Re: Re: PHILIPS 7FF1AW Digital Photo Frame - X99

[Chris Hunter <cjhunter@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

>You cannot use it while connected over usb ...

there's always a catch ... I was thinking of using one or two for the house
intercom ...

Chris




christopher purves wrote:

>It doesn't have any software - plug it in - recognised as USB mass
storage
>(like any USB pen drive) and you dump files to it. Simple as that. I
imagine
>that means linux will talk to it.
>
>You cannot use it while connected over usb - once disconnected it goes
over
>the files you have uploaded and reverts to display mode.
>
>As far as costing a mortgage - I can't believe how cheap this is given
the
>size of the screen, the inbuilt memory and the quality of the product.
>
>Chris
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>>From: "dermot_bradley" <bradley@xxxxxxx>
>>Reply-To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
>>To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
>>Subject: [ukha_d] Re: PHILIPS 7FF1AW Digital Photo Frame - £99
>>Date: Thu, 20 Apr 2006 14:14:12 -0000
>>
>>--- In ukha_d@xxxxxxx, "christopher purves"
<CHRIS_PURVES@...>
>>wrote:
>>
>>
>>>Hi All,
>>>
>>>I bought one of these last night and am seriously impressed.
>>>Ordered from pc-world over the internet and picked it up in my
>>>local store for £99 (go figure :)).
>>>
>>>
>>Looks nice. If only it had ethernet or wifi...
>>
>>
>>
>>>The build is very imac/ipod in style and uploading from a pc
>>>was trivial via usb. I have not used the cf card slots as all
>>>the photos easily fitted in the internal memory (I think about
12mb).
>>>
>>>
>>Wondering if the USB link needs their own software or it there's
any
>>hope in hell of getting Linux to talk to it.
>>
>>Can the USB link only download to the internal memory or also to CF
>>cards in it?
>>
>>Does anyone make a similar product (that don't cost another
mortgage)
>>with Wifi or ethernet interfaces?
>>