Gizmodo
After going AWOL for a most of this year, the Wi-Fi-enabled eStarling picture frame we told you about last January has resurfaced, and now is available for order once again from Think Geek.
Its claim to fame is its ability to subscribe to an RSS feed on the Flickr photo site, letting anyone with that account's password insert photos into the frame via the Interwebs. Could be ripe for pranksters. Plus, it can accept photos via email without needing to be hooked up to a computer.
Anyway, even though we've heard rumblings about it not working too well in its first iteration, we're hoping those difficulties have been ironed out. It's selling now for $250, and one is on the way here so we'll let you know how it works.
Product Page [PF Digital Inc.]
Comments
That's pretty nice. Now can I get one without the gigantic logo on the front?
Please keep us posted - this is THE ultimate Grandparent gift for next Christmas... assuming it works and that the GPs in question have an internet connection. For me, one pair of GPs does and one does not (that would me MY Dad - believe me, I've tried).
A black sharpie would take care of that logo.
P.S. Maybe that logo will come off with sugar like the ones on MP3 players :-)
I'll repeat my comment from last time - if this frame can accept pictures by email, I can't wait to see what happens when that email address gets some porn spam...Granny is in for quite a shock.
I don't understand why the prices of these digtal picture frames are still so high. Prices of LCD's have fallen, flash memory is nearly free.
I would have expected Brendan to have been talking about how you could pick them up at the local low end store by now
I have one on the way, but I agree with jwest...
that logo has to go!
Once they hit $50-70 I'll get one, or ask Santa for one.
yep got my shipping confirmation email from thinkgeek yesterday. It is a shame about that logo though. I was hoping the actual frame doesn't have it....
Have you been to their web site, this is vapour ware - it does not exist. All the download and support links are dead ends.
I just got mine, the logo is definately there, along with the usb wireless stick that pokes out of the top of the frame. I can't seem to connect to the wireless connection I'm currently using (frame doesn't support WPA, only WEP).
Hopefully it works at home.
Their site is pretty ghetto, support is almost not there.
unboxing porn:
http://flickr.com/photos/hrossvt/sets/72157594431813616/
Ours arrived yesterday and we got it up and running after a bit of work. The display is stunning but it took some labor to get it talking to Flickr...our review will be online soon at http://www.wirelesspictureframe.com
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