I turned my old iPad into the ultimate digital picture frame

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1036050554/iframe-turns-ipad-into-the-ultimate-digital-pictur

by claylikethemud • 14 years ago

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kennywinker• 14 years ago

Hard to get excited about this... all I can read is "I made my 2-year old $500 device heavier and less portable".

polemic• 14 years ago

Or - how to re-purpose old hardware?

panacea• 14 years ago

Exactly. Apple should love this. I'm sure there are many people with the original iPad thinking 'I want the new iPad but the old one still works fine. It would be wasteful to get the new one.' This potentially solves that dilemma.

mcav• 14 years ago

The 4-inch frame around the edges makes it look like one of those mediocre VGA-resolution displays they have available now.

pflats• 14 years ago

A company already makes these at http://www.theipadframe.com/ . My wife got me one for Valentine's Day; we keep it in the living room to charge the iPad when we're not using it on the couch. I love it; it's a nice way to give the iPad a home without it just laying around on a table or having an empty dock hang around most of the time.

The difference seems to be the one I have is easier to load/unload (just slides in/out), not matted but has a thicker border, and uses an acrylic peg or two to stand it up instead of the wood piece. Also, it doesn't look like the iFrame can be in portrait mode, and the one I have didn't come with a wall wart.

Oh, and this one has a tiny brass peg that presses the home button for you, if you ever need to hit it. And it's a bit more expensive - I never actually saw the price until now.

I think I prefer the style with the matting, but I think, in the end, I'd prefer the ease of use (no clips) of the one I have.

drivebyacct2• 14 years ago

Seems like an expensive solution... silly anecdote I feel like sharing ahead: 4 years ago as a senior in highschool, I built a wireless digital picture frame using a laptop purchased for $90, a customized frugal distribution of linux on a CF->IDE adapter and a friend's wifi dongle. A bit (heh) thicker than this (used a lightbox and just put the border piece at the front of the box) and a less pixel-dense screen, but otherwise comparable. Told my father to put pictures in a folder that was shared via Samba and they magically appear and rotate on the picture frame. It's still running, though I had to edit the wireless key on it once (fortunately I was forward thinking enough to create a separate FAT partition where my config files are read from). Somehow feels a bit techier/satisfying than throwing a $500 iPad in a frame.

gtb• 14 years ago

First world problems ...

lzy• 14 years ago

Do you really need $50k for this project to come to fruition? Not being snarky, just curious.

newman314• 14 years ago

Doubtful. The materials are not that expensive and it would appear to be a sizable markup. Just my $0.02.

woodall• 14 years ago

An app needs to be sold(given away via coupon) with this for it to be worth very much. I haven't/can't develop for iSeries devices, but have seen it possible to start severs where users can view video streams or upload files.

So, have the app connect to the iFrame server. Find out the internal IP(sent via query, idk) then start the server. Give the user a webspace(iframe.com/username). Now the user can log into their frame remotely and view their camera, change photos, upload content, ssh, whatever AND you could still sell the app. Still not worth a couple $100, but there needs to be some more value added here I think.

nixarn• 14 years ago

I don't get why ppl even have these photo frames. To me it seems like a ridiculous waste of energy.

jakejake• 14 years ago

The title makes it sound like that useless old iPad was rescued from the garbage bin and given a new purpose in life. My wife has a first gen iPad and aside from being a little slower than the new one it's still a great little tablet.

willmears• 14 years ago

TheiPadFrame are having a Sale. Just bought one for $84.95 Can't wait to get it, my friend has one docked on the wall and loves it. http://www.theipadframe.com

joshu• 14 years ago

Nice try, TheipadFrame People.

iammart• 14 years ago

I thought the iPad 1 in iOS5 removed functionality for multi-touch gestures?

I turned my old iPad into the ultimate digital picture frame

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