wireless connectivity to the boycott

California, a rapidly growing company Pandigital Digital Photo Frame is a development to take another route. In its 22 products, 17 have already have a ready-to-use networking capabilities, consumers only need a wireless adapter (dongle) plugged into the USB slot frame.

The company also offers a built-in wireless transceiver wireless adapter without the 10.4-inch Digital Photo Frame.

"According to our national survey conducted in October last year, only 6% of the wireless features demanded by consumers," Pandigital company said CEO Dean Finnegan. "Consumers believe that there is no need for this additional functionality."

If the company intends to make wireless photo frame up to a certain size, Kodak Rieger said, "so that consumers must first understand what the product functions, and which has the ability to function." He emphasized, Wi-Fi can be stored in PC digital photos by streaming to the digital photo frame, the update of the photo stored, and allow users from the online photo-sharing service to download images, such as the Kodak Gallery.

Wireless Photo Frame Pandigital's currently available e-mail client's performance, so users will be able to send photos directly by e-mail to Internet-type frame, the company and believes that "soon, consumers need to start networking Digital Photo Frame-based ", Finnegan is expected in about late 2010, the sales of digital photo frame will be about 40% built-in wireless functionality.

Digital Photo Frame suppliers are attempting to wireless connectivity to the boycott of this product in the overall price trend. As Kodak said Rieger, wireless capability "Digital Photo Frame will be suspended the commercialization process."

However, Internet-based frame to reach the more down-to-earth prices. Both Kodak (8-inch and 10 inch) with a Wi-Fi function of the number of frames for the current prices of 229 U.S. dollars and 279 U.S. dollars. "Will have to lower prices," Rieger said. "In 2009, these Internet-based photo frame price below 200 U.S. dollars will be reduced. We may even see some companies committed to making Wi-Fi photo frame prices down to below 100 U.S. dollars."

Indeed, Marvell claims its processor will enable Internet-based digital photo frame prices down to 99 U.S. dollars. "If the Digital Photo Frame prices and a small laptop (netbook) considerable, then the consumer may be interested in this product no," Manghnani said.

In order to make a digital photo frame as a continuous role in consumer devices, "regardless of whether it has Internet capability, a digital photo frame have to be consistent role," RMI's Miller said. Furthermore, "It should never be treated as' networking equipment 'to sell."

Manufacturers are exploring different options. One is the vertical of special equipment, such as eBay's exclusive Digital Photo Frame or the United States sponsored by ESPN sports television network frame, it can display family photos at the same time update the team scoring the game-specific situations or video player.

Pandigital published last fall in a 15-inch LCD Photo Frame, which combines high-definition television (HDTV), digital cooking manual (including the number of Bon Appetit magazine recipe), as well as for the kitchen table designed by the Internet network access functions (for reading RSS feeds).

This design idea is to make a digital picture frame as a media channel for content providers or service providers can gain a foothold in the family.

However, designers must pay attention to features for the problem of slow. "First of all, and most importantly, it should be an excellent digital picture frame," RMI's Miller said that a high-quality digital photo frame "must be able to reproduce after a gamma-ray calibration of the images, can achieve the 3 per second grid of video, slide show can be, and lower the camera, memory cards and PC connected to the complexity. "

On this basis, Miller quickly imagine there will be a network of radio stations to receive the digital photo frame. At the same time, the video features may also be integrated into. Ultimately, the social networking site will also help to promote Internet-based development of a digital photo frame.

Marvell's Manghnani said that the key lies in the fact that "companies should now step by step into a variety of network services and Widget application. Otherwise, consumers will know what to do."

RMI and Marvell have emphasized the two companies, ODM, OEM and telecommunications companies need to start on the use of available processing power 800MHz or higher, high-performance platform. For some applications, the lack of processing power will result in slow response or affect the use of the smooth interface, Manghnani said.

Simple user interface is also must be given priority consideration. Miller believes that "embedded network products and applications API" is one of the key issues. He said, "This means that in comparison to Windows and Flash, the user experience to be closer to Android G-Phone and the iPhone.