wireless networking features to the digital photo frame

Internet supported functions is being positioned as a brand-new types of digital frame equipment. It seems that this is quite extraordinary appearance of the digital photo frame, was re-connected to a network of 'third screen' (third screen) popping up in the family, and the product evolution and innovation for the chip also cargo operators, consumer electronics companies even see the wireless companies new business opportunities. However, does consumer agree with this new idea?

Digital Photo Frame can be connected in the beginning of this year's International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) has attracted the attention of many participants, and in a few days ago in Barcelona, Spain at the Global Mobile Communications Conference (MWC) can be seen swarming on the mobile Phone manufacturers are exploring the technology platform. Digital Photo Frame OEM from several new models which have been in March of this year, the International Imaging Products Marketing Association (PMA) published on the General Assembly.

Chumby Industries chief executive Stephen Tomlin that "Digital Photo Frame does not belong to PC, not a mobile phone, but" a brand-new equipment for personal consumption. "

But this is the fact it? It was pointed out that with wireless networking features to the digital photo frame for the successful development of a new type of consumer products, it is necessary to avoid the slow into the functional, interface complexity and consumer prices is expected to exceed the common defects.

Developers and marketers have a lot of the concept is dazzling: Digital Photo Frame with TV / radio, alarm clock, bedroom, refrigerator on the message board or home VoIP phone combination, and even through the built-femtocell (femtocell) digital photo frame to further expand the coverage of home phone. These applications have in common is the only one able to show that valuable consumer electronic image frame.

Marvell is a positive and are anxious to address the emerging consumer applications for companies to express their views. "Digital Photo Frame is a major innovation through," Marvell companies and consumer computing applications processor business Kishore Manghnani, vice president, said he and a digital photo frame as "a new category of networked consumer devices, the first product. "

This new frame is now more affordable to upgrade the handling capacity of the price to reach a considerable (or beyond) notebook computers and smart phones in the standard, but also has Wi-Fi performance, or even with 3G data card. Marvell recently launched a Sheeva CPU based on its application processor core can operate at frequencies up to 1.2GHz. Manghnani said that the component is designed for networked digital photo frame can be developed by the market, Marvell believes that this new digital photo frame market "was about to take off."

Similarly, Samsung Semiconductor (Samsung) System LSI company business that Richard Yeh, director of marketing, digital photo frame will become "the core of the network the importance of the family." Samsung is trying to make it based on the ARM11 core and JPEG/2-D/3-D chip into the hardware of the processor market.