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This is a pretty good buy and one of the few 8" frames under $100 that support video. The touch screen and wi-fi are really nice features too.

Good price... I see them ranging from 110-165.

web content updates let you leave this at the grandparents house and you can keep it up to date remotely. very cool.

I've been looking for a decent WiFi frame for a while, but they never explain it well in their product brochures:

#1) Does it require a subscription service that might disappear one day?
#2) Does it require a PC to relay requests?
#3) Does it require any local interaction to force it to notice that I uploaded new pics to Flickr or does it just check automatically?

These are very functional frames, but the on-screen interfaces are less then stellar. Also no Mac client software, although you can connect directly from a Mac browser. The net based connectivity (Flickr, RSS, etc) is great.

On my way to get one :)

I've owned a similar device, and found that it's rather less than useful as a picture frame. The images aren't so great (certainly not as nice as an actual picture), they are not portable, a pain to load, the frame portion isn't that nice (it's plastic, not glass or walnut), and I would worry that they would break falling off a shelf.

Everyone should make their own judgement, but I found that it wasn't worth the trouble or the expense. Neat toy though !

@scarchin: Yes! This frame is (a) bigger than the Ceiva frames, (b) the same as a one-year renewal for Ceiva, and (c) has no subscription cost, you can use sites like Flickr and Kodak Gallery for pictures.

In for 3!

@splatsplat:
#1) Does it require a subscription service that might disappear one day?
No.

#2) Does it require a PC to relay requests?
No. It does require a Wifi connection.

#3) Does it require any local interaction to force it to notice that I uploaded new pics to Flickr or does it just check automatically?
It checks automatically according to your settings. If giving as a gift (as I will be doing) you should probably crack it open and set it up first to connect to your picture location of choice. From then on it shouldn't need any management.

Also FYI, Amazon has the 10" version of this for $152, also a good deal.

I have never known of anyone (non-technical) to have any success with a digital picture frame. Everyone I know, who has given one of these as a gift to a mom, grandma, and etc, reports back some months later that it either sits turned off (we didn't want to waste the electricity) or never updated with new photos.

Good luck on this one...

I was tempted but the reviews on Amazon give me cold feet.

same price in Amazon, and if you read the reviews there, not very good

This is a heck of a deal

Looks like a good deal.

@nancio: You're right re: same priace as Amazon. Either priced for the the holidays or they are getting ready to replace with a new line of wireless frames. They are very good. Have been enjoying one wirelessly for the last few months. Might actually cancel that purchase and buy it from trusty old Amazon instead.