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Kodak Quick Touch Digital Photo Frames Are Ticklish on the Side
Posted by Matt Buchanan at 5:50 AM on March 28, 2008
Kodak's Quick Touch photo frames don't quite go all the way on being touchscreen, though they're spinning that as a plus, since you don't leave grimy fingerprints on your screen. Instead, the border itself is a touchpad, so you can scroll through pics with swipes of your finger.
The US$180 M820 and US$230 M1020 support all of the major memory card formats and USB drives, as well as make with the MP3 and MPEG (1 and 4) video playback. The US$120 P720 is more basic, dropping the multimedia and CF card support. Can we get some Wi-Fi syncing, at least in the higher end model, please? [Kodak]
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odysseus
Posted 9:35 AM 28/3/08
How hard can it be t build one of these things right, I've been searching for months and have yet to find anything decent that matches my requirements:
* Standard ratio screen, not wide screen
* 10" to 12" size with decent resolution
* Wifi as well as SD card
* Ability to read pictures from any shared network drive
* Ability to display/import RSS feeds from internet
* Ability to save pictures imported from RSS or SD card into a network folder, some organisation tools
* Ability to mix all sources into one slideshow
* Not fugly
Come on, someone must want my money, surely???
odysseus
flyboy
Posted 8:24 AM 28/3/08
Tesla, Kodak, Edison,
great names
all dead
flyboy
AlanAudio
Posted 7:55 AM 28/3/08
I bought a Kodak WiFi frame from Amazon, but had to return it because it won't work with a WiFi networked HD. It would only operate via WiFi to read files on a Windows PC. It couldn't even see some of the WiFi networks that both Mac & PCs operate perfectly happily with, let alone the files on them.
AlanAudio
mdm508
Posted 7:20 AM 28/3/08
@thechansen: Right. Buy a Westinghouse. Now THOSE are quality LCDs ... ??
mdm508
thechansen
Posted 7:15 AM 28/3/08
Kodak shit the bed when the discontinued B&W supplies. I had to go Ilford and then just digital.... Also, that is an odd aspect ratio for a photo, eh? I guess that's what happens when you bulkorder the cheapest LCDs you can and then rape the consumer...
thechansen
mdm508
Posted 7:15 AM 28/3/08
@Monty: Hey -- digital picture frames are all the craze these days (for better or worse).
Would you prefer it be a $300 digital picture frame? At least they're doing something innovative.
mdm508
Monty
Posted 7:05 AM 28/3/08
Is Kodak just becoming a peddler of low-end photo products these days? I remember way back in the day (OLD GUY ALERT) when Kodak used to represent higher-end photography. Now, whenever I see Kodak on something, it is generally followed by a sigh.
Kodak needs to be competing (favorably) with Nikon and Canon, and yet they are building $120 picture frames. It is sad. Really, really sad.
Monty
Tek Elements
Posted 6:43 AM 28/3/08
I agree, where's the WiFi love so I can update pics to Grandma's picture frame from anywhere? I tried an i-Mate Momento frame and had to return it after a very frustrating customer service experience (typical repeating of the "you must be an idiot customer" questions that I'd already answered. How friggin hard is it to make one of these that works and has the features we want?
Tek Elements
dantaylor08
Posted 6:38 AM 28/3/08
I still don't understand the wifi to picture craze. Do you really want someone hacking your wifi and uploading porno pics to your frame while you have family/girlfriend/wife/pastor over???
dantaylor08
wizardofpants
Posted 5:57 AM 28/3/08
how about some prettier models for the sample image? Dumpy and pie face don't do it for me...
At least it looks kinda classy as opposed to all those other digi-frames. But yes, wifi would be pretty sweet.
wizardofpants