Here is an interesting gadget that looks like it was just debuted on T-mobile‘s lineup, the Cameo.
T-Mobile® cameo™ frame
The T-Mobile cameo frame is an exciting new way to share photos with family and friends. With the T-Mobile cameo, you can:-Take photos using your picture message-capable camera phone and send them to your frame’s phone number. They’ll show up right on the frame!
-Receive picture messages from any capable phone, on any carrier.
-Send photos to your frame via e-mail. Just e-mail them to your frame’s phone number @tmomail.net (for example, 2062221111@tmomail.net).
-Transfer photos from the memory card in your phone or camera to your frame (card and adapter not included).
-Transfer photos from your computer to your frame.
Hello! For anyone who has a kid(s) whose grandparents or even great-grandparents live elsewhere, I believe this would be an ideal gift: The gift of updated and current digital photos that automatically show up in a digital photo frame. Supposedly, the device would cost $99.99 up front plus $9.99 per month for the connected services. Yikes -that’s $120/yr cost of connectivity. With flash memory so cheap (I mean affordable) now, I could send a new filled 2GB SD card every other month, including postage and still have money to spare compared to that subscription price. I believe they should have subsidized the cost of data access by:
- maybe inserting an ad every 50 photos in a slideshow
- by building a remote web management tool that would be ad-driven or possibly integrated with photo partners for ordering print products (aka Walgreens, flickr, etc)
- something similar to what the Kindle has accomplished with Sprint
This doesn’t look that desirable a deal, but at least it is a step in the right direction. Let’s get conected!
