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I think it's going to come down to how consumers perceive the iPad. If they see it as a simplified computer, then you're absolutely right. If, however, they sta

by rinich 17y ago

I think it's going to come down to how consumers perceive the iPad. If they see it as a simplified computer, then you're absolutely right. If, however, they start treating it like a household appliance, one that simply cuts many more specialized tools out of the picture, then I think digital photo frames might be among the ones to do. When you can call up your photos in a slideshow at any time on a machine that makes doing so feel intuitive, you might not like the programmable frame. But, as I said, I could be wrong. My own apathy for the product certainly isn't anybody else's.

pyre 17y ago
> When you can call up your photos in a slideshow at any time on a machine that makes doing so feel intuitive, you might not like the programmable frame. I thought that point of photo frames (digital or not) was to display your photos, not to have an iPad sitting on the coffee table that has all of your photos on it ready to sift through. This is like saying that putting a photo album on your coffee table makes photos in frames obsolete. Unless you're claiming that people will buy iPads with iPad-holsters and set them up on tables/shelves to constantly display a stream of their photos, then you haven't proved that the digital photo frame is "on it's way out."
- rinich 17y ago
  The problem is that I never really got picture frames. I think it's weird having photos of people just randomly hanging around. Especially if it's a small screen giving me a crappy cycling photo. I'd rather have a device upon which all my family memories are stored. But I'm the odd man out, I guess. I'd always thought digital photo frames were dead anyway; from the opposition that line got here, I guess I'm wrong! Apologies.
  - Psyonic 17y ago
    So basically you just wrote an article about how us nerds don't get "normal people," and in the process committed the same sin by not getting what a digital picture frame is for "normal people?" Funny
    - chrischen 17y ago
      I think he doesn't get photo frames in general, not just the digital ones. > I'd rather have a device upon which all my family memories are stored. This has been possible with computers for what, at least 15 years now? Whether or not it's more intuitive on an iPad is subjective. But as far as having it all stored digitally, a computer can already do that. The thing the iPad revolutionizes about photos is that it allows you to walk around with it around the house.

by rinich 17y ago

pyre 17y ago

> When you can call up your photos in a slideshow at any time on a machine that makes doing so feel intuitive, you might not like the programmable frame. I thought that point of photo frames (digital or not) was to display your photos, not to have an iPad sitting on the coffee table that has all of your photos on it ready to sift through. This is like saying that putting a photo album on your coffee table makes photos in frames obsolete. Unless you're claiming that people will buy iPads with iPad-holsters and set them up on tables/shelves to constantly display a stream of their photos, then you haven't proved that the digital photo frame is "on it's way out."

rinich 17y ago
The problem is that I never really got picture frames. I think it's weird having photos of people just randomly hanging around. Especially if it's a small screen giving me a crappy cycling photo. I'd rather have a device upon which all my family memories are stored. But I'm the odd man out, I guess. I'd always thought digital photo frames were dead anyway; from the opposition that line got here, I guess I'm wrong! Apologies.
- Psyonic 17y ago
  So basically you just wrote an article about how us nerds don't get "normal people," and in the process committed the same sin by not getting what a digital picture frame is for "normal people?" Funny
  - chrischen 17y ago
    I think he doesn't get photo frames in general, not just the digital ones. > I'd rather have a device upon which all my family memories are stored. This has been possible with computers for what, at least 15 years now? Whether or not it's more intuitive on an iPad is subjective. But as far as having it all stored digitally, a computer can already do that. The thing the iPad revolutionizes about photos is that it allows you to walk around with it around the house.