MeeFrame MF-801W-US 8-Inch Touch Screen Wi-Fi Digital Photo Frame

• 8-Inch True touch screen with direct WiFi connection with access point to the internet
• Stores all network media - has no charge membership to MeeChannel.com photo sharing website
• Email photos directly to MeeFrame from all over the world
• Alarm clock function - touch screen - real life 3day weather forecast - music player - internet radio - news
• Remote control and 800x600 LCD Touch Screen
• 8-Inch TFT Screen, True touch screen with direct WiFi connection with access point to the internet

After having purchased 2 of these as gifts and trying to set them up before giving them, I can say with certainty that a) someone at LOOQS needs a serious lesson in usability, and b) The MeeFrame could use another 6-months in development before springing it on the world.

While there is a lot of promise with the MeeFrame, and there are lots of features to like, the "ease of use" left me wanting. I should be able to email photos directly to (somewhere) and have them automatically show up on the frame. I should be able to choose albums, etc, from various sources and create a "slideshow" that would display by default. (etc, etc).

The company's website, and the accompanying "MeeChannel.com" seem like someone's weekend project that they forgot to finish... back in 2005... If the team @ LOOQS/Mee can get their acts together, things could be looking up for them. If not, I'm just glad these frames don't require a subscription (or the like), so if/when LOOQS goes under, the frames will still work

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I was very excited to find the MeeFrame on Amazon with one very favorable review, so I bought 3 for gifts for our parents for our wedding. I spent hours trying to get it to work properly with my internet connection before finding out that I had to manually install firmware updates that I had to download. Even after going through all that, the frame is unable to accept new pictures via email as easily as advertised. You have to go to your online account to receive new pictures before they will display on your linked frame, and even then, there's quite some lag time. The Kodak Pulse hooked up to my internet with minimal effort and promptly got all the updates it needed, and was up and running within minutes. Photos emailed to the frame show up within minutes as well. It's like night and day. I returned the MeeFrame and LOVE the Kodak Pulse.Kodak Pulse 7-Inch Digital Frame

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I would only give this 2.5 stars. The concept is great but the way the product delivers the information to you needs some work. Pros/cons:

Pros:

Fairly intuitive to setup, use, update

Internet radio is nice and the speakers deliver suprisingly good sound

Good variety of sources for news

Customer service is helpful and quick

Cons:

Internet radio stopped working a couple weeks after I got this. Fortunately, customer service sent me updated firmware a few days after reporting the issue and it now works again.

Clunky scrolling interface: when going through lists (news, radio stations, etc) the scroll interface is glitchy and a bit awkward. With a touch screen like this a stylus shouldn't be required.

News: this is my biggest con per the con above the news articles aren't easy to scroll through without using the stylus, but most of all, there aren't really any articles. You chose your news source and story and a box on the bottom of the screen displays a grainy picture and a one sentance description which is just a glorified headline. There's really nothing much to read. I expect at least a one paragraph description of the article. The main reason I purchased this was to become more informed by reading news every morning.

I haven't used the feature to wirelessly load pics to the frame but have read reviews that the process is a little cumbersome.

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Although it seems like a great idea and great gift, especially for family that lives far away since you can email pictures right to it. The only problem is, it's very little detail in the instructions for set up of anything. Just to connect to WiFi took two of us about 30 minutes, at least. Then, trying to get the thing registered/set up for my grandma, even more of a pain! I'm still currently trying to get things set up on it and the photo quality is average. The additional features are a nice touch but I can't imagine how difficult it is to access and use those if we can't even get it set up to begin with. So, overall, I have to say i'm quite disappointed with the quality and use of this product. Plus, the decorative frame that came in the box with it wasn't even protected and is completely scratched and looks awful. If it works, It will be very nice for my grandmother who lives in another state. We will be able to send her pictures from here and she can have access to music, weather and news. Hopefully things get easier from here on out but we will see.

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If there is no response to the Japanese, sorry

Because it does not correspond to the Japanese, I can not re-purchase