eMotion Bluetooth Digital Picture Frame

The eMotion Bluetooth Digital Picture Frame from MediaStreet allows you to wirelessly transfer photos from a camera phone for display on the frame. “The eMotion Bluetooth Digital Picture Frame brings to life all of the photos residing on the small-screened camera phone as well as all of the digital photos that we are snapping with our regular cameras that are getting crammed, hidden and lost on our hard drives,” commented Norm Levy, president of MediaStreet, Inc. The eMotion Bluetooth Digital Picture Frame will have an approximate street price of $149.00. 

MediaStreet Inc. Press Release

MEDIASTREET ADDS BLUETOOTH TECHNOLOGY TO eMOTION DIGITAL PICTURE FRAME

Pictures from Cell Phones Wirelessly Transferred Directly to Large 7-inch Screen for Instant Slideshow & Enjoyment

Deer Park, NY – June 4th, 2007 – MediaStreet Inc., a leading independent manufacturer of archival-quality inks with matched inkjet media and other innovative, digital solutions for the photographic, arts and consumer electronics industries, is introducing its new eMotion Bluetooth Digital Picture Frame, the first picture frame capable of instantly transferring images from a picture phone directly to a 7” digital frame without the use of wires or cables.  Images transferred from cell phones are immediately viewed on screen and stored in the picture frame’s built-in 256MB internal memory.  Additionally, camera card memory slots for CF, SD/SDHC, MS/MSPRO, MMC and xD cards provide virtually endless memory capacity for hours of uninterrupted photo, video or music playing.  The picture frame also has a USB 2.0 port to accept USB drives (aka thumb drives) at any capacity for even greater content access and flexibility.

MediaStreet’s eMotion Bluetooth Digital Picture Frame will have an approximate street price of $149.00.  Additional models are available without the Bluetooth technology at a reduced cost.  Taking advantage of other advances in technology, MediaStreet will be introducing its new WiFi-enabled digital photo frame this summer.

“We have all turned to our cell phones for taking fun and impromptu photos of friends and family and we will continue to see this trend as the image quality continues to improve and new ways of sharing photos off of the phone are developed,” says Norm Levy, president of MediaStreet, Inc.  “The ability to share these photos instantly on a large, bright viewing screen that resembles a traditional picture frame adds a whole new dimension to the digital picture taking phenomenon.  The eMotion Bluetooth Digital Picture Frame brings to life all of the photos residing on the small-screened camera phone as well as all of the digital photos that we are snapping with our regular cameras that are getting crammed, hidden and lost on our hard drives,” Levy added.

Synchronizing or “pairing” a picture phone to the new eMotion Bluetooth Digital Picture Frame is fast and easy.  The process is identical to pairing a cell phone with a wireless headset and the simple On Screen Menu Display provides instructions for easy set-up in less than five minutes.

Once paired, images taken with a picture phone can be instantly transferred to the picture frame and viewed on its large 7-inch, LCD 16:9 / 4:3 aspect ratio screen.  The picture frame can be operated with its remote control or from convenient buttons located on the frame itself. 

Physically, the digital picture frame allows users to customize the look by providing a variety of interchangeable, real wood frame designs.  Consumers can apply the appropriate wood frame to best match other furniture in the home or office while providing the rich, elegant look of traditional picture frames.

The MediaStreet eMotion Digital Picture Frame supports formats for photo, music and video playback. For photographs, the picture frame supports JPEG and BMP.  Formats supported for music include MP3 and WMA and video formats include AVI, MPEG1, MPEG2 and MPEG4.

Accessories for the new eMotion Bluetooth Digital Picture Frame include a remote control, AV cable, AC/DC adapter, manual, and of course access to free professional photography, music and videos to be downloaded from MediaStreet’s content portals: http://MyDigitalContent.com and http://Beyond.fm.

About Media Street
MediaStreet, Inc. is a leading manufacturer of digital photography solutions for hardcopy prints and the viewing of digital photographs with its award-winning line of eMotion Digital Picture Frames. Among the company’s unique advances is the marriage of digital content to its digital convergence electronics with the formation of two power web portals; one for professional photography to be enjoyed on its eMotion Frames http://MyDigitalContent.com and the other, http://Beyond.fm, to find intriguing music, videos and radio casts all of which can be played on the growing line of eMotion electronics including (musician) branded eMotion MP3 MP4 PMP DVD and Digital Picture Frame products.

MediaStreet is headquartered in Deer Park, New York at 44 W. Jefryn Blvd, Unit Y, 11729. For more information about MediaStreet and their extensive line of products and services, please visit http://www.mediastreet.com.

Published: Tuesday, June 05, 2007

Reader Comments

1. Comparison of different chipsets of Digital Picture Frame in present market and their advantages and disadvantages
   
   Our technology team have concluded a summary about different chipset of DPFs and compare their advantage and disadvantage, I have shared here with you everyone, do hope it is helpful to you.
   
   The present chipset used in dpfs in this market are ESS, Zoran, MTK8303, SPG291, MX, CTK, Amlogic. There are different advantages and disadvantages in these different chipsets.
   Shenzhen Qingxin Technology Corporation with his brand name Magic Dream Life and his technical team have concluded many expertise on this line so share with you all here.
   If any query kindly feel free to post your comments here, we will appreciate your any comments also we give you reply soon.
   
   The cheapest solution is Ess but it can't support built-in memory flash only work with memory card insertion. The biggest advantage of this solution is its cheapest price around 13usd,
   its disadvantage is there are some shake on the screen when displaying pictures so not that steady. Some of style of this solution such as 8380 and 8381 can't support Divx.
   For this solution it can support display pictures, play music and video.
   CTK solution: There is no screen driver built in the chipset and need to install to work. The price is also around USD13, can't support built-in memory flash and background
   music but for these two functions many people like. It can support Display pictures, play music and video. The performance is a little like ESS solution.
   
   Zoran solution: For this solution, there is already built-in screen driver, and the price is also around USD13.5, it can support slide show pictures, Support USB port,
   CF/SD/MMC/MS card, AV out and so on, however it also can't support built-in memory flash and music background and can't connect to computer directly. It also can support
   play JPG,WMA,MP3,AVI,DIVX,MEPG1-4 formats and 9 pictures at one screen at the same time. The solution is a little better than ESS and CTK.
   
   MTK solution: For this solution, the chipset-self has already existed about 16M memory flash and it can port about 26pcs of pictures. The biggest advantage of this solution is it
   can support install DVB-T TV receiver function. The style is MTK8303, price is around USD16.5
   
   MX: This solution is good and can meet many requirements but the price is also a little pretty high around 18USD. The biggest advantage for this solution is that it can support
   built-in memory flash and background music and can connect to computer to download files directly. Also support display pictures, play music and video like ESS, CTK and Zoran.
   The disadvantage is its price is a little high.
   
   SUN SPG-291 solution: The performance details is it can support USB port, built-in memory flash, background music, game and AV out but the disadvantage is that it can only support
   SD/MMC memory card. However the price is not that high around USD15.5
   
   Amlogic solution: For this solution, it can support built-in memory flash, USB port and connect to computer to download files directly and also support back ground music, ring alarm, calendar .
   The memory cards it can support is CF/MMC/SD/MS/XD and so on, support copy files from one card to another card in one frame. And the price is also a little high around USD17.5.
   
   About panel:
   Now the panel in this market is AU INNOLUX brand for 7" frames, most factories use it with CCFL which the steady and brightness and color is not that good, with CCFL panel,
   there are some shake and wave in the screen, but if use LED-background instead then the effect is good.About the panel used in big size frames like 10.4", 12", 15" ... and so on,
   many factories offer a very low price, in fact the panel they use is B grade panel and the quality is not that good. About the cost of 10.4" panel, the original newest panel of grade A
   is around USD80 and the unit price is around USD120, but some customers like cheap price so manufacture can also use B grade panel and the price is about USD95.
   All the price above is the market price, if anyone need our company, Shenzhen Qingxin Technology Corporation can also offer you a good price, however if any query
   about any technical problem, feel free to contact us , if you want to order Qingxin' products kindly contact us with ,
   your questions will be answered in a very short time.

   Amoson at 07:58am on Friday, June 08, 2007

2. Hello.
   Thanks for the interesting article.
   one question:
   What is "solution" cost includes?
   Is it only the Soc, or also othe devices (DRAM,flahs, card reader etc..)
   Thanks,
   Alon

   alon ps at 04:44pm on Sunday, December 02, 2007

3. For any of those considering to save costs, you get what you pay for. I did a lot of research before purchasing my 19″ digital picture frame and ended up going with ‘Qingxin Technology Corporation’ aka "Magic Dreamlife".
   
   I wired my funds to China and received my product. Paid an electrician to properly install the product, which came damaged (frame) and bent.
   
   The sales rep (Andy) offered to replace the damaged frame only if I agreed to make another ‘bulk’ purchase of picture frames.
   
   A month later, my digital picture frame is still hanging on my wall and is useless. It won’t even power on and still I wrestle with their customer service in order to have it repaired or replaced. I even offered to pay all the shipping costs just to have it work as it should; but am told I need to make another purchase.
   
   So, please be forewarned of this company and don’t make the same mistake in which I did! It wasn’t worth the savings. I ended up buying my frame from photovu, here in America, and where they stand by their product with a guarantee.
   
   I do not work for either of these companies and am solely a consumer who was duped by an international transaction against my better judgment.
   
   Lesson well learned. Please don’t purchase from this company unless you wish to take a great monetary risk.

   Elizabeth at 03:21pm on Tuesday, December 04, 2007

4. Andy is a liar and I urge all of you not to deal with his companies (magicdreamlife or Qingxin Technology Corporation). He never delivered what we ordered and paid for, just because he didn't have that despite of his numerous promises. They never acknowledged it and we never got reimbursed. We simply got robbed by these guys. Be cautious, what ever excuse he will try to make in the next posts...

   Luc at 07:08pm on Monday, May 12, 2008