HP DreamScreen 100 & DreamScreen 130 WiFi Multimedia Frames Pandora, Facebook, Snapfish & Media Streaming Digiframe

Slowly, but very surly, we have watched the digital picture frame evolve
into a multimedia power house that as well as displaying image
slideshows offer multimedia support and wireless net access and now HP
are pushing the functionality envelope further with their newly unveiled
HP DreamScreen 100 and DreamScreen 130 digital frames.
Whilst offering all the features you'd expect from a digiframe, the new
HP DreamScreen digital frames additionally bring both multimedia and
wireless internet connectivity to the table to such a degree that one
must question whether they have actually stepped aside from the
'digiframe' category of devices entirely and become, somewhat more so,
digital entertainment hubs offering hassle free access to social media
sites and online digital image portals whilst also offering broad audio
and video support with the additional bonus of integrated connectivity
to online portals such Pandora allowing for audio streaming with the
DreamScreen's integrated stereo speakers meaning that the device is
wholly self contained.

Two DreamScreens have been unveiled by HP in the form of the 10.2 HP
DreamScreen 100 and the 13.3 DreamScreen 130 both of which boast 2GB
inbuilt storage capacity along with integrated card readers (Compact
Flash I/II, Micro Drive, Secure Digital High Capacity, Memory Stick
Memory Stick Pro, XD picture card) whilst, in terms of connectivity, you
can factor in the aforementioned WiFi (specifically 802.11b/g), 10/100
LAN and USB facilitating the playback of media from USB flash drives.

Taking about media, the HP DreamScreens offer pretty reasonable file
format support taking in MPEG 1, 2, 4, H.264 video, MP3, WMA, AAC, WAV
audio and JPEG, PNG, BMP image file formats though we would, were we to
be especially picky, like to have seen FLAC, OGG and RAW file formats
also accommodated. Inbuilt DivX support would also have been nice.

HP's new DreamScreens, which naturally also serve as alarm clocks, are
priced at around $250 and $300 (10.2 DreamScreen 100 and 13.3
DreamScreen 130 respectively) and appear to be available now from Amazon.