PanTouch Clear Floating WiFi Digital Picture Frame: OUT OF YOUR CAMERA AND INTO YOUR LIFE

Imaging Insider has posted the press release for the new Pandigital PanTouch Clear 8” digital floating digital photo frame:

With photography considered one of America’s top hobbies, it’s no wonder millions of digital cameras are sold in the U.S. every year, 27.7-million in 2008. And, millions of images have been taken with those digital cameras too. Despite these huge numbers, people have had little choice in how they could display their pictures. The satisfaction of instantly being able to see the picture taken was quickly negated by the archaic and time-consuming method of still having to own an expensive computer and/or photo printer to print their photos. Images were reduced to being shared and shown on a tiny LCD screen on the backs of digital cameras or impractically being stored in a computer.

To create the floating effect, the new PanTouch Clear frame features an eye-catching 800×600 high-resolution display that appears to be floating in the surrounding glass.

In addition to the new styling, the PanTouch Clear frame is incredibly easy and enjoyable to use. You can view your photos and control the frame’s functions with easy-to-understand icons that can be touched directly across the entire glass surface of the frame.

To accomplish this, the frames feature leading-edge touch technology, which “prints” invisible circuits on fingerprint-resistant, clear glass. The benefit is that you can now enjoy intuitive full touch-screen capabilities while still enjoying the premium home décor-style look of the glass on the Pandigital Digital Photo Frame. This is unlike frames using capacitive-touch technology that require the consumer to directly touch the LCD panel, which prevents the use of glass.

You’ll never use a remote control again. You control the digital photo frame with the touch of a finger. The PanTouch 8″ digital floating frame uses a true photo 4:3 aspect ratio like most digital cameras, which means no stretching, cropping or distortion. The PanTouch 8″ digital floating frame plays both digital video and digital audio giving it more versatility to accommodate the broadest range of media formats. There’s no need to turn on the computer. Simply insert your memory card into the appropriate card slot and a slideshow of all the photos on the memory card will start immediately. And, there’s no software required. Use the included USB cable to connect the digital photo frame directly to the computer to begin dragging and dropping photos onto the digital photo frame’s internal memory. That’s all there is to it.

The PanTouch 8” stores up to 6400 images on 1GB of internal memory and features a clock, calendar and alarm. You can transfer images, audio and video from memory card via 6-in-1 card reader or from your PC with included USB cable. It’s also WiFi/Bluetooth compatible. MSRP $129.99.

This digital photo frame will move your images out of your digital camera and into your living room for all your friends and family to see and admire.

The new Pandigital PanTouch wireless digital photo frame is only $99.00 on the Pandigital website!

Pandigital Is Number One Seller of Digital Picture Frames

According to Michael Fitzhugh of the East Bay (California) Business Times, Pandigital is now the Number One seller of wireless/digital photo frames!

The Pandigital frame pictured here is one of the newest PanTouch frames, which were discussed on this blog last Thursday.

Dean Finnegan, Pandigital’s CEO and founder, has built Pandigital from the ground up, beginning in August of 2006, underselling other digital picture frame companies and capturing more and more of the market each year. This year – 2008 – Pandigital’s sales topped $44 million, employs about 85 people, and sells wireless/digital photo frames ranging in size from 1.8 inches to 15 inches.

Dean Finnegan is pictured here with his incredible 15-inch Pandigital picture frame, which was featured right here on February 15. Click here to see that post again, and to watch the consumer-generated video about it.

You can read the entire article about Pandigital’s Number One status, right here at the East Bay Business Times.

Pandigital Introduces New PanTouch Digital Picture Frames

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.