Who really gets pictures developed anymore? Just about everyone has a digital camera so there’s really no need to use a plain old camera. I mean, then you would have to shell out cash for the camera, film and developing when you could just go the easy route and use a digital camera. That way, you have the option to print your photos or just upload them onto your computer. And let’s not forget about the awesomeness that is photo preview – it’s not like you can get a redo on a picture with a regular camera. Even photography buffs are going digital for the ease of use and the high quality. Ok, so you’ve gone digital, but you still want to display your pictures. I mean, what else would be the point of taking them all, right? It’s time to go digital photo frame.
It’s not like the digital photo frame is a new concept, but if you want to go even more high tech then you should invest in the eStarling WiFi Digital Photo Frame (Firebox, $159.95). Not only can you display your choice photos on this 8 inch black piano finish frame, but you and your friends can remotely upload photos. Seriously, how cool is that?! Through the magic of WiFi, all you need is a wireless broadband router and a dedicated email address, and you’re set. And get this – there’s no subscription fee to register your dedicated email address at eStarling! With a registered dedicated email address, your digital photo frame uses WiFi to check for new photos every few minutes, which it automatically puts into slideshow rotation once received. As if that wasn’t awesome enough, eStarling will also pick up RSS feeds from photo-sharing sites like Picasa, Flickr, Photobucket, AOL Pictures, SmugMug, iPhoto6, and more. And if you want to load up on your own photos to start, the photo frame has a memory card slot so you don’t have to mess with silly cables.
You can’t tell me that this whole WiFi connection thing isn’t the shit. I mean, just think about how easy it would be to get pics from last weekend’s outing at the bar with this thing. All your friend has to do is email them to your photo frame’s dedicated email address. That’s it. Done. If you had a lame old WiFi deprived frame, you would have to have your friend email you the photos, download the photos onto your computer, put them on your memory card, and then transfer them to your photo frame. That sounds like a lot of work. I’ll take the easy way, thank you very much.
5 out of 5 stars.
Specs:
-Dimensions: 10.25″ x 7.25″ x 1″
-Weight: 2.4 lbs
-Screen resolution: 800 x 600
-Communications: Internal 802.1 1b?g (WEP64, WEP128, WPA1, WPA2)
-Interface: MMC/SD/CF/MS card slot; USB 2.0 host and client port
-Memory size: Onboard FLASH memory 128M
-High resolution 4:3
-Power source: External AC adapter
-Compatible with Windows 2000/XP/Vista and Mac OS X
-Views JPEG files
-Internal antenna
-Requires wireless broadband router for WiFi connectivity
-Picks up RSS feeds from most photo sharing sites
-No subscription fee
-Black piano finish
