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Digital Photo Frame Company is Number 4 on 100 Fatest Growing Companies List

pandigital kitchen technology centerFurther validating that digital photo frames are a fast growing consumer electronic, Pandigital was recently named #4 on San Francisco Business Times 100 Fastest Growing Private Company List.  Pandigital's revenue had hyper revenue growth, going from a $25,111,627 million company in 2005 to a $194,466,627 one in 2008 (674.4% in growth).

Pandigital is one of the hot digital frames companies.  Their "digital entertainment products" feature digital photo frames as well as other innovative products such as a 'Kitchen Technology Center', which is basically a digital picture frame, HDTV, and recipe collector all in one wireless device.  They also focus on scanning and imaging products.

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Digital Photo Frame: How About at Your Tailgate?

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I'm a huge college football fan, and I attend games almost every weekend.  In fact, I tailgate with the same group of friends each week at the same spot at the same school.  So how pleasantly surprised was I to find a new tradition brought by someone in the group:  bring a digital photo frame each Saturday with pictures from the previous week!

Our tailgate time is treasured, its a time for food, drinks, friends, and football.  Usually the weather is beautiful and it makes me and my friends look forward to fall each year.  We end up taking a lot of digital pictures and in the past they've been shared via email, or someone's Flickr or Picassa account.

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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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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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Digital Picture Frames Continue to Gain Popularity

smartparts_sp72Digital picture frames seem to be deepening their grip on our lives in many ways.  Its not wonder they are one of the hottest new consumer electronic products, which allow digital pictures to be displayed in their true form - digitally.  This means you can get rid of traditional frames and display your digital pictures on similar size frames.

Since the digital picture frames are small and light, and leverage LCD technology, the images are clear and crisp and can display minute details that are easily visible.  What many people find are the best feature of digital picture frames is that they allow you to store hundreds of photos in one frame, thus eliminating all the other picture frames in your house.  But the main reason digital picture frames are so popular is that you can enjoy your digital photos without printing them. (more...)

How to Choose the Best Digital Photo Frame: FAQ

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Digital photo frames are a still relatively new category of consumer electronics, but already there are too many of them. Choosing can be daunting for consumers.  However if you stick with high performing brands from Kodak, Smartparts, or Portable USA, you usually will do fine.

These FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS can make it easier to buy the best digital photo frame for your needs:

Q: What features should I look for when comparing brands and models?
Q: What size digital photo frame should I get?
Q: Which digital picture frame makes the best gift (but is also affordable)?
Q: Are digital picture frames easy to use?
Q: What if I don't know what color or style frame I want?
Q: Do I need to worry about getting memory or a memory card?
Q: Should I get a digital photo frame with internal memory?
Q: What digital frame resolution is best?
Q: I have high resolution pictures or I want to display very clear and detailed pictures on my digital frame. Which ones are best?
Q: Is a remote control important for a digital picture frame?
Q: How will I get my pictures from my camera or my computer to my new digital picture frame?
Q: Should I get a wireless digital picture frame?
Q: Should I read digital picture frame reviews before I buy?
Q: What digial frame brands are the best?

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Top Uses for Digital Picture Frames in Business

spmw15 Top Uses for Digital Picture Frames in BusinessDigital Picture Frames are a fast growing consumer electronic category! There’s no doubting the transition going on from traditional frames to digital photo frames. Quality of digital frames is improving and prices are coming down.

But have you noticed how digital picture frames are used in businesses? Much as flat-screen TVs are now heavily used by corporations, restaurants, hotels, and retailers, digital picture frames are as well. Here are some of the ways we’ve noticed business putting them to use. There are likely many others.

1. Reception desk welcome displays
2. Breakroom announcement portal
3. Restaurant “Specials of the Day” displays
4. Retail advertising portals
5. Conference room scheduling displays
6. Restaurant on-table menus, advertising, specials, etc., displays
7. As corporate gifts for customers or employees
8. Hotel announcements, meeting information, or concierge use
9. Airport and other transportation information portals
10. Photography, frameshop, and art gallery advertising displays

Have you noticed digital frames being used in business in other ways? Share your thoughts!

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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Litigation Around Wireless Digital Frame Services Sorting Out

framechannel logo1 Litigation Around Wireless Digital Frame Services Sorting OutAs we've written many times on this blog, the future of digital picture frames is in wirelss technology. What makes digital frames so innovative is that you can constantly display fresh pictures, something impossible on a traditional frame, and wireless technology makes this even more possible. Wireless digital frames are also evolving into more than just picture frames, many now stream other types of media like news, weather, and anything else that can be sent via an RSS feed.

Ceiva was an early experimenter in providing a network sharing service with their digital frames, allowing a remote family member to send pictures to a digital frame. Recently, a company called Frame Media has developed a similar free service called "framechannel" that digital picture frames like Kodak can use to feed content to a frame using wireless technology. Last year Ceiva sued Frame Media for patent infringement claiming Frame Media had infringed on Ceiva's patent for distributing picture mail.

This week, Frame Media seemed to get some good neews in its favor.
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