Wireless Frame not ready for prime time
Pros:
Looks nice, and the display is high quality.
Cons:
Forget the wireless bit.
The Bottom Line:
Wait until the wireless functionality is ready before investing in something that does not work.
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Author's Review
I also thought the concept of a wireless picture frame a great idea, since I have over 10,000 pictures on various hard drives and computers in my home - some Macs and some PCs. Why hassle with copying files to memory cards when you can use your network ?
The included EasyShare software has no docs, and the web site has very little useful information for the XP version, and none for the OSX version. The XP version requires installation of Media Player 11 and Apple Bonjour communications software - this last item is not documented except for a tiny note that says "if you don't see the "wireless" tab in the interface, then you must download Bonjour from Apple. Once this is complete it seems media player controls what is available to the frame, not EasyShare. I never figured out how to display multiple directories of picture files - it seems to only use one no matter what.
The Mac version of Easyshare does ot support wireless sharing at all! I was told by tech support to buy something called "TwonkyVision Media Server", which Kodak does not support in any way. I downloaded a 30 day eval of Twonky, and nearly lost my mind trying to get it to work. This is a Multi-platform unix media server for UPNP devices, of which the frame is one - sort of. The only support for Twonky is the user forum, and you have to be willing to invest some serious hours reading real geek-speak to get this to work.
After a few days, I uninstalled the software and resigned to using my memory card.
