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The people over at Parrot have released quite a large number of Bluetooth-related products over the years, including here a few attractive photo frames, which draw the customer's attention with their flashy and unusual frames rather than the viewing space they provide. And this is also the case with the device you're about to see as follows, namely the DF3120, released in the first half of 2008, which offers a relatively small display size, but several interesting and useful connectivity options.
Although the display is the most important selling point of any such device, Parrot's frame is not that wide, featuring just a 3.5-inch TFT LCD screen (71 x 53 mm actual size), which can attain a maximum resolution of 320 x 240 pixels and 32,768 colors. Furthermore, the device incorporates a light sensor, which means that it will automatically decrease the display's brightness when the outside light level drops, as well as an adjustable backlight (manual or automatic).
The DF3120 is compatible with both JPEG and GIF file formats, supports automatic image resizing and provides quite a reasonable amount of adjustment and control options (Slideshow, Picture, Delete, Reposition, Language, etc.). Furthermore, it also comes packed with a display position sensor, which automatically rotates and re-adjusts the image whenever the frame is moved from landscape to portrait mode or viceversa. This is partly possible due to the fact that the frame incorporates a Samsung 2412 processor, 8 MB of SDRAM, as well as 32 MB of NAND flash memory, quite enough for storing up to 300 digital photos.
As mentioned right from the start, the main method of communication used by this device is Bluetooth, which means that it's a pretty good solution for those users who love taking pictures with their camera phones. The frame is compliant with Bluetooth version v2.0 + EDR, supports the FTP File Transfer Profile), OPP (Object Push Profile) and BIP (Basic Image Profile) Bluetooth profiles but does require a PIN code for pairing to a mobile phone. Furthermore, since it's a Class II device, it has a functioning range of around 10 meters.
However, unlike other digital photo frames from Parrot, which rely solely on Bluetooth, the DF3120 also features a mini USB port/cable to easily transfer all the pictures stored on one's computer and an SD/ MMC slot for camera memory cards (SD, miniSD (with adapter), microSD (with adapter), MMC, RS-MMC (with adapter), MMC plus, MMC mobile (with adapter), MMC micro (with adapter), SDHC, mini SDHC (with adapter).
The DF3120 Bluetooth-enabled digital photo frame from Parrot can be purchased for around 75 Euro (120 US dollars), which is a pretty good price, taking into account the features and specs this device has to offer. |