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I was thinking of having a photo frame, like most people have these days it seems

But i want to have a photo frame which you can send a picture to (via email) that way my gf has a easy way to send new pictures to it without the hassle of installing all kinds of stuff on it. Also fun to give one to my parents in case i am on vacation for instance, i can just send new pictures on the go.

Any ideas?

// Erik (binkey.nl)

We have a Kodak 820WL, with integrate WiFi. The picture quality is good, but the connectivity is a bit cumbersome. You have to become a member of a photo sharing website and upload your photo there. The frame will connect to the site regularly and download photo's from there. You also get an email address on their server you and your friends can send photos to. It will only accept emails from authorized sender address, so you don't need to worry about spam. But what I really HATE about systems like this, is that the functionality of your device depends on the server of the manufacturer. If they decide to stop it, or worse, charge money for it, you're either extorded or you're stuck with a malfunctioning device. If I knew that in advance, I wouldn't have bought it. They tried to make it simple, but instead they made it inexplicable: I cannot explain it to my dad...
What I could explain to my dad is to copy his photos to a built-in network server or mail them to a POP3 box emptied by the frame. That's what the eStarling photo frames seem to do, but I haven't found one in Europe yet and they are quite pricey.

I think the new ones are now i-gala (http://www.i-gala.com/) some problem again, no shops in .nl but you dont need a service or provider, oke you need a google mail account so it can grab the pictures, but i dont see that as a really big issue.. (its also linux, so you might be able to change it? i dont know)

About 190 euro's i think.

// Erik (binkey.nl)

Hi Erik, i think that SAMSUNG SPF-85V, could be your solution. WIFI photoframe that uses LIVE SPACES from MSN or PHOTOS via RSS, even Yahoo widgets.
USER MANUAL here : http://downloadcenter.samsung.com/conte ... -11eng.pdf

bye, lorenzo

My thing would be to e-mail a picture and then get it on there automaticly, rss feeds and stuff dont include that. Maybe there are better ways of getting mail -> rss feeds for instance, but it has to be dead easy to do. The i-gala looks ok, but still it will ask for a google account, i hope i can use it without (and use my own)

// Erik (binkey.nl)

hey,

The thing that you are looking for is the eStarling WIFI Photoframe http://www.estarling.com/
You can email photos directly to the photoframe!

A friend of mine uses it.. He placed on of those photoframes at his parents house and he mails photos of him, his wife and their kids every few weeks.. The photoframe automaticly displays them within a few minutes

Yes, i know its was mentioned above too but estarling is no longer on thinkgeek page (where it was the normal place to buy it from) its been replaced by the i-gala (same deal basicly)

// Erik (binkey.nl)

my friend bought it at http://www.megagadgets.nl i think

and i've found quite a few hits on google for UK stores that sell them

http://www.edirectory.co.uk/pf/880/mia/ ... id/8964913 190euros
http://www.digitalphotoframe2u.co.uk/ph ... 8wifib.php 182 euro

Can just as well go for the igala then, about the same price, but its much newer. (its also not so bulky)

// Erik (binkey.nl)

http://www.estarling.com/products.sf



Digital photo frames have been more than just photo frames since the earliest days of the product category, but eStarling looks to be expanding things even further than usual with its new 802.11n Touchscreen Connected Frame. In addition to that speedy WiFi connectivity, this one boasts a fairly large 10.2-inch display, 2GB of RAM, an SD card slot and, most importantly, a slew of social networking features. That includes support for photos from Facebook, Picasa or Flickr (more services are also promised), a built-in Twitter client, a video inbox feature to receive videos shot with cellphones (or any other internet-connected device, for that matter), and even its own Gmail address to let anyone easily send photos straight to the frame. Unfortunately for anyone considering this as an alternative to a kitchen computer, there's no full-fledged web browser, calendar apps, or the like, but it will at least give you weather updates, and could well be further improved by some of the promised firmware updates. Of course, all that will also cost you more than your usual photo frame -- $249.99, to be specific. (engadget)





// Erik (binkey.nl)

Really nice device. With the email option it is simple to integrate incoming picture alerts in Homeseer.