A digital photo frame that scans

Juniper Foo | Nov 20, 2008

(Credit: LiteOn IT)

It's fascinating what vendors pack into digital photo frames these days. The LiteOn IT Memoir, from a new brand called Skyla, comes with a built-in scanner within an 8-inch form factor. The onboard scanner is said to support up to 1,200 × 1,800 pixels (2.16 megapixels), allowing photos to be digitized and stored in the photo frame's 1GB internal storage; good for about 2,000 snaps. This is great for those of us predating the advent of the digital camera, when film shooters meant hardcopy prints. Other than this nifty convenience, there's a USB port and 5-in-1 memory card reader for SD/MMC/MS Pro/xD-Picture Card/CF. The Memoir can also playback MP3, Motion JPEG, MPEG-1 and MPEG-4 files, with the usual suspects onboard of clock, calendar, alarm clock and picture slideshows.

The photo frame is retailing in Taiwan at US$219.99, although worldwide availability is slated soon to target the year-end gift-giving crowd.

Via Gearlog

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