Comments on: Welcome Wi-Fi Photo Frames… Finally!

By: Will Garland

Will Garland — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 20:50:19 +0000

Tony,

About 3 years ago my wife and I gave Ceiva frames to all four sets of our grand parents. 2 sets of our grand parents did NOT have internet (and don’t still don’t want it.) But even thought they don’t have an internet connection they still can get pictures sent to them using a Ceiva frame. Why? Becasue Ceiva’s can also dial out using a traditional 1-800# land line. This makes it easy for us, no matter how the frame is connected, to send pictures to all of our grand parents. Oh and all of our siblings send pictures to them too. It really is a great way of doing it.

By: Tony Mora

Tony Mora — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 06:59:18 +0000

My parents don’t have internet, will the Kodak Pulse still work without an internet connection?

By: Jerry

Jerry — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 01:31:13 +0000

I second the Kodak W1020. I got one last year for Xmas. I had to do some custom coding to generate a PhotoRSS feed from my online gallery (Coppermine), but it works great. Both sets of Grandparents have one so they can see updated photos of the kid when I upload them.

By: Brent

Brent — Sun, 10 Jan 2010 04:35:09 +0000

I’d love to try that Kodak Pulse photoframe out. I make DIY photoframes for very little money and they turn out nice, but ease of use, touchscreen, and WiFi make this one very interesting. Keep us posted on that one Mari.

By: ZeoTiVo

ZeoTiVo — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 18:12:58 +0000

I almost went the EasyShare route for my Dad.
Keep up the hunt for WiFi picture frames Dave, I will be watching.

By: AnotherDave

AnotherDave — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 17:57:10 +0000

We almost pulled the trigger this christmas, but reviews said HP and Toshiba were the leading contenders and both had issues. Looks like a likely grandparent gift in 2010.

By: jeadly

jeadly — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 13:46:32 +0000

I bought the Kodak EasyShare W1020 for my parents this Christmas (I’ve also been waiting years for a WiFi frame). No full touch screen, but lets face it, Grandma ain’t touching that thing after you’ve configured it. $140 for a 10″ device that checks photo RSS feeds means I don’t have to bother with emailing photos. I just upload to picasa web like I normally do.

I also agree a per photo charge sounds ridiculous, though it may be more reasonable than setting up a wireless router that never gets used for anything else.