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...camera phones as well as from e-mail or the Web. Take snapshots or find classics from your phone's gallery and then use the phone's menu to send them to the frame's specific, randomly generated CeivaMobile email address. At night, when the frame uses its internal modem to call in and download photos, it will retrieve the shots you sent and automatically display them on its 5-in.-by-7-in. screen. (If you don't want to wait overnight, you can push a button to download pictures immediately.) Don't worry about spammers or any unsavory...
...CONNECTION To use one of these services, you need a high-speed Internet connection. Starz! won't let you in the door unless your DSL or cable modem is clocking at least 600 kilobits per second. (Tip: you can test your line at toast.net/ performance. If you think Starz! is rejecting you without merit, try again later; the site's speed meter is not always right...
...some respects, sure. The Web has done one revolutionary thing to journalism: it has made the price of entry into the media market minimal. In days gone by, you needed a small fortune to start up a simple magazine or newspaper. Now you need a laptop and a modem...
Just what you need, another technology choice to make, right? Here's how Web phones work: you still need a phone, but instead of hooking it up to a jack, you connect it to a small modem-like box that in turn is hooked up to your cable modem or DSL line. The device translates between the home phone and the broadband connection, transforming your voice into data packets and sending it along the Web. Internet phone service treats a phone call just like e-mail or any other packet of data. Some Web phone services use private Internet connections...
Nokia is also introducing a slightly more traditional device, a digital picture frame. The world has seen its fair share of connected LCD frames, from the dial-up-modem-equipped Ceiva to the wi-fi-ready Wallflower. Nokia's SU-4 Image Frame ($239) simplifies the process, with the same infrared connectivity found in the Imagewear line. The SU-7, due later this year, will be equipped with a cell phone. For $399--plus the cost of the service--you can set one up and send pictures to it via multimedia messaging. Of course, that's only if the frame...