The Sungale ID800WT is more than just a digital picture frame; it is a touchscreen device with built-in Wi-Fi. Besides the main picture-viewing function, the ID800WT also plays video files, music, and has widget-like apps such as weather and stock quotes. It retails for about $200. It did a great job display photos, but how did it fare showing off Internet content? Keep reading.

Among the many new, innovative products being announced at CES, IPEVO has added to the list with their new digital photo frame, the Kaleido R7 with EyeStage compatibility. In a nutshell, this new digital photo frame allows you to access pictures and other content from anywhere on the Internet, including mobile devices.

D-Link has just announced their latest digital picture frame, the DSM-210. Sporting a 16:9 format, 10-inch TFT display with an 800 x 480 resolution the DSM-210 features 1GB of internal memory with an option to expand on that with either an SD, MMC or Memory Stick card. The frame also includes Wi-Fi 802.11g, one Ethernet more »

JOBO AG has added the new Photo Display PDJ152 digital photo frame to its lineup of digital imaging products. The PDJ152 is a sleek-looking 15-inch digital photo frame with three interchangeable clip-on acrylic frames in black, white and silver color. It boasts of a TFT-color display that promises to give justice to digital photos by more »

Because Sony wants us to believe that digital photo frames aren’t all that bad, they are now offering the VGF-CP1, a Wi-Fi enabled little number that, other than showing off your digital snaps in 16 million colors, gives you access to your preferred RSS feeds and plays your favorite music too. It can even connect more »

Mother’s Day is just around the corner, and maybe you’d like to give your mom a digital picture frame. But here’s something to think about, in the U.S. News & World Report issue for the week ending May 5, 2008, Marianne Lavelle writes,

“Look at just one of the new energy guzzlers: the digital photo frame. This always-on gadget burns a barely noticeable $9 extra a year into the average household electric bill, says the nonprofit Electric Power Research Institute. But the impact could be staggering. EPRI estimates that if every household in America owned one, it would take five medium-sized power plants just to keep those family photo slide shows rolling in the nation’s living rooms. ‘I call these electronics the sleeping giants in our homes,’ says Thomas Reddoch, EPRI’s director of energy utilization.”

Now that all the HDTV’s, LCD monitors, and portable HDTV LCD screens are out of the way, there is one last thing from Westinghouse – digital photo frames. One of the new 15-inch frames features the best resolution of any 15-inch photo frame on sale today, so claims Westinghouse. Additional features include being able to play video, comes with integrated speakers, LED backlight, offers a wide color range, brighter images, and doesn’t use that much power.

They are offered in a hot black or wooden frame, high-resolution digital panels – for improved viewing, better memory. Support of JPEG, AVI Motion JPEG, MPEG 1 and 4. Users can insert a memory card with a video on it or download one from a PC and then transfer it using its USB port. Lastly, they come with MosaicView Technology, which allows you to display multiple images simultaneously.

Now, I will go through each of the models in the Digital Photo Frame lineup.

With so many digital photo frames displayed at CES 2008, the biggest comparison-shopping floor in the realm of consumer electronics, it is very hard to stand out from the crowd. RealEase’s Shogo 8-inch digital photo frame cuts through the clutter for it is the first in the world to combine touch screen capability and Wi-Fi more »

SmartPants are all set to go XL with a 32-inch digital picture frame that is set to be unveiled at this years CES. To put this into perspective – 32-inches is the size of the average home television these days! The SP3200 has: 16:9 widescreen LCD panel displays photos in high-definition. A screen resolution of more »