What happens when you get a digital photo frame, load your favorite pictures in it and hit Slideshow Mode?

We ALL know what happens. Pictures slide by one after the other, another after another. In a few days, you would have relived all your most memorable moments so many times, they would cease to feel so special. It’s a wee-bit boring to see just yourself and your best friends frolicking in the snow, then in the sun, then in the sand, and all over again, isn’t it?

The first time someone mentioned the eStarling digital photo frame, I didn’t think it would become a fixture on my desk as it is today. When I heard the eStarling can connect to any wi-fi network, I wondered whether it was another beta with underutilized potential. But since I got my hands on this digital photo frame a few days back, I have realized that this is a perfect gift for any occasion – whether it is Father’s Day, Mother’s Day, li’l sister’s birthday, or grandparents’ anniversary.

The wi-fi is what makes the eStarling digital frame rock. Once you have set up the eStarling at home, connected it to your wi-fi, you can subscribe to any number of RSS photo feeds from Flickr, Picasa,
Photobucket, AOL, Smugmug, iPhoto, Gallery or Facebook. It’ll be a nice change from just watching your own photos! Plus, every time your friends upload pictures to their social networking accounts, you can watch them almost immediately on the eStarling digital frame. Of course there is also the option of adding photographs with a USB drive or with a memory card.

The next best thing about the eStarling is its emailing feature. Each frame has its own email address, and pictures can be emailed directly to the frame. That is such a wonderful thing for all the Moms and Dad far away from their kids and yearning to see them! One can also send short messages via email or from the cell phone.

All I have to do is email a picture from my regular email account to the photo frame’s unique email address. Bingo! Dad sees the picture almost immediately on the eStarling photo frame perched on his writing desk. Brilliant, isn’t it?

In fact, you can even email pictures from the frame by hitting a simple button. If a lot of your friends have the eStarling, you can group the frames and send pictures to all of them using a single email address.

The only frustrating bit was setting up the eStarling for the first time. It took me a little reading and exercising of the gray cells to hook it up successfully to my home wi-fi network. Once it was set up though, the rest was simple. I registered the frame on the eStarling’s sister website, and subscribed to several different photo feeds. The best and the latest photos in the world now keep popping up on the photo frame – there’s no way I can get bored because the RSS feeds keep showing me new pictures.

And to top it all, the eStarling is sexy – its 8 inch sleek black LCD screen and rounded edges are perfect for a modern home. The picture quality is bright and brilliant, and can be turned off at night for power-saving. I am definitely going to gift one to Dad this Father’s Day!

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Dear Olympus Stylus 1030SW,

What luck I’ve had in meeting you! Where have you been all my life? Our time together has been nothing short of magical. You are beautiful, fun, and easy to be with.

I’m sure you know that you’re not my first digital camera, but you are by far the best. My other cameras have been too bulky, their LCD screens too narrow, too dim. The pictures they take nowhere near as clear. You truly excel at everything you do.

Most digital cameras prize function over form, flitting around town decked out in ugly gray rectangles. Not you! Your case dazzles with vibrant colors! Your viewscreen is a thing of beauty, large and vibrant. When I gaze into your 2.7” HyperCrystal™ II LCD viewscreen, I know exactly what the picture will look like when I upload it onto my computer or print it out.

And speaking of printing out, you are one of the most accommodating cameras I’ve ever known. Your USB cable interface does not need that I load your software before transferring. You’ll also connect directly into PicShare equipped photo printers for the times when I just don’t want to bother with my computer. With a resolution up to 10.1 MP, the pictures come out looking stunning, and with a 3.6x Wide-Angle Lens, I don’t miss a single thing in my shot.

For all your beauty, you’re so strong inside. You can handle a drop from over 6 ft. in the air! Waterproof to a depth of 33 ft. for underwater photography! Crushed under 220 lbs. of pressure! You can even be frozen to 14 degrees Fahrenheit! Your rugged design makes you a perfect traveling companion. There’s no fear of you breaking in the great outdoors!

Alas, all is not perfect  in our interactions. While I try not to judge my companions on the company they keep, I am shaken by your insistence in associating yourself with an XD-Picture card. Yes, I’m aware that you will accommodate other formats, with your included XD-Picture to Micro-SD adapter, but in order to use your advanced features (like auto-stitching panoramic photography, or a 3D effect) I must compromise my own data card setup and purchase a new format. How can you be so unyielding?

In close, I must say that you are simply the best point-and-shoot digital camera that I’ve ever used. Your high resolution, clear viewscreen and wide angle lense take beautiful pictures and your sturdiness ensures that we’ll be taking photos together for a long time to come.

Much Love,

Amazing Tech Guy

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