iGala photo frame concentrates on Gmail, touch
Aequitas Technologies is said to be shipping the iGala Wireless Digital Picture Frame, an eight-inch touchscreen viewer with built-in Wi-Fi. The Wi-Fi allows access to Microsoft's FrameIt service, which lets people browse news, traffic and weather information. Users can also browse photos on Flickr, but a focus of the device is on receiving Gmail, as the frame can be associated with an account a...
published on Friday, the 14. November 2008, macintosh-news-network
HP intros new photo frames, mice/keyboards
As part of its larger introduction of devices tonight, HP today updated both its Digital Picture Frame and its options for mice and keyboards. The photo frames get both larger and smaller with a new 10.4-inch model, the df1000, and the 3.5-inch df300a1; choosing the df1000 nets a 800x600 resolution as well as 512MB of permanent memory to store a rotating set of photos without needing a memory car...
published on Monday, the 15. September 2008, macintosh-news-network
Studios back Sony multi-DRM content format
A Tuesday report has the majority of the big movie studios and distributors supporting a plan put forth by Sony Pictures that would decrease the restrictions Digital Rights Management (DRM) imposes on users' ability to enjoy their purchased videos and movies. Last year, Sony Pictures proposed a set of policies and software and service framework it called Open Market that would allow larger flexibi...
published on Wednesday, the 27. August 2008, macintosh-news-network
Two-person effect using Photo Booth and Preview
You remember a lot of photos and movies of people talking to themselves -- something like this? It's an easy setup; a person on the left side of the picture is talking or interacting with what looks like an identical twin in the right side of the picture. This is actually quite easy to do on a Mac. If you have an iSight, follow these instructions (though it's also possible using a digital camera):Open Photo Booth.Position the Mac so that it won't move (if it's a laptop).Position yourself so that you are on the left side of the image. Try not to cross too far over the middle of the frame.Snap a photo of yourself (preferably looking at your other half).Position yourself on the right side of the frame.Snap another image. Redo it if you're worried about overlapping your first image.Open both images in Preview.Using the Rectangular selection tool, se...
published on Thursday, the 19. June 2008, macosxhints
Kodak adds three new digital picture frames
Kodak on Thursday announced the addition of three digital photo frames, the M820, M1020 and P720 , to its range of products. The P720 is a standard 7-inch digital still photo frame, while the 8-inch M820 and 10-inch M1020 are from Kodak's Multimedia line. All three feature Kodak's new back-lit Quick Touch Border, which allows for navigating through...
published on Thursday, the 27. March 2008, macintosh-news-network
Sony adds photo frames with Bluetooth, RAW
Sony this afternoon revealed that it would follow up its Cyber-shot updates with a trio of digital photo frames under the S-Frame label to showcase images taken with these and any other camera. The 7-inch DPF-D70, equally 7-inch DPF-V700, and 9-inch DPF-V900 (none yet pictured) all have 800x480 resolutions but are some of the few digital frames ca...
published on Wednesday, the 30. January 2008, macintosh-news-network
Digital Foci rolls LED-lit photo frames
Digital Foci this afternoon previewed several updates to its Image Moments digital photo frames that promise better image quality and features than most displays of their type. The Image Moments 6 (pictured) and 8 are some of the first frames to include an LED backlight in place of the typical cold-cathode fluorescent (CCFL) version. The technolo...
published on Thursday, the 27. December 2007, macintosh-news-network
Sonnet unveils 21-in-one card reader for MacBook Pro
Sonnet today unveiled its new 21-in-one Multimedia Memory Card Reader and Writer ExpressCard/34 product, allowing users to read information from and write information to over 21 different media card types. The card, designed to sit flush with the edge of a MacBook Pro, the reader will take media from MP3 players, digital cameras and picture frames,...
published on Monday, the 17. December 2007, macintosh-news-network
Aluratek unveils Mac-savvy digital frames
Aluratek recently unveiled a new lineup of digital picture frames, and announced that they are fully compatible with Mac OS 10.4. Included in this release are the 10.5-inch ADMPF110 and 210 ($180), the 11-inch ADMPF311F($200), the 12-inch ADMPF312F($230), and the 15-inch ADMPF315F($300). The picture frames feature a high resolution TFT true color L...
published on Tuesday, the 20. November 2007, macintosh-news-network
PhotoVu debuts 17" widescreen digital frame
PhotoVu today unveiled its latest wireless digital picture frame, the PV1765w. The frame contains a 17-inch widescreen LCD panel display in a 16:10 wide format, which is capable of displaying photos taken from high resolution digital cameras. Digital picture frames simulate standard picture frames to display photographs or to act as an advertising ...
published on Thursday, the 15. November 2007, macintosh-news-network