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Future Framing – The eStarling WiFi Digital Photo Frame

Posted on 25. Nov, 2009 by Jake in Gadgets

Soon to be placed in the same pile as similarly forgotten innovations such as the typewriter, phones with dials instead of buttons and Vista is the framed photograph. Everyone has a digital camera now and getting your pics developed and printed in hard copy seems a bit too much of a chore in this day and age. Enter the digital photo frame, an invention that will put many a ‘one-hour photo’ shop out of work by allowing the user to upload jpgs and other picture files straight into a device with an LCD screen that looks like a photo frame. And, unlike old-school frames, many digital versions boast a slide-show option allowing one to display more than one photo in a single frame. Digital framing is likely to become the norm some day soon,. and eStarling is at the forefront of this mini-revolution – their WiFi Digital Photo Frame takes the technology to the next level.

The eStartling WiFi Digital Photo Frame’s major innovation setting it apart from its competition is the WiFi bit – after connecting the frame via the seeframe.com website you can enable it to automatically connect to photo sharing sites on the internet. You can also register the frame with an email address, allowing friends and family to send images straight to the frame. Once its set up the frame will automatically scan the various sites you have connected it to for new pics. And, if you’re worry about dodgy uncle Dave sending you pics of his drunken exploits there is even an option that allows you to choose which email addresses you want to receive pics from. That is one intelligent picture frame.

The only thing that may stop you from rushing out and ordering one of these babies online is the price – they are $250 (for us economically challenged South Africans that’s nearly 2 grand for a picture frame). So for now, even if not for long, maybe the old-fashioned wooden version still has some leverage…

Tags: digital photo frame, eStarling, Gadgets, LCD, wifi