So I was out window shopping this weekend and i came across these 3 photo related items designed to sell for the holiday season.
Photo Phone P-300 Amplified Telephone
Probably the worst of all the products. It’s basically a regular phone that you can program and customize with photos of the people you call most. Upon a bit of online research, the photo is designed for people who are deaf or hard of hearing. Definitely, not on my wishlist. a) do people still have landlines? b) And if you do, isn’t cordless the way to go?
Photo Share 7
This is a 7 inch digital photo album which also doubles as a digital frame. It touts it’s portability as an asset. Personally, I can’t picture myself carrying such a large item around to showcase my photos. And I’m totally not sold on the idea of digital photo frames just yet. Although for under $100 it’s one of the cheaper ones out there on the Canadian market. If I were to carry around my images, I’d probably settle on using an iPod or even perhaps a PSP, but definitely not anything larger then that.
Picture This Digital Ornament
Of all the products, this would be the most practical and is the most inexpensive at under $30. Basically, it’s you traditional round Christmas tree ornament with a technological twist. It contains a 1.5 inch screen which can store and display up to 50 different images. It might make a nice sentimental gift for someone in your family. But I can’t really picture myself staring at it on my tree as it cycles through 50 images on a 1.5 inch screen. Also, this item is only PC compatible, so for you Mac lovers out there, you are out of luck. That being said, it’s definitely the best buy of all the photo related items I saw while shopping.
Personally, if I were to decorate my tree with sentiment, I’d probably do it in a more analog way. But that my friend will be for a later post.
