As some of you might remember, during our visit at CeBIT 2009, we had the chance to take a very close look at an innovative digital photo frame from Aiptek, a device that could actually be used for digitizing paper photos. However, it would seem that that this wasn't the first of its kind, since the Skyla Memoir from LiteON IT was announced a lot earlier (in the second half of 2008, to be precise), and arrived in stores in the US in December.

The Memoir allows consumers to scan prints up to 4x6-inches to create a digital file directly onto the digital photo frame’s 1GB internal memory for instant playback. In addition, users can transfer the digital files directly to a USB drive, CD or external hard drive for safe keeping and archiving.

Moving past its photo-digitizing capabilities, it's important to mention that the Memoir is a beautifully-designed 8-inch digital photo frame featuring an 800 x 600 screen resolution and offering up to 600dpi scanning resolution for prints up to 4x6-inches. Its 1GB internal memory can store up to 200 4x6-inch prints or 400 3x5-inch prints at 600 dpi.

Furthermore, it includes a 5-in-1 card reader compatible with most memory card formats such as CF/SD/MS/MMC/xD, and two USB ports for PC / USB flash drive connections, allowing users to view digital images on those media, as well as to back up scanned photos from the internal memory. The digital frame can also play back MP3 music files, Motion JPEG, MPEG1 and MPEG4 video files.

As mentioned above, the device arrived on the US market back in December, but now it's available in Europe as well. As LiteOn IT informs us, the Skyla Memoir digital photo frame should be available in stores by the end of April, at an estimated retail price of around 200 Euro.


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