB TV. Mom can unwind on the patio and still listen to her favorite music or talk radio show with access to over 12,000 radio and TV stations on the Internet. And, she can also program in her own individual local radio station favorites. The Intouch IT7150 features built-in stereo speakers and easily connects to headphones or external speakers via an audio jack. It also comes equipped with an integrated rechargeable battery for seamless mobility throughout the home.

Intouch IT7150 Key Features:

– 7″ color digital display screen (16:9 aspect ratio)
– High resolution (800 x 480 pixels)
– Wi-Fi connectivity (embedded WiFi 802.11b/g standard)
– Touch operation with on-screen QWERTY keyboard
– Digital photo frame with FrameChannel partnership providing easy photo
sharing and 400 channels of dynamic content to customize frame with news,
weather, sports and more
– Wireless RSS 2.0 feed reader
– Live internet radio with included vTuner service providing 12,000
mainstream radio and internet only stations, 8,000 podcast shows and over
850 WEB TV stations
– Video/audio/photo playback function
– Stereo speakers (1W x 2)
– Memory formats supported: Secure Digital (SD) Card, Compact Flash (CF)
Card, Memory Stick (MS), Multimedia (MMC) Card, XD-Picture card expandable
memory
– 128MB of internal memory
– Audio jack for headphones or external speaker connection
– Clock, calendar and alarm
– USB cable included to connect to PC
– Rechargeable battery with estimated 1.5 hours battery life for easy
mobility

Pricing and Availability

The Intouch IT7150 digital photo frame has a Manufacturer’s Suggested Retail Price of $229. The Intouch IT7100 is also available without vTuner, and without rechargeable battery for a Manufacturer’s Suggested Retail Price of $199. Both models are available through Intouch’s network of retail outlets and at the company’s online store at www.in-touchproducts.com.

About Intouch

Intouch consumer electronics offer innovative technology that delivers communications, information and entertainment to sophisticated, active consumers when, where and how they desire. With its Intouch brand, Giant International is leveraging its marketing and distribution expertise in the consumer electronics market.

About Giant International

Atlanta-based Giant International Ltd. is the global marketer and distributor for Giant Wireless Technology (GWT), an international leader in the development and production of wireless telecommunications products for the consumer market. With manufacturing capabilities in China, GWT provides superior quality products that are also technology market leaders. A diversified, multi-national research and development team helps GWT bring to market products that reflect an international range of product advancements and innovations based on consumer insights. Through OEM and ODM arrangements, Giant International markets wireless communications solutions that deliver entertainment and information for active lifestyles. Currently, products are brought to market under the Intouch, Olympia and licensed Motorola brand.

NOTE TO EDITORS: Spokesperson available for interview. Product available for review or demo.

Intouch and the Intouch logo are trademarks or registered trademarks of Giant International Ltd. All other registered trademarks and trademarks are the property of their respective owners. Giant International Ltd. 2009. All rights reserved.

Media Contact:
Colleen Philbrick
912-604-1950

You should get a Giant InTouch IT7150 wireless digital frame for yourself, too.  No household should be without a wireless frame these days.  It’s THE way to display all of your digital photographs!

RMI, FrameMedia, and FrameChannel: Working Together

Over on TechShowWire.com, they’re talking about RMI’s Home Media Player® Application Development Kit, one of the hits at last week’s The NAB Show™ in Vegas.

There are few aspects of the electronics world that I can honestly praise, that do not include FrameMedia in some way. RMI and FrameMedia have been working together for over a year, . . . to enable advanced FrameChannel use cases in wireless digital photo frames and digital signage applications.

Here is the press release:

At The NAB Show™, RMI Corporation, a leading provider of high-performance processors for communication and media-rich applications, today announced the availability of its Home Media Player® Application Development Kit (ADK) challenging the television and the PC for multimedia consumption in the home. The ADK is an open development system and includes a complete software Board Support Package (BSP) for customers and original design manufacturers (ODMs) targeting media-based applications such as wireless Digital Photo Frames (DPFs), Mobile Internet Devices (MIDs), Digital Signage, Information Dashboards and other home networking and consumer devices.

The comprehensive RMI® Alchemy-based™ ADK development environment is complemented by ODM partners and applications partners such as FrameMedia, the leader in content and tools for wireless digital picture frames, and CoreCodec, a leading provider of digital media technology. With these technologies included, the HMP ADK provides developers a powerful environment for creating advanced applications quickly.

“RMI is truly changing the way silicon providers work with the development community,” stated Mike Wodopian, vice president and general manager, RMI. “This ADK is the first step in changing the paradigm in the wireless DPF and MID markets. As the open development environment is cultivated, more and more applications and features will be enabled, allowing OEMs to quickly and thoroughly differentiate their solutions.”

Comprehensive Application Development Kit

RMI’s Home Media Player Application Development Kit is the ideal development platform for connected, media-centric devices. The hardware includes a 10.4” high resolution (1024×768) LCD, 2GB of NAND flash, 256MB of DDR2 RAM, Wi-Fi connectivity (through partnership with Atheros®), two USB ports, Ethernet and serial ports, stereo speakers, IR receiver, and a 5-in-1 card reader.

The ADK utilizes the Linux OpenEmbedded environment to create a Board Support Package based on Linux 2.6. It includes a media stack and player from CoreCodec for D1 resolution video playback (MPEG-1/2/4, VC1/WMV, H.264, DivX, XviD), hardware-accelerated DirectFB, GTK+ middleware, a complete toolchain, filesystem, and an example application.

Broad Ecosystem of Partners

RMI’s Partner Alliance has assembled a broad ecosystem of partnerships including ODMs as well as Independent Software Vendors (ISVs) with a range of capabilities and solutions well suited for the HMP and related consumer media markets.

CoreCodec and RMI have partnered to bring the world’s most powerful embedded media player technologies, CorePlayer and CoreUI to the HMP ADK platform. These technologies are included with the platform, allowing third-party developers to add audio, video, and picture support into their applications quickly and efficiently.

“CoreCodec is excited to have our technology included in this offering,” said Dan Marlin, CEO of CoreCodec, Inc. “This ADK raises the bar for digital photo frame and portable media player device capabilities, while significantly reducing OEM time to market.”

FrameMedia has also begun development on the HMP ADK, creating an advanced multi-stream RSS reader with video and audio capabilities for ODMs and OEMs to quickly leverage to enable advanced FrameChannel use cases in wireless digital photo frames and digital signage applications.

“The market RMI is addressing is exciting and we think that our development is a great fit for what users are trying to do,” said Jon Finegold, Co-founder of Frame Media. “We set out working with RMI over a year ago and the advancements that we have seen are unmatched. We look forward to extending this relationship and driving this market together.”

The ADK is immediately available directly from RMI or through its distribution channels for $499.

About Frame Media Inc.

Frame Media is the leading platform provider for content delivery to wireless digital picture frames and connected gadgets. Its flagship product, FrameChannel, can be branded and tightly integrated to work with any Wi-Fi enabled photo frame or connected gadget, transforming these devices into dynamic information appliances. With FrameChannel, a frame owner can program a unique stream of content that is updated dynamically, marrying their own photos with fresh content from a library of hundreds of channels including news, sports, weather, traffic, stock quotes, horoscopes and imagery from leading photographic collections. For more information please visit www.framemedia.com. Frame Media can be reached at info@framemedia.com or 718-235-3006.

About CoreCodec

CoreCodec, Inc. (www.corecodec.com) is the leading provider of mobile and embedded media player technologies for general-purpose computing devices. With over 70 million users worldwide, and 1100 supported devices on 8 operating systems, CoreCodec players and technologies power every class of device. From cellular phones to televisions, PDAs to in-car GPS, CoreCodec is at the center of the digital ecosystem.

About RMI

RMI Corporation is a fabless semiconductor company providing High-Performance Super System-on-a-Chip (SuperSoC™) Processor solutions for the Infrastructure, Enterprise, and Consumer Media markets. Applications include Wireless, Networking Security, Thin Clients, and Connected Multi-Media. RMI offers a broad platform of advanced MIPS-compatible processor solutions with both 32/64-bit architectures supporting frequencies from 300MHz to 1.3GHz. RMI is headquartered in Cupertino, CA with branch and subsidiary operations in Texas, United Kingdom, France, India, Korea, Japan, Taiwan and China. More information about RMI can be found on the company’s website at http://www.RMICorp.com.

© Copyright 2009 RMI Corporation. All rights reserved. RMI, the RMI logo, HMP, Alchemy-based, Alchemy, RMI Alchemy, Au1250, Home Media Player, HMP Processor, Home Media Processor, SuperSoC, and the other trademarks named on the RMI website are trademarks of RMI Corporation. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.

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