Because Chumby is not the only company chasing to give you Widgets in a convenient factor. Sungale is up to that task and since Chumby has not materialized getting into TV’s or Digital Photo Frames yet, then it is a good opportunity to take for other companies while they still can to arrive early enough to the game. That is where Sungale and ID800WT Digital Photo Frame gets in.
I seriously think that having one of these is the way of the future since it not only a digital appliance but also a piece of furniture to a degree. with one of these you replace common radios, weather, note boards, alarm clocks and of course photo frames among other things in a single device.
Here are the details of the Sungale ID800WT:
Functions
Youtube:
Top ten Youtube programs for your entertainment
RSS news:
Google &Yahoo
IP Radio:
Thousands of stations for your selection
Picasa:
View and download your photos
Stock:
Real-time stock quotes and market news
Gmail:
Watch your email without a PC
Weather:
Real time weather report in your area
Video:
AVI
Music:
WMA / MP3 Convertible
Photo:
JPG, TIF, PNG, BMP
Calendar:
Digital Calendar
Clock:
Analogue Clock display
Touch Screen:
Touch screen to do your operation
Features
- Auto link to your home wireless router,
- auto configurationView and download your photos on internet
- Listen thousands of IP Radio stations on the global
- Input Zip code to find real time weather report in your area
- RSS to view your favorite and personal YouTube
- Real time stock quotes and market news
- Top ten YouTube programs for your entertainment
- Display Google news and Yahoo news
- Gmail watchable
- Touch screen make you enjoy your operation
- Digital Calendar
- analogue clock display
- USB Slave for PC to manage your files
- 8†hi-resolution LCD screen/Slide show/video/music
Specifications:
Display type:
TFT LCD
Screen dimension:
8 inch (4:3)
Resolution:
800RGBx600pixels
Brightness:
500:1
Contrast:
250 cd/m2
Photo file formats:
JPG, TIF, PNG, BMP
Music file formats:
WMA / MP3 Convertable
Video file formats:
AVI
USB connection:
USB Host and USB device?
Cards:
SD/MMC/MS/XD/CF
Power supply:
AC 100—-240V DC 5V 2A
So it got lot of stuff and seems fairly capable. the only thing i don’t like is the price. in my opinion these kind of things should never go over the 100 dollars line and these will set you back 165 bucks. that is 35 bucks less than the chumb. But the chumby got a better widget platform and it is even more capable than this one since it can even run jajah or quake!. but if you cannot wait for the Chumby to get really portable, cheaper or for it to become a actual frame. This is the best option i have seen so far.
You can read a hands on of the Sungale ID800WT with unfinished firmware at Zatz Not Funny so you can form a better opinion of it, if interested.
Sungale ID800WT
