HP Smart WiFi Frame

The HP 8” Smart WiFi Display  is an easy to use wireless digital picture frame that allows users to browse through photo collections online or offline.  With built-in wireless connectivity, users are able to enjoy and share photos from online photo sharing sites (Flickr, Snapfish), access popular social networking sites (Facebook, MySpace), listen to Internet radio and receive information such as headline and weather forecasts. Loading it with favorite family photos also makes it special, personalized gift – especially with Mother’s Day coming up!  Mom will be able to view slideshows while playing her favorite music, or share and receive pictures directly to the frame from family and friends.  

Enjoy photos, videos, and information sharing in a whole new way with a 8″  Smart Wi-Fi Display. This full-featured wireless digital picture frame lets you easily access digital content on the frame, on the Web, or on a home server or PC. You can even listen to Internet radio and get weather forecasts.

• Connect to the Internet and your home network
• Customize: choose your service and how the user interface looks on various backgrounds
• Browse your photo collection, online or off
• Enjoy and share photo albums from Facebook, MySpace, Snapfish, Photobucket, Flickr, and Picasa
• Receive pictures from others directly to your frame; share your own
• Check the weather: get real-time conditions in your area
• View slide shows while playing music
• Stream videos and music from your home media server
• View videos from your YouTube
• Listen to Internet radio and podcasts
• Receive tweets from friends
• Print photos on a PictBridge-compatible printer directly from the display, without a PC

I have to say that it did take me a little bit of time to get used to the frame and how it works. After playing around with it for a while I figured out that it is pretty simple to navigate. Once you connect to your home Internet (has to have WiFi) your able to use your pictures, videos, music from your computer on your frame. You also login online with a special code that is connected between the Frame and your computer, this allows your Frame to be able to pull your stuff online.

I love that I can have the Frame turned on and leave it on the Calendar, or Weather. I can even listen to the music I have on my laptop on the Frame (except iTunes music (bummer)). I also hooked up the Frame to my laptop to add items to the “frame contents”, not only did I want to delete stuff off the Frame and of course add my own pictures and music. I love that the Frame not only copies music from your computer but it also copies the CD cover box art! How cool!

This is such a neat frame and I am in awe at technology! I can’t believe a photo frame can so do much!

A product was received for this review. All opinions are my own.