Living with my Words

Since digital picture frames are quite the hit for this year’s Christmas season, it stands to reason that more companies are putting out quite a few, in all varieties.

Such is the case of Mustek. One of their newest models is the PF-i700, a very cool digital frame made for the iPod. All you need to do is just plug it in, and you’ll be seeing your favorite pictures for the iPod on a 7-inch LCD panel. The screen is also a 16 x 9 aspect ratio with a low resolution 480 x 234 screen.

Details on the PF-i700 are a little sketchy, but I would think that Mustek would put some speakers or headphone jack in there. I mean, why not put in music if you can do pictures?

Anyway, the PF-i700 will be available in March. However, there is a tiny picture frame that is available now called the PF-L100. This one doesn’t even have a screen that is 1 inch, but is a simple keychain that plugs into the USB.

This latest version comes with a Skype dial pad, built in microphone and speaker. You can talk over the power plant. You can also communicate with your evil overlord boss. There’s no need to use a  video conference call, because the good guys can get a good picture of the evil overlord boss same like in Die Hard right?!<wink>

CES 2008 led to lots of great discoveries, and one of them was found in Skull Candy. I have to admit that I hadn’t heard of Skull Candy before, and it kind of sounds like some candy in the shape of skulls.

However, Skull Candy is aptly named because it is like candy to your skull, and one of their newest products illustrates that. This product, the iPhone FMJ, are precision headphones that are compatible with the iPhone and the Blackberry Curve phone.

As you can see by the picture, they are equipped with an aluminum housing and noise isolating ear buds. It also has a high-end micro switch connect and disconnect feature.