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Macworld 2009: IPEVO shows off photo frames and more
Peripheral vendor IPEVO may have just dipped a toe in the Mac market last year with compatible iChat and Skype speakerphone devices, but it looks like a full-court press coming from them in 2009. At Macworld Expo, IPEVO is showing a full suite of audio (conference phones, handsets and more for VoIP services and iChat), video (a slimline camera) and especially photos -- the upcoming Kaleida digital frames, showing here and at CES, look remarkably good.
The wired and wireless frames, expected to ship in March under the $200 price point, allow for photo offloads from memory cards or from the Mac, subscription to Flickr or RSS feeds, and selected Google widgets (weather, calendar, news or financial data), all on a bright 7" screen. You can control the displayed content from your computer, or via a handy iPhone app.
We took a brief photo and video tour of the new products in the Dr. Bott vendor pavilion. Enjoy!
Gallery: IPEVO booth at Macworld 2009
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Bayliss said 6:28PM on 1-08-2009
I don't see how this is Apple related?
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Victor Agreda, Jr. said 7:05PM on 1-08-2009
Well, they are exhibiting at Macworld. We're at Macworld. We're covering Macworld. We're covering exhibitors at Macworld. We don't just cover objects from Apple.
Also, their camera got Mac drivers and they have an iChat speakerphone. Does that work for you?
Michael said 7:05PM on 1-08-2009
well... being that it is stated to pull photos off of the Mac... would give it enough now wouldn't it. :P
sheldonkw said 6:58PM on 1-08-2009
Nah. Still waiting on a photo frame that syncs wirelessly to MobileMe and iPhoto.
A WiFi photo frame that updated to MobileMe would be great for my mom. Just link it to as many photo albums as you like via the iPhoto provided links (http://gallery.mac.com/johndoe/10100) and it stays synced. Then my sister and I could keep my mom up to date with current grandkid photos. I know similar services already exist, but I already pay for a family MobileMe and iPhoto makes maintaining an gallery a cinch.
If anyone knows a digital photo album that keeps updated with MobileMe, please - do tell.
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Michael Rose said 7:36PM on 1-08-2009
Hi Sheldon --
The IPEVO frame supports RSS feeds for photos, as does MobileMe -- in fact the PhotoVu frames already use this feature:
https://www.photovu.com/support/index.php?article=123&action=kb
brad said 8:07AM on 1-09-2009
I've been looking to replicate something like the pictures shown on these photo frames but on an old laptop. Does anyone know of any software that will run full screen that allows for photos, weather widgets, etc. on either a Mac or a PC that isn't Dashboard?
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Jon said 9:57AM on 1-09-2009
What weather widget is displayed on the frame in the photo? Looks good!
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jozue said 6:21PM on 1-09-2009
What about iCal over a WLAN syncing for a digital calander for a household ?
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Caroline from IPEVO said 12:58PM on 1-13-2009
The Kaleido does sync with iPhoto. It does RSS feed too, so you can tap into Mobileme that way. The widget displayed is Google widgets - you can do weather, but also news, stocks, calendar, etc.
BTW - whoever posted the photovu - your products are $900.... calling it a "premum photo frame" doesn't exactly consider such a price gap. How does that relate to a well-designed, ubiquitous $199 frame?
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