Wireless/Digital Picture Frames Are One of the Hottest Items of the 2007 Holidays!

From Robin Goad at Hitwise comes some great news about wireless/digital picture frames! Apparently, they are one of most popular items on peoples’ Christmas lists for the 2007 season. I will have to admit that I am not in the least surprised at this statistic, because a wireless digital picture frame is Number ONE on my own personal Christmas list.

Wireless digital photo frames haven’t overtaken the Nintendo Wii or the iPhone yet, but if we wait just a little while, I would bet that they will. After all, who can find a Wii or an iPhone anywhere? But wireless/digital photo frames are still available, FOR NOW.

And can you watch your children grow up before your very eyes on an iPhone? Can you send your mother real-time pictures of your vacation with a Wii? I think not.

For personal heart-warming sharing, you need a wireless/digital picture frame.

They’re flying off the shelves, though, so if you want one, or want to get one for someone else, you’d better hurry up and get it before it’s too late.

Whether you’re talking about Amazon or K-Mart, online or mall, wireless/digital picture frames are one of the most popular items of the season. People who, a week ago, had never heard of such a thing, are now searching for just that right wireless/digital frame for a loved one. The frames are especially popular as a gift item for grandparents or other people who don’t have a computer, because you don’t necessarily NEED a computer for most frames! People are also opening the box, programming the frame, and then re-wrapping it, so when Grandma or Great-Uncle Bert open the frame, all he/she has to do is plug it in and it’s ready to go, slideshowing the grandkids and their antics - and their growing up - across the frame in bright, colorful, glowing action. Videos, too, and music! The perfection of a wireless/digital picture frame as a gift is unparalleled, unsurpassed, unbelievable!

Even better - if you get a WIRELESS frame, you can get a FrameChannel account and program that frame from anywhere in the world!

To see just exactly how well wireless/digital picture frames are doing, compared to other electronic products, and to see exactly where people are going to find them, check out the graphs on the Hitwise webpage.

A picture is worth a thousand words, and a graph is a kind of picture.

Don’t forget, too, that a digital picture is worth a million words, and if you have a wireless/digital photo frame, you can watch the proof right there on your wall or desktop, any time you want. Just push a button on the wireless remote that comes with the frame, and you’re Harry Potter. Harry Potter and the Wireless Picture Frame.

I’d buy that book, and I’d read it cover to cover.

Parrot and Bluetooth Are At It Again!

Listen up, Bluetooth people. Parrot has a new digital photo frame with Bluetooth wireless technology. Can you use the new Parrot DF7220 with your iPhone? Yes, you can!

The 7-inch diagonal display shuts off automatically at night, and there are several frame options you can choose; there’s a frame style for any decor and for any taste.

Just select the Parrot DF7220 in your Bluetooth device list (phone, digital camera, or computer) Then select the picture you want to display and send it to the frame via Bluetooth. You don’t have to worry about or deal with resizing; the frame will do that for you, instantly. The 3-button user interface is easy to use.

If you don’t want or need to use the wireless Bluetooth functions at the moment, you can also transfer pictures to this frame with the USB port, flash drive, or memory card slot; there’s room for approximately 300 pictures on the frame itself.

By the way, if you’re going to transfer pictures with a flash drive, why not get that new one from SanDisk? It’s 8 GB!

This new Parrot DF7220 with wireless Bluetooth capabilities will be available worldwide in stores by October 7, and will cost approximately $199.00.

Bluetooth and iPhone: Not Exactly Best Friends Yet

See this cell phone uploading pictures to this Bluetooth-friendly Parrot digital picture frame? See how easy it looks? It really is that easy, too. With your ordinary basic Bluetooth cell phone, you can perform magic, just like this, with a few buttons and your thumb. Easy.

However, if you try to do this with your new iPhone, it’s not gonna happen.

The iPhone does a lot of cool stuff, but transferring images to the cool Parrot frame isn’t one of them.

In fact, the iPhone isn’t particularly Bluetooth-friendly at all.

Vincent Nguyen, of My I Tablet.com, doesn’t have many compliments for the new iPhone. He even posts a list of things iPhone supports, and things iPhone doesn’t support. Guess which list is longer?

iPhone Support:

Hands-Free Profile (HFP)
Headset Profile (HSP)

iPhone Does Not Support:

Advanced Audio Distribution Profile (A2DP)
Audio/Video Remote Control Profile (AVRCP)
Basic Imaging Profile (BIP)
Basic Printing Profile (BPP)
Cordless Telephony Profile (CTP)
Device ID Profile (DID)
Dial-up Networking Profile (DUN)
Fax Profile (FAX)
File Transfer Profile (FTP)
General Audio/Video Distribution Profile (GAVDP)
Generic Access Profile (GAP)
Generic Object Exchange Profile (GOEP)
Human Interface Device Profile (HID)
Intercom Profile (ICP)
Object Push Profile (OPP)
Personal Area Networking Profile (PAN)
Phone Book Access Profile (PBAP)
Serial Port Profile (SPP)
Service Discovery Application Profile (SDAP)
SIM Access Profile (SAP,SIM)
Synchronisation Profile (synch)
Video Distribution Profile (vdp)
Wireless Application Protocol Bearer (WAPB)

If you have an opinion about Bluetooth and iPhone, we welcome you to comment here. Then, go over to Mr. Nguyen’s article and post your opinion there, too.