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First RSS/email/WiFi-enabled photo frame

"eStarling, Inc. Launches First RSS-enabled Wi-Fi Digital Photo Frame," press release via Cameratown News, 20 November:

"Device Operates Independently of a PC; Dedicated Email Address Allows Users to Email Photos Directly to Frame

"This year, eStarling, Inc. is offering the perfect holiday gift to help you stay better connected to your loved ones.

"The company announced today the availability of eStarling, the first wireless digital photo frame that enables users to automatically update pictures via RSS feeds from several popular photo websites.

"eStarling is a wireless networked home media appliance that operates independently of a personal computer; it enables the users to share photos directly with friends, family, or colleagues. You can purchase for delivery during the 2006 December holiday season at http://www.estarling.com.

"The eStarling digital frame makes it much easier to share updated photos with loved ones. Users can send photos over the Internet to an eStarling frame via email or camera phones; they can also use an eStarling to send photos to be shared with the owner of another eStarling frame...

"Thanks to eStarling, a busy parent can plug the memory card from their camera directly into the card-reading slot on the eStarling digital frame. They can then simply push a button to send the latest photos of the children directly to the grandparent's eStarling frame located across the city or across the world.

"Through eStarling Connect, our free photo management site, users can also sign on to receive photo RSS feeds from popular photo sites such as Yahoo Flickr, Google Picasa and Webshots...

"Setting up eStarling is simple and takes less than 10 minutes...

Specifications

• 7" color LCD screen with super quality image display powered by hardware image processor;
• Wi-Fi 802.11b/g with support for WEP encryption;
• MMC/SD/CF/MS card slot;
• On-board storage (128 MB) of close to 200 photos.

Requirements

• Web access via wireless 802.11 Network; and,
• Frame Setup requires the user to run the included software on a Windows 2000/XP compatible PC. After the first setup, eStarling is operated in a PC-less mode..."

[WiFi - 21 November 2006]