A photo frame for your pocket and desk

DreamStream [App Store] is a new piece of software for the iPhone and iPod touch that gives you a personalized wireless portable picture frame. It can access photos you have on your phone, or with internet connectivity provide you with links to MobileMe galleries, Facebook, Flickr tags and RSS image feeds. I tried attaching to my MobileMe account and Flickr images and it worked just fine.

You also get widgets that display the time, weather in cities you select and the date. Happily, the app runs in either portrait or landscape mode.

I thought the documentation was a bit thin, and adding images from your camera roll on the iPhone is a bit time consuming as there is no way to select multiple photos -- you have to add them one at a time.

I'd love to see a method to add scrolling news feeds from selected sources, and perhaps an option to add music from your on-board collection. Remember that iPod touch users will only have Wi-Fi as an option for connectivity.

As it is, DreamStream is a nice, well performing app, and certainly worth the $1.99US asking price. I like the ability to see the photo streams from friends around the country, and now when my iPhone is idling and charging on my desk it has something to do.

Here are some screen shots of Dreamstream in action:

DreamStream screen shots

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Source: http://www.dreamstreamapp.com/

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Tim

We'll keep working hard to make DreamStream better, more robust, and even more fun. Thank you all for your comments. And thanks Mel and TUAW for the review.

May 26 2009 at 11:19 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

nbjyo

I do think "Wired Frame" is better than this APP.

May 23 2009 at 11:10 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Ace

Haha, a lovely photo of the Ferry Dock in Edmonds, WA. That's right by my house.

May 22 2009 at 7:39 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Donovan

Great app! Definitely worth the 2 bucks!

May 22 2009 at 1:48 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Jamus

This app brings up a question I have been wondering about...
Anyone know the lifespan of the iPod Touch's display? I have thought about one of these type apps myself, but I wondered how much I would degrade the display if I left it running all the time in a dock.

May 22 2009 at 10:10 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Denzyl

This is awesome - I've been looking for something to use with Simplifi. And you can subscribe to photo RSS feeds and The Big Picture is a great one: http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/index.xml

May 22 2009 at 9:38 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Josh Monroe

So, who is from Chesterfield, MO?

May 22 2009 at 8:59 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Jash Sayani

I think I should really start learning Cocoa Touch Programming. At least when I can get 2 bucks for a static pic display app !!

May 22 2009 at 8:18 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

mikelite

wow mel, you really are the king of the Late to the Party reviews. There are dozens, nay thousands of these things out there. What's so special about this one?

May 22 2009 at 12:13 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Wulile

Dude, this thing rocks! Now my iPhone actually does something while it's doced. And it gives me yet another way to show off how much better my phone is than my friends'... which they hate... and that brings me joy... I also don't really have any friends.

May 21 2009 at 9:46 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply