Picture this: Four new Samsung digital photo frames
The 8-inch SPF-85V: save this one for the small, cute pics.
(Credit: Samsung )Digital photo frames. You love 'em, I love 'em. Well, actually I've only ever seen one in use before and that one was broken. Call me old-fashioned (or just old) but I guess I'm just not at the point financially where I can justify the price.
Actually, I don't think I'm at the point morally. I mean come on, I don't think I could sleep at night after spending $200 on a picture frame. Digital or not.
Apparently I'm slowly moving into the minority on this. On Wednesday, Samsung announced four new digital photo frames.
Samsung SPF-85H
- 8-inch screen
- 800x600 resolution
- 1GB internal memory
- Auto on/off function
- Auto photo resize
- SD/MMC/MS/XD card reader, USB memory slot
Samsung SPF-85V
- 8-inch screen
- Built-in wireless feature optimized for use with Windows Live
- 800x600 high resolution
- 64MB internal memory
- Auto-rotation function
- 802.11b/g wireless photo frame
- Rechargeable battery
- SD/MMC/MS/XD card reader, USB memory slot
- InfoLink free information service (news, weather, stocks, USA Today)
- Frame Channel service that gets more than 400 channels of news, sports, cartoons, and more
Samsung SPF-105P
- 10-inch screen
- Rechargeable battery
- 1024x600 resolution
- 1GB internal memory
- Auto photo resize
- Rechargeable battery
- SD/MMC/MS/XD card reader, USB memory slot
Samsung SPF-105V
- 10-inch screen
- 1024x600 resolution
- 64MB internal memory
- Auto-rotation function
- 802.11b/g wireless photo frame
- Rechargeable battery
- SD/MMC/MS/XD card reader, USB memory slot
- InfoLink free information service (news, weather, stocks, USA Today)
- Frame Channel service that gets more than 400 channels of news, sports, cartoons, and more
Each of the models feature Samsung's Starlight Touch Controls, which integrate the onscreen display (OSD) and disappear from the bezel after 10 seconds of inactivity. The two Wi-Fi enabled frames, the SPF-85V and SPF-105V are optimized for use with Windows Live Spaces for photo sharing. Also, these two frames come with Samsung's InfoLink feature, which offers the ability to receive RSS feeds from USA Today and Frame Channel.
The SPF-85H and the SPF-85V will be available September 1 for an estimated price of $129.99 and $199.99 respectively. The SPF-105P will be released on October 1 for $199.99. The SPF-105V is slated for November 1 for $289.99.
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