Sure, the HP DreamScreen does all your regular digital photo frame chores, like telling the time, playing music and movies, and occasionally showing your snaps. But it also outclasses all comers with one clever feature: web access for internet radio, and Facebook. Want to poke the peeps in your photos? Now you can, straight from the frame.
Coming in two models, the 10.2-inch 100 and 13.3-inch 130, the HP DreamScreen range cram in 2GB of storage and the skills to stream photos over Wi-Fi, but that net connection gets put to further use with internet radio, Pandora music streaming and a specially crafted Facebook app that lets you graze on photos, status updates and event news.
No, we wouldn’t listen to music on a photo frame either, but the HP DreamScreen could serve as a great timeout gadget for anyone who likes pics of loved ones on their desk while they work. Why not stalk them straight from your chair too?
The HP DreamScreen range ships stateside this Autumn from $249 (£150). There’s no word on a European launch just yet though, and the HP DreamScreen wasn’t on display at its UK showcase yesterday, so don’t count on this hitting shops before Crimbo, but we’ll be sure to shout up if the heirs of Messers Hewlett and Packard change their minds.
Out TBC | £TBC | HP
