I posted yesterday about Kodak’s new Quick Touch digital picture frames, and it looks as though Pandigital is next with their new PanTouch digital photo frames!
Don’t worry about smearing the picture, either; as you can see from this picture, the “intuitive” touch controls are embedded in the matte around the picture.
According to the Pandigital PanTouch press release, “Customers can use touch and swipe motions on the surrounding matte to access digital images, Mp3 music, and video clips.”
Each of the three new PanTouch frames will have 512 MB of internal memory, and limitless numbers of digital pictures can be shown when using your camera’s memory card or your flash drive, depending on the size of the card or drive.
The three Pandigital PanTouch frames will be on sale soon. This looks like a good digital picture frame concept to me, and, of course, Pandigital s already known for the several great digital picture frames already on the market. Check the Wireless Digital Picture Frames archives; you’ll see what I mean.
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Most touch-screen digital frames require the user to, well, touch the screen. The screen of a wireless/digital photo frame is sensitive, and sometimes it’s not easy to remove the fingerprints!
The Vernam 8″ digital picture frame has touch-sensitivity technology integrated into the front panel, which allows the user to play with the several functions the frame provides, without actually touching the screen itself.
If you would prefer programming and accessing your pictures on the Vernam frame from your armchair, you can use the wireless remote!
You can plug your Vernam digital frame into the power socket, or you can use the built-in rechargeable battery, which lasts up to an hour and a half. The bright, clear LCD display has 800 x 480 pixels of resolution and a wide angle screen. This digital frame is also an MP3 player, and has built-in speakers and memory.
The calendar and alarm functions are also handy.
Besides connecting this frame direction to your computer via the included USB ports, the Vernam digital frame also supports most memory cards and flash drives. You can also upload 128 MB of pictures directly to the internal memory. If your card or drive contains text files, these can be viewed on the Vernam digital frame, also. You can copy uploaded pictures or files from the frame to another memory card or stick!
Right now, this frame is available only in the UK, but I’m sure it will soon make its way over the ocean to us. You can buy it from RedSave.
Hewlett-Packardintroduces two new digital photo frames!
The two frames - a 7-inch frame and an 8-inch frame - both feature Mp3 and video playback, 128 MB of internal memory, 800 x 600 resolution, and automatic image rotation.
Both clear frames come with two interchangeable mattes - black and wood panel - so your decor can be enhanced even more!
The prices are good, too: The 7-inch frame retails for about $129.00, and the 8-inch frame is approximately $179.00.
Both frames will display a single picture or a slide show, and both use most brands of memory cards, MM cards, and flash drives. Both frames have a USB 2.0 port, and an transfer photos that way, too. Both frames can be used in either landscape or portrait orientation.
The 8-inch digital frame also has a clock and calendar option.
Both frames have a wireless remote control, so you can program your frame from your easy chair!
According to a company spokesperson, HP will begin shipping another frame with a lower-resolution screen later in the year.
Viewsonic added three new digital picture frames at CES this year. Their tagline is that the company intends to “set photos free from the hard drive and bring them to the coffee table,” and their 7 and 8-inch widescreen and standard screen 8-inch frames are certainly going to help do just that. All three frames have 128MB of internal memory and accept most memory cards and flash drives. Prices are low; the three frames will average around $99.00 - $119.00.
Viewsonic understands that most people, after uploading their digital pictures to their hard drive, never see those pictures again. With their three new digital frames, ViewSonic hopes to change that statistic.
“From wedding days and a baby’s ‘first’ to family vacations and birthdays, displaying personal moments through high-quality displays is a natural next step for ViewSonic,†said Jeff Volpe, vice president of marketing, ViewSonic Americas. “Expanding our portfolio of leading-edge display technology to include picture frames is the latest example of how we are meeting digital lifestyle trends and improving how people view and share content.â€
As with most digital picture frames, pictures can be uploaded via a USB cable, memory card, or flash drive.
The widescreen 7-inch DP701W4WH has an 800×480 resolution, 220 cd/m2 brightness and a 400:1 contrast ratio (typ) that are ideal for crisp and vibrant images. It creates a smooth progression from image to image, while the white acrylic bezel makes it a perfect fit within the modern decor of today’s homes and offices. The frames can display JPEG or BMP files and also include clock and alarm functionality.
The widescreen 8-inch DF88W-523 and traditional 8-inch DF87G-533 give photos more screen space and personality with audio and video capabilities. These frames display JPEG, BMP and M-JPEG files, and the DF88W also displays MPEG2 and MPEG4 files. Showcasing photos with accurate color, the DF88W offers 800×480 resolution and 300:1 contrast ratio while the DF87G offers 800×600 resolution and 500:1 contrast ratio (typ). With 250 cd/m2 brightness (typ), images are bright and clear. Both frames include an integrated speaker for MP3 sound, a remote control and clock, alarm and calendar functionality.
