FrameChannel for the Holidays: Mother’s Day

I can’t think of a better gift to give your mother – anybody’s mother – any aunt, sister, grandmother, next-door-neighbor-lady, in fact – than a wireless/digital picture frame.

Even if Mom hasn’t got a tech-bone in her entire body, you could still buy her a digital picture frame and load it full of pictures for her.  I gave one to my mother last year and told her to NEVER TURN IT OFF, and it’s the pride and joy of her tv room.  She shows it off to everyone who visits her, and several of her friends have purchased a digital frame after seeing Mom’s.

My mother is frightened to death of electronics, but when I told her that all she had to do was look at the digital frame, and never touch a single button on it, she was ecstatic.

Now, most mothers aren’t as tech-phobic as mine, but you get the PICTURE.  A wireless/digital picture frame is the PERFECT GIFT for Mother’s Day or any day.

If your mom has a wireless connection in her home, all the better.  You can get her a wireless, FrameChannel-compatible frame and send her pictures every day!  Your mother can be involved with her growing grandchildren even if they’re a thousand miles away from her, if she sees new pictures of them daily.

Doesn’t your mother already have enough coffee mugs, afghans, candles, and ordinary picture frames?  Why not give her something that will give her joy every day of her life?

A wireless/digital picture frame is truly the perfect Mother’s Day gift for any mother.  PCWorld.ca even included a digital picture frame in its “affordable and easy to use tech gifts for Mother’s Day!”

Time’s getting short; Mother’s Day is this coming Sunday, May 10.  Get that wireless/digital picture frame and start filling it with pictures, today!

Win A Kodak Easyshare Wireless Digital Picture Frame for Mother’s Day!

I’ve posted before about the various Kodak wireless/digital picture frames - all of them superior – and now you’ve all got a chance to win one!

Lotus Carroll who blogs as SarcasticMom, tells us about the Kodak contest on Photo Bliss, a division of her Blissfully Domestic website. The prize? A Kodak Easyshare W1020 Wireless Digital Picture Frame!

This wireless frame has a $230.00 value, and is worth every penny, but wouldn’t it be even cooler to win one? Get on over to Photo Bliss, read the contest directions, and enter today! The winner will be announced on May 5, so don’t delay. Your mother would love to have a Kodak Easyshare W1020 wireless digital picture frame.

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!

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.

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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.

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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!