Aequitas Technologies iGala Wireless Digital Picture Frame Released
Written on Nov 13, 2008 by Brian and filed under Aequitas Technologies, FrameIt, News
Aequitas Technologies has released the iGala Wireless Digital Picture Frame, which features an 8″ 800×600 touchscreen display, 1GB of internal memory, Wi-Fi and connections with Gmail, Microsoft Windows Live FrameIt and Flickr.
The iGala is another frame that’s opting for the Microsoft FrameIt service rather than the competing FrameChannel offering. With the FrameIt connection and the built-in Wi-Fi, the iGala can not only access online photos, but also view content including News, Traffic, and Weather information.
From a software perspective, the Gmail feature is not only a first in the digital frame business, but is also the most interesting feature. iGala owners will be able to associate a Gmail account with their iGala DPF and email photos directly to the frame from anywhere in the world. A few frames offer email addresses (many for a monthly fee), but none that we know of leverage Gmail.
The iGala hardware isn’t too shabby either. The frame features an 800×600 pixel 8″ standard aspect ratio display with touchscreen interface and 1GB of internal memory. The touchscreen interface lets customers complete frame setup easily, without needed a connected PC.
It’s a bit early to proclaim the iGala one of the most impressive frames on the market, but it certainly has that potential if the hardware and software live up to their promise.
The iGala is available now for $239.
Does it play video? If so, can it get video from the gmail account?
The spec sheet is a little thin online, we have a review unit on the way though, so we’ll post more about its multimedia capabilities when we get it.
Does this one display a calendar on screen as well and the clock?
No, it doesn’t play video.
Any further updates on this? I wanted to get one for someone for Christmas, but can’t find any reviews on it.
They never sent us one to review…not sure what that means.
Have you gave up on them sending you one for a review especially before Xmas? There is so little info on this frame any idea why they aren’t promoting it more? Does Aequitas Technologies have a good track record of reliability with other products or is this their first and only product?
It shipped to us over the weekend, we’ll have something up in 2 weeks or so.
That will be too late for Christmas, Brian. Any initial impressions so I know whether to order this or the Kodak EasyShare tomorrow?
Sorry, we’re just getting started with it.
Two weeks later, impressions?
One direct question as well - can it loop through the RSS feeds (via FrameIt or otherwise) and continuously display fresh content?
I spent days working with the Smartparts SPX8WF only to find out that when the slideshow of web content (ie. facebook photos etc) is finished, it returns to the main screen or internal photos.
My sole purpose for the screen is to display web content 24/7 - Do any frames make this easy?
Thanks,
Peter