Posted on Oct 31, 2009 by Jane Goodwin at 12:05 am
Motorola’s beautiful 10-inch wireless digital picture frame will make any room in your house a focal point!
Friends and family, as well as you, can e-amil photos directly to your Motorola frame; it has its own email address! You can also subscribe to various RSS feeds that will appear on your wireless frame, such as local and national news, weather, and sports.
You can even listen to the radio over your Motorola wireless picture frame!
With a screen resolution of 800 x 600, you know your pictures will appear bright and colorful.
An internal memory of 512 mb means you’ll be able to store up to 2300 digital pictures; that’s a lot of pictures, folks.
Your Motorola wireless digital photo frame also accepts SD, SDHC, MMC memory cards and USB flash drives. It’s compatible with Windows 2000 and higher.
Did I mention that it is also an Mp3 player, a calendar, and an alarm clock? Wow!
The holidays are fast approaching; don’t you think the people on your list ought to have a wireless digital picture frame?
Through its partnership with FrameChannel®, Toshiba’s Digital Media Frames deliver digital personalized content including weather, news, sports and photos
Atlanta — September 9, 2009 — Toshiba America Consumer Products L.L.C. (“Toshiba”), a market leader in home entertainment products announced cutting-edge advancements for today’s connected home. Taking photo sharing to new heights, Toshiba’s Digital Media Frames deliver real-time information through its partnership with FrameChannel®, such as personalized weather, traffic, and sports scores as well as music and video to any room in the connected home.
Toshiba is creating a new trend-setting product category with its new Digital Media Frame models. Picture the possibilities of a fun, interactive product that not only displays photos but also makes it possible for users to automatically share priceless memories with friends and family anywhere in the world thanks to FrameChannel®. Simply set up a FrameChannel® account and upload images or link favorite photos, music and videos from popular sites like Flickr®, Photobucket®, and Facebook®. Friends and family can stay updated with new photos when their frames are connected to the account.
“Toshiba is dedicated to creating innovative and entertaining products to enhance the needs of today’s connected home,” said Jodi Sally, Vice President of Marketing, Digital A/V Group. “Through Toshiba’s partnership with FrameChannel®, our new Digital Media Frames allow the user to not only display and share photos, but also customize their frame with personalized digital content, all in one sleek package.”
Not Just a Photo Frame
The feature-packed channels available through Toshiba’s FrameChannel® partnership can be customized to an individual’s passions. Currently there are over 1000 free channels to choose from in 19 categories with selections like People.com, Men’s Tennis, 3-Day Forecast, Stock Quotes and Facebook®, to name a few. Users can subscribe to their favorite channels and their Toshiba Digital Media Frame will automatically update with real-time information.
“FrameChannel® was created to provide a wide range of personalized content to the next generation of digital devices,” said Alan Phillips, co-founder and CEO of Frame Media. (FrameMedia is now called Thinking Screen Media) “With over one thousand current channels, FrameChannel® subscribers can find virtually anything they’re looking for and Toshiba’s new Digital Media Frames take this market to the next level with their intuitive interface and great looking design.”
In a true function meets fashion manner, Toshiba’s tradition of high-gloss design and brilliant screens adorn the frames; Toshiba’s Digital Media Frames offer rich, vibrant, high-resolution screens that make photos pop with crisp color. A tilt senor automatically adjusts to view photos in portrait or landscape formats when the frame is turned on. Easy-to-navigate home screens boast touch sensitive controls that light up when pressed. Home screens are customizable with a calendar, clock and streamed online feature channels to match personal interests and hobbies.
The new Digital Media Frames were announced at House Beautiful Magazine’s Kitchen of the Year in New York City, an event celebrating the intersection of dining, entertaining and design. Kitchen of the Year is an ideal venue to showcase how Toshiba’s Digital Media Frames can seamlessly bring engaging content to every room of the digital home.
Toshiba’s Digital Media Frames come in two sizes – 8-inch frames available in black (DMF82XKU) or white (DMF82XWU) with an acrylic front finish and eye-catching reflective trim and black 10-inch frames (DMF102XKU) offering a striking faceplate design and a slim profile.
Pricing and Availability:
Digital Media Frames
White 8-inch Frame, DMF82XWU (currently available, MSRP $179.99)
Black 8-inch Frame, DMF82XKU (currently available, MSRP $179.99)
Black 10-inch Frame, DMF102XKU (currently available, MSRP $229.99)
About Toshiba America Consumer Products, L.L.C.
Toshiba America Consumer Products, L.L.C. is owned by Toshiba America, Inc., a subsidiary of Toshiba Corporation, a world leader in high technology products with subsidiaries worldwide. Toshiba is a leading manufacturer of a full line of home entertainment products, including flat panel TVs, Hi-Definition Blu-ray Disc players, TV/DVD Combination products and portable devices. Toshiba America Consumer Products, L.L.C. is headquartered in Wayne, New Jersey. For additional information, please visit www.tacp.toshiba.com or www.toshibatv.com.
Important Notes:Wi-Fi® can be used to connect to FrameChannel® and Picasa™ services.
Use of FrameChannel® or Picasa™ services for uploading requires a personal computer and a
working Internet connection. To receive FrameChannel® or Picasa™ services on your Digital
Media Frame, you need a working Wi-Fi® connection. These services are provided by
third-parties and are subject to change or discontinuation without notice. Toshiba makes no
warranties, representations, or assurances about the content, availability or functionality of third
party services.
DRM-protected files cannot be played back. For supported storage media and file format types,
please refer to owner’s manual at www.tacp.toshiba.com
1GB (gigabyte) = 230 = 1,073,741,824 bytes. Available storage capacity will be less.
Facebook is a registered trademark of Facebook Inc.
Flickr is a registered trademark of Yahoo!, Inc.
FrameChannel is a registered trademark of Frame Media, Inc.
Wi-Fi is a registered mark of the Wi-Fi Alliance.
All others are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies.
Posted on Aug 26, 2009 by Jane Goodwin at 12:05 am
We’ve posted before about Giant In-Touch’s great digital picture frames, but now FrameChannel partner Giant In-Touch has a new wireless digital photo frame that is also an internet radio cube – the IT3500 – and it’s spectacularly cool! You’ll be able to read the actual press release right here on tomorrow’s post, but today, you get a preview of awesome things to come!
The brand-new IT3500 isn’t available quite yet (see tomorrow’s post for the press release!), but if Amazon customer reviews of Giant’s other wireless digital picture frames are any indication, the new IT3500 will be a hit, too! Check out the following statements, each from a different customer:
My parents are not that good with electronics but they seem to have no problem with the Intouch.
This frame delivers excellent picture quality with ample sharpness and good color reproduction and contrast. The frame certainly isn’t alone in that regard, but it’s a great place to start. Loads of connectivity options (most types of memory cards, USB, and WiFi) and a few other features (video, web TV, and internet radio support) round out a nice package.
. . . it’s the best frame I’ve ever used. . . .
I love the easy to navigate screens- the news feeds are a HUGE issue for me,and the net radio works like a charm, right out of the box! This would be GREAT for those in finance, or media.
. . . for (InTouch) customer service I give them 5 stars.
Internet connection was quite simple to do. It found my home network automatically and all I had to do is enter my password/keyphrase. I was able to add different applications from Frame Channel after setting up a free account. I added the local weather station, Facebook, Flickr, and Woot. There are many applications to suit anybody’s preferences.
Another great feature is being able to program the frame to turn on and off at a specific time.
Stay tuned – the IT3500 press release will be posted here tomorrow!
Say “Hello” to a new kind of digital picture frame: The Pix-Star PXTWoo2 wireless digital FotoConnect picture! It’s only $249.99 right now on Amazon, and the shipping is FREE!!
In the words of Pix-Star:
The Pix-Star Webframe is a home device ahead of its time. It is the only digital photo frame to receive and send emails without a monthly fee. It displays beautiful 600 x 800 resolution photos on an 8-inch screen, but in addition to this, it serves as a Wi-Fi solution to help manage your home’s energy consumption.
No more sitting at the computer and waiting for large emails to load the pictures your friend emailed you, see them instantly with the Pix-Star Webframe.
No more connecting your frame to your computer every time you want to update the pictures on it.
Configuring the Wi-Fi connection with a Pix-Star Webframe is quick and simple and can be done using a few buttons on the compact remote control. Switch on the frame and make sure the network you want to connect to is reachable from your location. You will need to know the configuration of the Wi-Fi including the name of the network (SSID), the type of encryption (None, WEP, WPA) and the key if there is encryption.
Register your frame in a few minutes by visiting www.pix-star.com then enter the product ID, choose a password, a personalized email address and you are ready to send, receive, share and enjoy pictures on your Webframe.
Each Pix-Star Webframe has its own personal email address that you choose when you register the product. Anyone who has this email address can send pictures directly to your frame as an email attachment. Worried about spam or unwanted pictures coming to your inbox? Pix-Star is the only Wi-Fi frame with a built in spam blocker so you are protected from unsolicited pictures.
Photo emails can be a maximum of 18MB total. There is no limit to the number of pictures that can be attached in one email but try to limit it to 30 pictures. The slideshow transitions, time display per slide, and brightness can be customized in the frame’s menu.
By default, Pix-Star displays the pictures on its 2GB internal memory but it can also display online albums from Facebook, Picasa, Flickr, Windows Live, Smugmug, Photobucket, Shutterfly, MobileMe, and more. All you will need to change is the “source” of the pictures, which can be done in the frame’s menu.
A sound (optional) informs you when a new Photo is received and an indication is displayed on the screen
All this with NO COMPUTER OR ANY OTHER DEVICE NEEDED!
As soon as your pictures are received on your Webframe (via email, SD card, USB, Bluetooth, etc.) they will automatically be resized into an 800 x 600 format to fit perfectly in the screen, with an unchanged high quality display. The LCD screen will reflect your best shots in its 4:3 aspect ratio and photos will be rotated to their proper orientation.
At the touch of a button on its well-designed remote control, the Webframe displays weather forecasts of the cities of your choice. Your preferred cities or countries can be selected from your dedicated account on www.pix-star.com. From this online account you can also program your favorite Web Radio Stations or audio streams to play directly from your Webframe, in addition to several personalized account settings all available on www.pix-star.com.
You can instantly share your photos for free with your friends and family, who appear in your contact lists. Customize your contact lists directly on your frame or from your account at www.pix-star.com. Send pictures to the people of your choice to their own Webframe, or to any other email address you want, so they can see what you see. Bluetooth compatibility allows you to upload a photo from a cell phone, no emailing required. Even though this frame has a 2GB internal memory and holds up to 10,000 pictures you still have the option of inserting a SD or USB flash memory card in the back to present a slideshow of those photos.
With a power consumption of only 5W, your Webframe is environmentally friendly. Moreover, thanks to its Eco-mode feature, you don’t have to unplug your Webframe before going to sleep and worry about wasting energy. From your account on www.pix-star.com you can easily schedule the times when your Webframe will automatically turn on and off. Email will still be received even when your Webframe is off for the night.
Spending Christmas apart this year? Your brother and sister in Vermont can send you pictures of their kids opening gifts directly to your Webframe in real time; you will see the photo within 20 seconds MAX! Then you can forward that picture to your mom and dad across town directly from your Webframe to theirs!
Connecting with distant friends and family through the magic of pictures has never been easier or faster.
Our Home Spaces (OHS) has been providing energy management solutions to homeowners since 2007. We specialize in providing remote management of Internet and WiFi based home devices via iPhone and computer control software. Our hardware display partner, Pix-star, has been providing sophisticated digital picture frames since December 2007. Pix-star and OHS have been working together to adapt this web-enabled frame for the energy awareness and emerging Smart Grid markets.
Together OHS and Pix-Star accumulate energy use information from WiFi enabled home appliances including thermostats, Point of Use Energy Monitors, and Appliance On/Off controllers. Information from these appliances is downloaded and displayed on your home’s Webframe – allowing you to keep an eye on your home’s energy settings while you are at the office or wherever you have your Pix-Star Webframe. Our Home Spaces is also working with progressive Energy devices like the Radio Thermostat WiFi Enabled Communicating Thermostat and utility companies to allow homeowners access to their home’s information.
Product Description
Say Hello to a New Kind of Digital Frame. The Pix-Star Webframe is a home device ahead of its time. It is the only digital photo frame to receive and send email without a monthly fee, it displays beautiful 600 x 800 resolution photos on an 8” screen, but in addition to this, it serves as a WiFi solution to manage your home’s energy consumption.
Even more market-worthy: here is a customer review of the Pix-Star webframe:
I bought this frame thinking that I would like to have a frame to show my wife and kids some pictures of where I am when I travel for work, but it turned out to be the miracle frame for my parents to connect with our lives.
I sent them a picture when we were sailing on San Francisco Bay, emailed it from my phone, and then called them from my phone.
They said, “Those are fantastic pictures of you on the bay, when did you go sailing?”
I said, “You guys still don’t get it. We are sailing right now! When you get pictures, it only takes 20-40 seconds from when I send it.”
I also emailed them pictures direct from the ski slopes in Tahoe.
My parents have never felt so connected with our family (they live in NY). When I send them a new picture, there is a little chime implying “here I am!”. They keep it in the kitchen so that they see them all the time.
Set up is incredibly easy, and many of the features are controllable from the web, so that I can manage the frame for my parents remotely. –Review by Tristan de Frondeville
Another satisfied customer says:
I bought this product a few months ago and it has just everything you want from a connected photoframe! Connection to web albums (Picasa, Facebook, Smugmug, and 10 others…), listening to web radios, and the reception of pictures by email directly on the frame without a PC thanks to its dedicated email address.
All the family likes it very much !
You can get your Pix-Star PXT8Woo2 wireless digital picture frame from the Amazon website!
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There’s more news about the three awesome Sony digital picture frames that we featured here at FrameMedia last February!
According to the April 24 DIGITIMES:
“Lite-On IT has secured OEM orders for digital photo frames from Sony, with shipments to begin in the second quarter of 2008, according to industry sources in Taiwan.
Online orders for three Sony
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Onscreen Interface
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FrameMedia, the FrameChannel people and masters of the wireless digital picture frame, would like to announce that they have another blog: Wireless Digital Signs.
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Directly from the FrameChannel page:
Happy Valentine’s Day from FrameMedia and Wireless Digital Picture Frames. Speaking of which, a wireless digital picture frame is the PERFECT GIFT for someone you love. That would include, of course, your spouse, your parents, your children. . . You get the picture.
PICTURE. I’m hilarious sometimes.
Motorola’s beautiful 10-inch wireless digital picture frame will make any room in your house a focal point!
Home Theater Forum
Not Just a Photo Frame
using a few buttons on the compact remote control. Switch on the frame and make sure the network you want to connect to is reachable from your location. You will need to know the configuration of the Wi-Fi including the name of the network (SSID), the type of encryption (None, WEP, WPA) and the key if there is encryption.
