You've been Framed!

It’s likely that you’ll have seen a digital photo frame at some point over the past couple of years. They seem to have become “popular” devices for displaying our ever increasing amount of digital photographs. I say popular but they are still not an essential purchase for everyone – and I think I know why.

The problem with them is that you’ve got to transfer your photos onto a memory card that you insert into the digital frame. But then you have to unplug from the frame and into your computer to change the photographs once you get bored of your current selection. Also, if you only have a single memory card - or if you’re like me, you leave your largest memory card in your digital camera, whilst your smaller capacity ones are used for your digital frame, which again limits the selection of photos you have on display.

Apparently you can now buy a wireless photo frame, which is able to connect up to your online collection of photographs via Flickr, Facebook, Microsoft Spaces, etc. This is a fantastic idea in my opinion as it takes away all of the hassle of managing memory cards and utilises a single photograph store – that you able to do a whole lot more with – share with family and friends, use on other websites, etc.

Of course it’s yet another example of shifting data into the cloud and the digital lifestyles we’re all living. One idea that I love with this example is that you’d be able to take a snap and upload it instantly to your online photo repository, which can then be instantly shared to your digital frame as a constant reminder of your memories.