Filed under: iPhone, App Store, iPod touch, App Review
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:
Gallery: DreamStream screen shots
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
bob said 7:18PM on 5-21-2009
i want one of these that also has rss along the bottom
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stalker said 11:54AM on 5-22-2009
i've been using an app called 'wired frame' seems to do what you're after
Craig Stanton said 9:34PM on 5-21-2009
I want on of these for an old iBook that I plan to turn hang on the wall. Anyone know of good (and free) software to do just that? I stuck one together with Applescript and a screen saver before, but surely someone has written a better one.
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Wulile said 8:44PM on 5-22-2009
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.
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mikelite said 12:13AM on 5-22-2009
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?
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Jash Sayani said 8:18AM on 5-22-2009
I think I should really start learning Cocoa Touch Programming. At least when I can get 2 bucks for a static pic display app !!
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Josh Monroe said 8:59AM on 5-22-2009
So, who is from Chesterfield, MO?
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Denzyl said 9:38AM on 5-22-2009
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
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Jamus said 10:10AM on 5-22-2009
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.
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Donovan said 1:49PM on 5-22-2009
Great app! Definitely worth the 2 bucks!
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Ace said 7:39PM on 5-22-2009
Haha, a lovely photo of the Ferry Dock in Edmonds, WA. That's right by my house.
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nbjyo said 11:12AM on 5-23-2009
I do think "Wired Frame" is better than this APP.
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Tim said 11:21AM on 5-26-2009
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.
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