Re: PHILIPS 7FF1AW Digital Photo Frame - £99

["dermot_bradley" <bradley@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

--- In ukha_d@xxxxxxx, "christopher purves"
<CHRIS_PURVES@...>
wrote:
>
> It doesn't have any software - plug it in - recognised as USB mass
> storage (like any USB pen drive) and you dump files to it. Simple
> as that. I imagine that means linux will talk to it.

Yeah, Linux can handle it then :-)

> You cannot use it while connected over usb - once disconnected
> it goes over the files you have uploaded and reverts to display
> mode.

Doh! If only it worked while USB was connected then it would be the
perfect "remote updatable" frame.........is there an electric
device
that does the equivalant of plugging in or unplugging a USB connection
on demand? :-)

> As far as costing a mortgage - I can't believe how cheap this
> is given the size of the screen, the inbuilt memory and the quality
> of the product.

The mortgage comment wasn't about the Philips - it was to do with the
last time I looked for photo frames with ethernet/wifi interface they
started at about 500 quid each and climbed up fast :-(