Review: GiiNii Artforme 7 inch Digital Picture Frame
Written on Jan 18, 2010 by Malcolm Reynolds and filed under Featured, GiiNii, Reviews
One of the side effects to reviewing many different digital picture frames is that I start to expect more and more from a typical picture frame. The latest digital media frames handle photos, video, music, and stream content via Wi-Fi. That’s why I was amazed to see the affordable GiiNii ArtForme Digital Picture Frame (model GN-705W) keeps things surprisingly simple. This picture frame is just a picture frame … nothing more and nothing less.
FrameChannel Adds Content Syndication Platform
Written on Mar 31, 2009 by Brian and filed under FrameChannel, News
In the back and forth race between digital picture frame content services, FrameChannel has launched an innovative first. Their new service dubbed +FrameChannel lets content publishers easily syndicate their content on the FrameChannel platform. Digital Frame owners who currently pull from a list of content sources will have many more options if publishers adopt this system.
D-Link Partners With Cellcom to Get Cell Phone Photos on the DSM-210
Written on Feb 10, 2009 by Brian and filed under D-Link, FrameChannel, News
D-Link has paired with mobile service provider Cellcom (Wisconsin) to let Cellcom customers send camera phone pictures straight to the D-Link DSM-210 digital picture frame. This is all accomplished through the FrameChannel service and without fees, something carriers like T-Mobile could learn from.
FrameChannel Adds Celebrity News Content from People.com
Written on Nov 19, 2008 by Brian and filed under FrameChannel, News
FrameChannel has announced a new content partnership with People.com. Now Internet-Connected digital picture frame owners will be able to connect with FrameChannel to get the latest celebrity news.
FrameChannel Pushing Out More Ads to Digital Frames
Written on Nov 4, 2008 by Brian and filed under FrameChannel, News
FrameChannel is often the free service bundled with Internet-enabled digital picture frames to display free content like news stories, stock quotes and the like. While it’s free, we’ve never been very big on the service because the management interface is not very good and it laced with advertisements. It appears that the advertisements may be picking up as FrameChannel tries to leverage the “4th screen” in your home.
FrameChannel July Update – Soccer & Snapple Facts Channels, NFL Coming Soon
Written on Aug 29, 2008 by Brian and filed under FrameChannel, News
FrameChannel has been busy, as they continue to bolster their content offering for Internet-enabled digital picture frames. They’ve recently launched seven soccer league channels, more financial news, and a channel dedicated to those quirky facts found on the lids of Snapple. They’ve also expanded their Spanish language offerings.
Samsung Announces the SPF-85H, SPF-85V, SPF-105P and SPF-105V
Written on Aug 28, 2008 by Brian and filed under FrameChannel, FrameIt, News, Samsung
Samsung has refreshed their line of digital picture frames, with two 8″ models (SPF-85H, SPF-85V) and two 10.2″ models (SPF-105P, SPF-105V). One of each size comes with wireless, and they each offer a somewhat unique feature set, including things like auto shutoff, high resolution displays and a function to serve as a secondary computer monitor.
Windows Live FrameIt Digital Frame Content Service Released in Beta
Written on Aug 7, 2008 by Brian and filed under FrameChannel, FrameIt
Microsoft has recently released a free content service for digital picture frames called FrameIt. FrameIt takes a clear shot at the more established FrameChannel service, which is embedded with many Internet-enabled frames, like the D-Link DSM-210 that we just reviewed.
FrameChannel Adds Stock Quotes, Getty Images
Written on Aug 4, 2008 by Brian and filed under FrameChannel, News
FrameChannel, which offers dynamic, web-based content for digital picture frames, has broadened their offering by adding a stock quote and Getty images channels.