First-to-Market Innovation allows Cell Phone Photos to be sent to the
Parrot DF7700 Digital Photo Frame Anywhere in the World
LAS VEGAS, April 1, 2008 /PRNewswire/ -- (CTIA) Parrot, a leading
provider of wireless peripherals around the mobile phone, today announced a
new "global" 7-inch digital photo frame that accepts photos sent to it from
a GSM cell phone via MMS - just like a text message -- from virtually
anywhere in the world.
How it works
Sending photos from a cell phone to friends is as simple as 1-2-3: take
a picture with your cell phone: dial the frame "phone" number; send the
photo via MMS. No log-in or password is required.
The new PARROT DF7700 digital photo frame has an integrated SIM card
with a dedicated call number (just like a cell phone) so that users can
send photos across a room or around the world using the cell phone's
Multimedia Messaging Service (MMS) capability. This is the technology
standard used by cell phone messaging systems that allows a multimedia
message to be sent as easily as a text message. MMS also supports
multimedia objects such as images, audio, video, rich text and is mainly
deployed in cellular networks with SMS, Mobile Instant Messaging and Mobile
E-Mail.
What You Need
There are only two requirements for being able to use this innovative
feature of sending pictures from any MMS cell phone to the Parrot DF7700
picture frame. First, the cell phone sending the picture must support MMS
whether it is a CDMA, GSM or 3G phone.
Second, the photo frame must be located in an area which supports MMS
over a quadband network. GSM (Global System for Mobile Communications) is a
digital system that allows you to use cell phones in five different
continents around the world. Different regions of the world use different
frequency bands. GSM quadband uses 850/900/1800/1900 frequencies that allow
full cell phone coverage in the Americas, Europe, Asia, Africa and
Australia.
Real, practical benefits
Now, newly weds can send photos instantly back from their honeymoon
abroad or families can share photos of new babies with parents and
grandparents wherever they are in the world. The possibilities are endless.
Transfers Photos the Traditional Way, too
The new PARROT DF7700 frame also features a USB connection and an SD
card slot for more conventional methods of photo transfer. Whatever the
source of your photos, the PARROT DF7700 is a real electronic photo album.
It automatically resizes photos to optimize memory and has a capacity
of storing over 500 photos in its internal flash memory. These can be
displayed on its high-resolution TFT screen in slideshow mode, or as a
single picture.
Since the PARROT DF7700 requires a SIM card, it can only be sold by
cell phone service providers. Currently, the Parrot MMS digital photo frame
is available in France, but Parrot is in discussions with cell phone
operators in the U.S.
ABOUT PARROT
Founded in 1994, Parrot has rapidly established itself as a pivotal
global player for wireless mobile telephone accessories. Drawing on its
tried-and- tested expertise on voice recognition and signal processing
technologies, Parrot was one of the very first companies to produce
Bluetooth(R)-enabled wireless hands-free car kits, having identified this
standard's vast potential as early as 1999.
Determined to accompany the mobile telephone's irresistible
breakthrough into our day-to-day lives, Parrot has been developing a new
range of Multimedia products since 2006, including wireless hi-fi systems
and LCD photo frames.
Today, Parrot truly has a major international focus, both in terms of
its client base, with 86.6% of sales generated outside of France, and in
terms of production, outsourced to carefully selected partners, enabling it
to achieve the best possible level of quality and responsiveness. Parrot is
now particularly well positioned to capitalize on the bright future opening
up for mobile telephone devices.
Parrot has seen sustained growth in its consolidated revenues, which
have tripled since 2005. In 2007, Parrot sold over 5 million product units
and generated 220 million Euros in revenues, up 32% on 2006.
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