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 A very clever digital frame February 28, 2010
Piper (Los Angeles, CA)
51 out of 51 found this review helpful
I've had this for a couple of days now and have to say that Kodak really has a winner on its hands with the Pulse. Kodak has solved the "last mile" problem with photo frames by creating such an easy way to get photos onto the Pulse. After receiving it you create an email address at [...] and simply email photos to that address. It takes about three minutes from emailing a photo to the Pulse to when it shows up on it. Let your friends and family know the email address and they can send photos to it too.
Setting up the Pulse is easy and takes about 10 minutes from unboxing it to displaying photos on it. The frame first connects to the internet via your WiFi and then displays an activiation code. You then go to [...] and create a user account and email address by keying in this activation code. After that you can start emailing photos to your new email account. In addition you can also have it display photos from your facebook or Kodak Gallery accounts.
The Pulse has worked great for me with both photos emailed to it and from a facebook account. It has all the usual slots in the back so you can run a slideshow off a flashcard too. A nice feature of the Pulse is that you can sort the photos displayed on it based on who emailed them to you. Tapping on a photo shows who sent it, when it was sent and the subject line of the email when it was sent to you.
My one concern with the Pulse is with wireless connectivity. Where we originally wanted to put the Pulse our computers, cellphones, etc., easily get WiFi coverage but for some reason the Pulse can't. We moved it across the room and it got coverage but it's strange that it had a problem when other devices didn't. Other than that, however, the frame has been perfect.
I originally bought this for my mom so all her kids and grandkids can email her photos without her having to be at a computer to view them. But I like it so much I've decided to keep it for myself and buy her another. One surprise is that there isn't a simple way to print the photos from the Pulse. It would be great if you could select one or more pictures and have them sent to Kodak Gallery or some other online site and have them printed. Perphaps they'll add this feature in a future software update.
I'm very pleased with the Pulse and recommend anyone thinking about a digital photo frame seriously consider it. Good job, Kodak.
finally, a photo frame for grandparents March 6, 2010
Peter P. Liaw (Los Altos, CA USA)
19 out of 19 found this review helpful
I've been looking for a photo frame that I can give to my parents, who don't get to see my kids often. I wanted one that allows me to update pictures remotely, and doesn't require any technical knowledge on their part. I tried a few WiFi-capable units: Toshiba (wide-screen ratio, a mistake), Viewsonic (doesn't auto-play when turned on), and Pixstar (seems nice, but $230?). Finally, Amazon emailed me about the new Kodak Pulse, which at the time got three 5-star reviews. Well, what the heck, I decided to buy it and try it out for myself.
Pros:
- Very nice, clear LCD display. It appears to be higher res than other frame. Maybe it's because it is only 7", yet 800x600 pixels. Maybe the LED backlight helps too. The colors also seem richer on this frame.
- Small frame border. Some frames have a ridiculously large border, which takes focus away from the pictures.
- Once configured, zero-configuration needed to use. Perfect for non-technical viewers.
- Impressive web management tools, with many settings.
- No remote! Yes, this is a feature! Since it has web management, there is no remote control to lose. And photo navigation is done thru touch screen.
- Simple, elegant design. The frame is also pretty thin.
- Collage mode, where individual pictures in the collage update in sequence.
- Energy save mode, where you can set times when frame is on. Also can turn on frame when new pictures are received.
- Touch screen interface, for simple management and flipping through photos (you can disable touch screen interface).
- Email upload. This is very convenient, especially from phone.
Cons:
- Management must be made thru Kodak website. What if Kodak website is down, or decides not to support product anymore?
- On first use, it automatically upgraded firmware, which is fine. However, it wiped out my WiFi settings so I had to re-enter it.
- Wished it was offered in larger screen size, which would be nicer for collage mode.
- Security. If you enable upload by email option, anyone who knows the email address can send pictures to the frame. Last thing I want is spam or inappropriate photos on my frame. They should allow you to restrict who can send photos to the frame.
So far I'm very impressed by this photo frame. Never thought of Kodak as a high-tech company, but I guess they know a thing or two about displaying pictures. I think it makes for a great gift that will keep on giving.
Perfect Gift For My Family April 16, 2010
J. Jenkins
7 out of 7 found this review helpful
I purchased this frame to give as a gift to my parents. My goal is to email pictures to the frame so my parents can prove that they have a son. The picture frame works as advertised. It is going to make an awesome gift!
Here are some notes about my experience setting up the frame:
I had it shipped to me and I'm going to set it up and send to my
parents. You have to create an account on [...] for the
frame. I registered it using my parent's email address. The confirm
email got sent to their email address. I had to call them and have
them confirm the email. This ruined the surprise factor. There
apparently would have been a "this frame is a gift for someone else"
option if I had registered it using my info. This might have been a
better option.
The frame negotiated by 128-WEP security easily with the key.
The frame polls for new pictures via HTTP (as opposed to the Kodak
site initiating the connection to the frame). This is nice because I
didn't have to punch any holes in my overly paranoid secure home
network config.
Sending pictures via email worked great. I'm guessing the frame polls
about every 5 minutes. It magically picks up the new pics and starts
displaying them like magic. This is exactly what I was hoping for and
it's a killer feature.
Some frame settings can be controlled using the touch screen. Some
advanced settings are only available via the Kodak website. For
instance, I disabled "Display notification when this frame receives
new pictures" so the pictures appear without asking for confirmation.
Additionally, I selected "Automatically delete oldest pictures when
frame is full" to minimize future support calls from my parents.
In my opinion it's only a matter of time before hackers discover that
they can send horrible pics to address@kodakpulse.com and have them
appear on people's frames. Consequently, I chose a pretty complicated
email address @kodakpulse.com to minimize that probability. Kodak
will have to solve this problem in the future (probably after lots of
embarrassing abuses). I'd suggest that they either create a whitelist
for permitted picture senders or alternately require a simple PIN in
the subject of the email containing incoming pictures.
Best of breed April 14, 2010
Ivy Reisner (Brooklyn, NY USA)
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
You don't need to worry about compatibility with this device. It just jumps on to your wireless network and you e-mail pictures to it (it only accepts photos from pre-authorized e-mail addresses, but you can allow your friends to drop photos in your frame if you want, and they're easy to delete). You can set it up to pull down any photo you're tagged in on Facebook. You can add photos right on the Kodak web site. You can take a photo with your phone and send it to the device. I'm using a security-enabled N router, and it connected without a problem.
You can put an SD card in (mine is 8 gig) and expand the memory to more than you'll ever need. Or leave the card out, and it's still more than most people will ever need.
The frame is beautiful. The picture quality is amazing. It runs a slide show of photos, or you can just jump to the picture you want. The device turns itself off at night and on again during the day, so you don't have to worry about it keeping you up at night from the glow. Or you can hit the switch on the back to turn it off.
Highly recommend this frame.
I love this device April 15, 2010
J. Moore (Garden of Earthly Delights)
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
I've been resistant about buying a digital picture frame for a while because I really didn't want to play the memory card swapping game each time I wanted to get photos onto my device. For me, this photo-frame offers the perfect solution - wi-fi. Yes, you can upload photos using your memory card, or a USB thumb drive. However, you can connect this picture frame to a wi-fi network and get all your pictures that way - very easily.
First, you set up your picture frame and register it with a Kodak web site. Kodak even lets you set up an email address so you can send photos to the frame over email - very cool when you want to get photos there from a picture phone. You can upload photos from any computer, your Kodak galleries, and tie the frame to your Facebook Account. Warning - if you link to your Facebook account, any picture that anyone tags with your name will automatically download. Fortunately my wife understood when pictures of me and an ex girlfriend started showing up.
You can manage everything on the frame from your free web account - which is very handy. The frame is also a touchscreen - allowing you to manage settings, delete photos (perhaps of you and an old girlfriend), or manually go through the photos. The quality is very good, but (of course) depends heavily on the quality of the original photo. The screen is quite bright and can be seen from almost any angle. A nice feature is that you can set times for it to turn off and on, so you save power when nobody is awake or around to enjoy the photos.
I think this digital frame is an incredible bargain compared to other frames I've seen, and the feature set is quite impressive.
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