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Computex 2009 Conference Includes Pandigital Partner Fugoo

Microsoft’s OEM Division Corporate Vice President Steve Guggenheimer was a keynote speaker at Computex 2009 this past summer, and among other things, he revealed that Windows 7 would become generally available in October 2009, and Windows Server 2008 R2 will be broadly available at the same time. Included in this would be the Fugoo platform:

Another bid to create a useful class of consumer devices is Fugoo. The Fugoo platform uses a version of Windows in conjunction with widely available Web “widgets,” which publish everything from the time and weather to currency exchange rates and horoscopes.

Fugoo’s prototype devices integrate that software functionality into home appliances to create dynamic displays in clocks, picture frames and even coffee makers.

At Computex, Fugoo is announcing that its first commercially available product, a digital picture frame launched in partnership with Pandigital in the U.S., will be available on the market this summer.

The frame is Web-enabled and can download photos from social networks or online photo services. It also allows users to download photos directly from a PC or digital camera.

The full article may be read on Microsoft’s webpage. It’s from last June, but the article’s “predictions” came to pass just the other day!

Sony Unveils Digital Frame/Printer Combo

Greg Tarr of TWICE has the scoop on the new Sony digital picture frame/printer combo:

Sony Electronics is launching Thursday a multitasking digital photo frame and printer combination.

The S-Frame DPP-F700 is an all-in-one device that allows photo lovers to display their favorite photos and make an instant print copy for interested friends and family.

The DPP-F700, which will ship in January at a $200 estimated selling price, has a 7-inch 16:10 LCD display with WVGA (800-by-480) resolution.

The device prints 4-by-6 inch professional quality 300-by-300 dpi photos instantly in just 45 seconds.

The frame will also enable users to edit images before making prints. Editing options include enlarging, reducing, cropping, date stamping, adding borders or omitting, and adjusting brightness, contrast, hue, and sharpness.

A Creative Print mode will enable making photo calendar using more than 30 templates, print an ID photo, and create a “layout print” with multiple images on one sheet.

The S-frame includes 1GB of internal storage capacity with an auto-resizing adjustment that downsizes photos to let you store up to 2,000 photos.

The new S-Frame model supports JPEG, TIFF and BMP image file formats.

Images can be transferred to the frame via a USB connection or via most Flash memory cards, including Memory Stick PRO, Memory Stick PRO Duo, Secure Digital (SD), SDHC, Multi-Media Card (MMC), CompactFlash and xD-Picture Card media.

An Auto Orientation sensor automatically rotates photos to adjust for horizontal of vertical frame placement.

Supplied accessories include a paper tray, AC adaptor, CD-ROM (print driver, PMB), operation manual, cleaning kit and stand.

Optional print packs include compatible SVM-F series: SVM-F40P (40 sheets of photo paper and cartridge), and SVM-F120P (120 sheets of photo paper and cartridges).

Updates From FrameChannel!

It’s been awhile since our last update. In the past few months there have been lots of updates and new channels added to FrameChannel.

Updates

Now Playing – Ever see a headline on your screen and want to read the whole article? Now, if you sign into your FrameChannel account and click on the Now Playing tab, you can will see a list of your channels that have associated stories. For text based channels such as People, BBC, Time, RSS feeds, etc. you can now click through to the full story on the source’s website!

My Account – We’ve streamlined the registration process and the My Account page. Some of the information that was once in My Account (your account’s RSS address, PIN and device settings) is now located on the settings page. You can access these by clicking on the green Advanced button on the top left.

New channels – We’ve been very busy adding lots of new content! A few of our new channels are listed below. To see them all, go onto FrameChannel and check it out!

• Deutsche Welle – 16 new international news and sports channels

• Lottery – Lottery results for the US and Canada

• Better Homes and Gardens “Better Blog” – Content from the magazine’s popular blog

• Sports headlines – 11 new channels covering major league and college sports

• College Football and Basketball – Scores and standings for US college teams

• Hockey – Scores and standings for NHL teams

• High School Sports (US) – Get your local high school’s sports schedule and results

• Entertainment Weekly – Get EW’s daily picks for music, TV, movies, and more

• Facebook® Birthdays – Never miss a friend’s birthday again with birthday updates

• Memeo Share – Share your photos from Memeo

• Digg – View the daily Diggs in 8 categories, from business Diggs, to Gaming Diggs and much more

• US House of Representatives – Search for your local representative and subscribe to their Twitter feed. Don’t know your Rep? Choose the Local category then the US House of Representatives sub category and browse through the listings!

WIth all these changes and additions, we’re sure some of you will have questions and feedback. We want to know what you think! Contact us via our helpdesk with any questions or comments!

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Thank you for using FrameChannel!

Sincerely,

The FrameChannel team

MediaChef Digital Cookbook Doubles As Digital Photo Frame

From CoGadget.com, we learn about the upcoming new Mediachef, the versatile kitchen helper that doubles as a digital picture frame!

Want to be able to cook well without having to follow detailed lists of ingredients? Don’t want to get lost in the confusing instructions on print? Help is at hand!

Enter MediaChef – a digital cookbook from Belling that beats all stereotype cookbooks. Frankly, its no new feat. Its just digitizing of cook books, but not a lot of us saw this coming, did we?

Sitting pretty with an 8-inch screen, it boasts of 48 preloaded video cooking lessons and exclusive content featuring British celebrity chef Brian Turner. It comes with a remote that lets you pause, rewind, and play with ease.

Fortunately, you won’t have to stash it away when you’re not using the assisted cooking lessons. It doubles up as a digital photo frame, a music player or a Calender too!

No date of release has, yet, been announced but it is estimated to be priced in the range of $270.

[via engadget]