Since the number of manufacturers that got involved on the digital photo frames' market has seriously increased over the past few years, each company is trying its best to come up with some new and improved products, that deliver certain features designed especially to provide an edge over the competition. And that's also the case with the Parrot DF7700 model, released back in the first half of 2008, a photo frame that connects to one's mobile phone in more ways than one.

First and foremost, it's important to mention the fact that the digital photo frame features a 7-inch TFT LCD screen (130 x 87 mm actual size), which can attain a maximum resolution of 410 x 234 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 second most important selling point offered by Parrot's digital photo frame is the fact that it can actually receive photos attached to MMS messages, which means that users will actually be able to take a snapshot wherever they might be and then forward it directly to the frame. Furthermore, the device also sports a GPRS Class 10 (dual band) module, for transferring photos from a phone.

DF7700 is compatible with both JPEG and GIF file formats and supports automatic image resizing, providing quite a reasonable amount of adjustment and control options. 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 you probably have figured out already, 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.

Moreover, the DF7700 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 Parrot DF7700 can be found at several retailers for around 275 US dollars (190 Euro), which includes the SIM card required for receiving the MMS messages.