Sharp Cordless Phone adds 7-inch Touch Screen Digital Photo Frame

By Mey Lia

Sharp has announced interesting cordless phones in Japan this year with a huge amount of development in its cordless landline phones for the Sharp JD-7C1CL/CW as it comes with a combination of a base-station unit of a 7-inch Touch Screen with a DECT handset and 800 x 480 LCD.  The Sharp JD-7C1CL/CW will enable you to show the received faxes as well as to show your digital photos.

The JD-7C1CL/CW comes with a 7-inch touch panel LCD that can be used for basic phone operation as well as for another functions such as calendar, phone book with pictures, clock, and for photo frame. It’s available in two colors of black and white.

You can store your favorite pictures to the Sharp JD-7C1CL/CW as it comes with 128MB for internal storage plus it’s supported with a multi format card reader and you will be able to load new images through infrared (IR).

The battery life for the Sharp JD-7C1CL/CW can be used up to 200 hrs standby time or 6 hours talk time. When you’re not using or displaying photos, then the touch screen will display a calendar or a clock, or you can set them to mixture of the two.

Unfortunately this new Sharp JD-7C1CL/CW is not yet available for US and Europe market as it will only be available for Japan market this coming September 25^th yet the price is not confirmed.

SilverFrame Advanced Digital Picture Frame – A Touch Screen WiFi Multimedia Streaming Digital Frame

By Mey Lia

SilverPac has unveiled and announced for their new Advanced Digital Picture Frame (ADPF) at Computex 2009, which is known as the SilverPac SilverFrame Digital Picture Frame. But this kind of Digital Picture Frame is not a cheap photo display one since this ADPF supports Window SlideShow and Windows Live FrameIt  that allowing to display online multimedia content as well as offering traditional digiframe functionality with its 10.1 inch and 1024 x 567 resolution touchscreen to manage wireless connectivity.

The SilverFrame features and capabilities are not only to show local photos, but the featured that is offered by its 10″ touchscreen is quite impressive, it will allow you to play and wirelessly stream video, digital audio, pull RSS feeds  as well. You will also be able to sync with your calendar and emails so you can reply the emails directly on screen. And with its WiFi features, you also can play with your favorite Facebook, Photobucket, Picasa, etc.

Besides the WiFi, for other connectivity, SilverFrame Digital Picture is also fully equipped with Bluetooth 2.0 and infrared for the remote control. As for the memory capacity, it’s powered by a Freescale processor with 512MB RAM but it has a multi format memory card slot, so you can upgrade up to 1GB of memory storage capacity.

The SilverPac also use twin 1.5W speakers and rotation sensor for this SilverFrame Digital Picture to flip the screen orientation automatically. In addition of that, this Advanced Digital Picture Frame of SilverFrame also runs Window Embedded CE 6.0 R2, so it also can run Internet Explorer and various IM clients.

Helpful Info About 7 Digital Photo Frame

DO MORE WITH DIGITAL PHOTOS THAN JUST DIGITAL PHOTO PRINTING

People would shoot photos, print them and archive them in photo albums.

Desktop photo wallpaper: Your computer desktop is a great place to display special photos.

Digital photo frames: Digital photo frames are devices that elevate photo frames up to the digital era.

On the other hand digital frames embed an LCD screen that allows you to display different digital photos at different times. There are many types of digital photo frames some can receive the photos wirelessly from your computer while others has internal storage for up to a maximum number of photos. Most digital photo frames can work in few modes: show a single photo until you manually switch to another one, roll through a list of photos or show photos randomly.

Digital photos in blogs and social networks: Social networks and personal blogs are extremely popular.

DIGITAL PHOTO FRAMES AND WHAT TO LOOK FOR WHEN BUYING ONE

Digital photo frames are new products that replace old paper photo frames in displaying your photos on a desk, on a shelf or on a wall. Digital photo frames are a good solution if you do not want to display your photos solely on your computer or on paper prints. Digital photo frames are an LCD screen with some electronics behind it that allows you to load photos and display them. Their design mimics old paper prints photo frames. The price of digital photo frames varies and is mostly driven by their LCD screen size and quality. Here are some features to consider when buying a digital photo frame:

LCD size, resolution and brightness: The most important component of any digital photo frame is its LCD screen. The main purpose of a digital photo frame is to display photos and the LCD screen is the component that does that.

Placement options: Make sure that the digital photo frame can be placed where planned.

Memory: Most digital photo frames do not have any built-in memory. Check what memory card types are supported by the digital photo frame.

Remote control: Some digital photo frames come with a remote control that enables you to remotely change the displayed photo, start a slide show and more.

PC connection: Most digital photo frames can be connected to a computer. This can be useful if you want to load photos from a photo album on your computer hard disk. A PC connection is a good feature if you plan to load photos often.

Non photo features: Digital photo frames include a micro computer that implements photo display logic. Digital photo frames are great products but they do have limitations.

WHY A COMPACT DIGITAL CAMERA SHOULD BE IN YOUR FUTURE

* You could get a compact film camera if you wish but why would you want to do that these days? Digital cameras will afford you so much more flexibility and control over the shots that you take. With a digital camera you can see what the shot looks like immediately and decide right away if it’s a keeper, or if you need to just delete it and shoot all over again.

* Compact digital cameras let you do so much with each image that you take that you just couldn’t do with film. With a digital camera you just store the photos on a reusable media card and then pop it into a photo printer for printing, or you can also upload the photos to your home computer where you can play around with them until they are just the way you want in a photo editing program. Once all your files are uploaded, just wipe the camera card clean and start over again. Here are a few recommendations that show up on many compact digital camera reviews by both photo websites and consumers alike:

So if you have struggled about making the switch to digital from film cameras, now is the time to finally let go of the old ways, and embrace the newer, better technology of compact digital cameras instead.

WHAT FEATURES COME ON THE BEST COMPACT DIGITAL CAMERAS?

Compact digital cameras are improving all the time, making snapshots and photos easier and better all the time. And certainly the march toward digital cameras and away from film cameras is in full swing. So what features can be expected to be found on the best compact digital cameras that most people like to buy?

* Battery usage varies considerably between compact digital camera models, with some sipping power consumption and others being relative power hogs. Even the worst cameras will provide about 50 shots from a set of batteries, but when you consider that the best cameras will take between 400-500 shots per battery set, it’s a huge difference.

* The best compact digital cameras also are fast. Each digital camera has to take some time to process an image when the shutter is pressed. When you add up the extra time taken for the shutter lag and processing the digital image afterward, you can see why getting the fastest camera you can is an important feature of the best compact digital cameras.