iGala Wi-Fi Linux Based Photo Frame

ThinkGeek put the word out about the new iGala Wi-Fi Linux-based photo frame!

Unlike other digital photo frames that just accept memory cards and show photos, the iGala has a brain inside its rectangular head. Use the touchscreen interface to configure the iGala to connect to your wi-fi network, then the iGala can do all kinds of smart things like login to a Gmail account and display any e-mailed photos on its hi-res 800×600 screen.

Of course the iGala can pull your photos automatically from Flickr and you can connect to Windows Live FrameIt or FrameChannel if you’re looking for a free web based interface to automatically push photos, news and traffic to your frame. No PC is required because the iGala is essentially a mini touchscreen computer running Linux.

FrameChannel or FrameIt?

The iGala frame comes in two models, one for FrameChannel service (http://www.framechannel.com) and one for Windows Live FrameIt service (http://frameit.live.com). They are both customizable web service platforms to manage the intelligent delivery of personalized content to wireless digital picture frames.

You are not required to use either of these two services. The iGala is perfectly capable of receiving photos sent via e-mail and handling Flickr RSS feeds of photos all by itself.

FrameChannel offers a library of hundreds of channels of content, all optimized for viewing on wireless picture frames. These include text based channels that are converted to images such as news headlines, live weather forecasts, sports scores, and horoscopes as well as image content from sources like National Geographic, AP Images and other galleries shot by the top photographers from around the world. This content is then married with each user’s personal photos that can be uploaded to FrameChannel or pulled from a variety of supported photo sharing sites including Flickr, Picasa, Webshots, Facebook and others. Each user selects the channels that interest them, sets the rules for each channel and FrameChannel applies its rules engine to create a unique content stream for each user that is updated continually. The iGala frame also features a simple One-Click setup for FrameChannel service.

Microsoft’s Windows Live FrameIt service lets users customize a content feed that is delivered via RSS which is similar to FrameChannel. Users can customize weather data, news sources and their own photos via Live Spaces or SmugMug. Once users customized the channel on FrameIt website, they can input its Collection Name on iGala to display its content.

The main difference between the two services is the scope of their image content collections. iGala users will be able to switch between FrameIt and FrameChannel services by performing an easy firmware refresh on the iGala frame.

Product Features

• Wi-Fi enabled photo frame can pull photos from Gmail and Flicker and has touch screen interface for network configuration
• 8″ 4:3 800X600 Digital LCD
• No PC Needed for Setup, No Subscription Fees for Online Use
• Full Screen Touchscreen Interface
• No PC Needed for Setup
• Linux based operating system
• Wifi 802.11b/g with WEP, WPA and WPA2
• 1GB Internal Memory Stores over 5,000 images
• Auto Synchronization with Flickr Photo Sets
• Access to Flickr Private Photos
• Email Photos to Frame
• Windows Live FrameIt or FrameChannel Support for Photos, News and Weather
• Insert SD media card to display photos from the card
• USB Mass Storage Connectivity
• MP3 Support to Play Music
• Auto Power Saving
• 110V/250V AC Adapter
• Clock and Alarm Function

Another Wireless Digital Spectrum Frame: The MF-8104

Hey look, it’s another Digital Spectrum wireless digital picture frame! This is the MF-8104, and it’s ten inches of clear, bright pictures of your kids and your dog and your mom and your vacation.

The MF-8104 works with both Windows Vista and Windows XP, so no matter which one you have on your computer, you can still use the wireless MF-8104.

This wireless digital photo frame connects with almost all picture-sharing sites on the internet today, including My MemoryFrame, Flickr, Windows LiveSpaces, Webshots, and my personal favorite, FrameChannel

If you haven’t already done so, in fact, please hurry over to the FrameChannel website and sign up for a free account. Once you have that account, an amazing assortment of cool things are available to you!

Besides wirelessly finding and displaying your digital pictures, the MF-8104 will also let you subscribe to weather channels, sports channels, home improvement channels, parenting channels. . . . name something of interest and there’s a channel for it and that channel can be watched via FrameChannel on your MF-8104 wireless digital picture frame.

This is also a great frame to put in the window of your business to advertise for you. Your customers will be able to see that ten-inch screen easily!

Oh, and if you don’t like the frame that comes in the box, you can get more. You can customize this frame, in fact, to go with any room, anywhere. Feng shui is our middle name.

Plus, it’s only $350.00. And believe me, you get your money’s worth with this beautiful wireless frame..

Digital Spectrum’s MF-8000 8-inch Wireless Frame Is FANTASTIC!

The beautiful 8-inch MF-8000 Premium wireless digital picture frame from Digital Spectrum is one of the best wireless frames ‘out there’ today.

The frame is compatible with both Windows XP and Vista, and will easily connect to almost every photo storage system that exists.

This includes FrameChannel, which is by far one of the very best photo services on the internet today. FrameChannel is a free web-based tool that lets you select and manage image content for your wireless picture frame or desktop. With over 200 channels of dynamic content, FrameChannel allows you to easily combine your own photos with news and entertainment channels, feeds from popular photo sharing sites, as well as photos sent by your friends and family who you can invite to contribute directly to your frame. You set it up once, tell it your preferences, and it updates every fifteen minutes! Click here to register now!

The MF-8000 will also connect to My MemoryFrame, Flickr, Window LiveSpaces, Webshots, and Picasa .

You can also upload pictures with any memory card or flash drive, although there is something about sitting in a wireless hotspot in Yellowstone National Park sending pictures taken ten minutes ago to your mother’s living room wall, that is just too cool for words.

The internet is a magical thing, but wireless internet takes one’s breath away. Really, it does.

I can’t WAIT to get my wireless digital picture frame!

Oh, and did I mention that this wireless frame has stereo speakers so you can hear your favorite mp3’s while your memories go slideshowing across your wall?

Wireless/digital picture frames are THE hot Christmas item of 2007, and they’re flying off the shelves. Get yours soon!