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| Sunday, June, 08, 2008 |
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What it is: Shogo digital picture frame Price: $299.99. Why you need it: You like the idea of being able to look at your family photos almost anytime, anywhere. Why you don't: All the photos you really want to see can fit in your wallet. Our rating: 3 Digital picture frames are an acquired taste, but definitely one that is growing in popularity. Sure, you can display your photos on your computer in various sizes, modes and slideshow configurations, but these devices tend to be more novelty items than useful tech tools and typically end up in the closet. Introduced at this year's Consumer Electronics Show, Shogo, from RealEase, aims to up the ante, by greatly expanding functionality. The Shogo is almost like a large PDA, with an eight-inch touch screen and WiFi capability. This allows you to subscribe to Flickr feeds, access weather forecasts and stream Internet radio without the need of a PC. Like some other digital frames, you can also share photos with another Shogo user through a website -- the myshogo.com portal, that is fully integrated with major photo sites such as Flickr, Picasa, SmugMug and .Mac. The Shogo features one gigabyte of internal memory allowing for the storage of thousands of pictures, depending on size of course. © The Vancouver Province 2008
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