Parrot Digital Photo Frame by Andrée Putman Announced
Written on Jul 15, 2008 by Brian and filed under News, Parrot
Parrot has announced a new digital picture frame that’s created by designer Andrée Putman. The 7″ frame offers a high resolution 720×480 display, Bluetooth and enough internal memory for 400 photos. It’s due out this month for a whopping $450.
“I would like to pay tribute to Parrot for daring to think that this wonder of technology could be coiled up inside a beautiful wrapping with an eye-catching flourish that goes beyond mere practicality,” explains Andrée Putman. “I will fill this screen with photos of my children and friends, and I will place it neatly on my desk.”
At a price of $450, Putman might be the only one to fill the frame with photos. With tons of competitive products that look great, like the Sony lineup, it’s hard to imagine paying a premium for a “special” design. The spec sheet certainly isn’t interesting enough to warrant the investment, but if you love the design enough to drop two times the cost of a competitive product, by all means.
Parrot Andrée Putman Digital Photo Frame Specs
- 720 x 480 pixels, 262,144 colors
- 7″ Display - dimensions: 5.1 x 3.4 inches
- Dimensions - 8.6″ x 6.8″ x 1.0″, Weight - 24 ounces
- Bluetooth v2.0 + EDR for transferring photos
- Mini USB port
- SD/MMC card slot
- Stores over 400 photos
- Automatically adapts the picture size to the screen
- Brightness adjustment
- Automatically rotates the picture (portrait/landscapes
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The only attractive feature is the TFT display of 720×480 resolution. It is high resolution digital TFT panel.While most of the products on the market is made of analogue panel with 480×234 pixels.
Maybe that’s why it is labeled with U$450.
Yes, it is really too expensive.
You can buy a shirt for thirty bucks that looks a lot like one that sells for two-hundred bucks. Of course an upscale or designer product costs more. Do you think Mr. Putman designed it just for the fun of it? Comparing it to other mass market photo frames makes no sense.