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Digital Photo Frames in Your Local Bank!

digital photo frame in bank Digital Photo Frames in Your Local Bank!We've blogged several times about what we think will be major trends with digital photo frames:  1) digital frames used in business and 2) digital frames with streaming media.  Well an announcement today by Reality Interactive, LLC caught our eye as an example of both.  Seems they've set up a program where banks can use commercially available digital photo frames to stream messages to their patrons in the branch. 

If you think about a bank or any financial institution, what better place to take advantage of real time streaming media at a personal level.  A perfect application of a digital photo frame.

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Mintpass: Digital Photo Frame Integrated with Digital Camera

mintpass Mintpass:  Digital Photo Frame Integrated with Digital CameraSeveral digital frame news outlets and review sites have been intrigued by what is not even a product, but only a concept for a product by Mintpass.  This site contains products that dream for "a better world", and their idea for a better digital frame includes one that integrates a digital camera.  The idea being that this skips the whole concept of taking pictures on a digital camera and having to worry about the transfer process from camera to frame.

We have to admit, this idea for a digital photo frame actually makes some sense.

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New Kodak D830 Digital Frame Combines Decor with Technology

kodak easyshare d830 150x150 New Kodak D830 Digital Frame Combines Decor with TechnologyA recent news release from Kodak announced their latest digital picture frame, the D830 which looks like a winner and has lots of interesting characteristics that say a lot about where Kodak and digital picture frames in general are going.  The Kodak D830 (and the larger D1030 supposedly coming later this year) has many of the Kodak digital frame features we are familiar with and continues to push its flexibility in home decor capability.

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Gift Giving Still Driving Digital Photo Frame Sales!

instat Gift Giving Still Driving Digital Photo Frame Sales!As we've said many times here at the DigitalSmartFrames.com/BLOG, many owners of digital photo frames start off as gift receipients!  Digital picture frames make great gifts because they are universal in appeal, useable by virtually anyone who has a traditional picture frame and now takes digital pictures.  Since they are relatively new consumer products, many people don't own one so buying one as a gift for someone is a safe option, and many are more affordable than ever.

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The Future of Kodak Digital Picture Frames: OLED

kodak oled digital picture frame The Future of Kodak Digital Picture Frames:  OLEDDigital picture frames are elvolving: wireless technology, streaming media, multiple display modes, and larger screens. What does the future hold? Who knows, but one glimpse of it is available by looking at a breakthrough type of display technology known as OLED: Organic Light Emitting Diode. Kodak is the first of the digital photo frame manufacturers to introduce a frame using this technology.

So what can OLED do for digital picture frames, and what are the characteristics of the OLED Kodak digital picture frame?
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Picture Editing Software from ACD Systems Designed Specifically for Digital Picture Frame

acdsee logo1 Picture Editing Software from ACD Systems Designed Specifically for Digital Picture FrameDo you have issues or frustrations getting your digital pictures to display correctly on your digital picture frames? Or is the process of setting image resolution, format, and size a tedious one for those pictures you want to transfer to your digital frame? Well new picture editing software from ACD Systems has recently been release that is designed specifically to deal with these issues.

Most of our customers using our Smartparts, Portable USA, or Kodak digital picture frames have not reported any issues with the way their digital pictures display on their frames. But we've heard that as the number of digital photo frame manufacturers increases, and along with it the various resolutions, sizes, and supported formats, its not guaranteed that simply transferring photos from camera to computer to digital frame will mean it displays properly.
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PC Magazine Includes 2 Digital Frames on Top 30 Gadgets Under $100 List

pcmag1 PC Magazine Includes 2 Digital Frames on Top 30 Gadgets Under $100 ListIt seems like everyone likes lists, regardless the subject matter, and we are no exception. Here is an interesting one that has recently come out from one of the most reputable technology magazines. PC Magazine, continuing with the theme of value for your dollar, has put out a list of the top 30 technology products under $100. All the products are rated 3 stars or higher by their internal analyst ratings, and the list includes a everything from USB drivers to GPS devices.

Two digital picture frames, made the list, including the Pandigital 8-inch PanTouch Digital Photo Frame and the Smartparts SP8PRT Digital Picture Frame and Printer.
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