Press Release:
PhotoShare: Portable Digital Photo Album & Frame
December 7, 2005 – Photoco today introduces PhotoShare, a new portable digital photo album that promises to revolutionize the photo world as dramatically as Apple’s iPod has revolutionized the music world. With retail prices surprisingly affordable for, all in the $59-$99 range, the way people store and share their photos may change quite quickly. The PhotoShare is available with a 2.4″ LCD ($59) or 7.0″ LCD($99). Both models include a great-looking frame that you slide the player into for desktop display.
Photos are a great way to share and remember special moments as well as the fun of everyday life. Why is it that so often they end up faded and stashed away in drawers, stuffed in shoeboxes or as digital files buried somewhere on your computer?
Let’s face it-photos just aren’t that easy to share. With a PhotoShare portable digital photo album from Photoco, you can share hundreds of photos with friends and family at the push of a button – right at home or while you’re out and about.
PhotoShare is the photo album of the future…here today.
View digital images individually or as a slide show
Light, portable and easy to use
Fits in a purse or pocket
High-resolution 2.4″ or 7″ TFT LCD screen provides great picture clarity
User-friendly navigation menu with multiple playback modes
Thumbnail, full-screen, and zoom views
Play stills and moving AVIs (motion jpegs)
Slide show presentations can be displayed on your TV
Includes a frame for docking the unit and displaying photos at home or office
Battery powered when on the go; detachable AC adapter included to power extended display
Download photos from PC or MAC (no software needed) or simply insert memory card (SD and MS, used in 90 percent of digital cameras)
Dimensions:
2.4″ screen model: 4.53″w x 2.24″h x .787″d
7″ screen model: 8.11″w x 4.38″h x .885″d
Street retail price: $59 (2.4″ screen) and $99 (7″ screen)
Available during the 2005 holiday season at Wal-Mart, Linens-N-Things, Amazon.com, Ritz Camera, Fry’s Electronics, J & R Electronics
Additional distribution in early 2006
One-year limited warranty
{ 21 comments… read them below or add one }
I just bought the photoshare 7 for my parents for Christmas. I was impressed with the look of the unit, when it was turned off (Walmart had no display samples and the units come in sealed blister packs). I became immediately dissapointed with the unit once I turned it on.
The screen resolution is very low. The unit will scale your pictures to the size of the screen, but the pictures look bad if they’re scaled too much. So, I wanted to crop and resize pictures before going into the unit. Guess what … the product manual and website (photoco.com) fail to tell you what the native resolution of the screen is. So, I called photoco (800-955-5505) and asked for technical support. The designer was off this week (28-Dec-05), and the receptionist wasn’t able to answer my question. I have yet to try and email them (info@photoco.com)
For $99, this product has a low price, but the quality is very low as well.
Buyer beware!
HELP! I received your xl as a Christmas present to hold photos of my new grandson. I then ordered the leather case and lithium battery. They came in the mail yesterday. I plugged in the adapter and cannot see any picture when my Sony scandisk is inserted. The screen says “NO DEVICES FOUND.” I am very frustrated. Please contact me to support your product. My daughter and son-in-law are disappointed that I am having so much difficulty since the initial present was from them.
I received a digital photo for christmas in december-it no longer works, the frame has no light to it. I am looking for someone to tell me what to do to fix this, and or can I get it replaced as it was a gift. But looking at all of the other emails, I am guessing that I am out of luck. Must just be a junk product! It was a gift. However my brother paid $99.00 for it. Live and learn…
someone gave me a photo frame last christmas. It only lasted till July, is there a warranty on it? It only has a black screen.
I recieved a 12″ photo frame for Xmas last month, but did not recieve a user’s manual ?
What to do now ? How can I use this product ?
I as past consumers I am trying to get some tech support for my PhotoShare 7d product when I call customer service the phone keeps ringing with no answer left a message with the operater who neither answers I called all dept. no answer I guess the only other solution is to return this product to where I purchased it and get my money back I do not see any other way the company is not interested in its product.Hoping to hear from you which I rather dought.
I have received the pohtoshare7XL and is nothing but a headace.It has only worked one time now NOTHING.I have tried to contact customer service,it always leads you to a dead end,and is very frustrating.Its ashame when a company cannot stand by their product.Please contact me so we can work together to resolve this matter.It is very important to me.
I have just gotten a photoshare 7 and it is ok for the price my concern now is that it didnt come with a battery and when i tried to call customer service it is disc. the website no longer exists and i tried ordering a battery from a website that says it is for the photoshare 7 and it dosent fit. does anyone know where i can get one or is this just a piece of jumk..
I am very disappoint with this frame, My son in the us army got this for me for christmas, I have had a lot of trouble with it and now it litgh up but that is all, and I can not find out anyway to get it replace or help with it, I have try going to the web site they have in the book but it does nottake you there, it just say check the type for error I have did that and still get the same thing, so can anyone tell me how to get it replace it is still under warranty but I don’t have the receript for it because i got it as a christmas present from my son in the service, thank you
I just tried to take my Photoshare 7 back to WalMart but they said that I had to contact the manufacturer. As the rest of the customers’ comments, the item quit working and went blank and wouldn’t turn back on. I guess it is a piece of shit just like the company that made it. It looks and sounds like we all got taken on this product. I bought this item for my 88 year old Mother and now she is out the Christmas gift she received from me because of this company not backing up their product. I will never buy this company’s products again.
I purchased a Photo Share D and the manuel that was in it was for Edge Hi-Res 12″
from Edge Tech Corp. Is there a way I can get the manuel for Photo Share D on the internet at Photo Share? Thanks
I received a Photo Share 7D for Christmas 07. Got it set up and began using, but it would turn itself off. Had to reset the whole thing constantly. Arriving home from a recent trip, noticed it was off again. Found the screen is just black. Of course I kept the box and info, to find diconnected numbers and no website anymore. My son paid alot for this and I feel so bad. (Last Christmas another son gave me a Pandigital What a difference in quality and things it will do.) Does anyone know…can I just replace an internal bulb or something? Think another company could fix the Photo Share? Any help would be appreciated, although from reading, I am guessing it will end up in the trash. Sad.
Im very disappointed in this product. I have wasted my money for mainly false hopes..I purchased this unit mainly for movies/media…i have a sony walkman with a 2.0 screen that does waaaay better than this..I have tried to call and contact customer service and I get no answer or numbers isnt working. This is ridiculous…I get a message everytime that states’ files cant be found or devices cant be found..but it’s found on my cpu!!!!!….How can this be resolved…
Sames as posts above…bought as a Christmas present…now no back-light. No warranty or support. Shouldnt WallMart back this product??
I recieved the Photo Share 7D Photo Frame as a Christmas gift from my husband. The remote did not work, contacted customer service in January, it’s now the end of June,was told to send it back to them for replacement so I did. NOTHING since then,called the 800# several times and left messages, now the phone number is no longer in service! VERY dissatisfied in the company for not only the product but the way they treat the customers!! But after reading others comments, I guess I,m not the only fool to end up with junk while the “Big Company” has my hard earned dollars.
Well it looks like I will join the group of suckers who will not get a reply about my Photoshare7d. It don’t work and I agree with one other comment that it is a piece of crap and must represent the company that makes it. I take it that they don’t read any of these comments and probably don’t really care. Well they won’t get any more of my hard earned money.
Once more now… I have received a PhotoShare Digital Photo Album and Frame PL -7 but did not receive a copy of the MANUAL needed to operate
it. Please send a copy of the MANUAL for the PhotoShare Digital Album and Frame PL -7 to me. Bob Montgomery, 120 Pepper Tree Rd., Chula Vista, CA 91910 Thanks, Bob
Wish I had found these comments before I ordered. Got a Photoshare model 4p/4pb so I could load phots for my 78yr old Mother of her great grandson and niece, both living in other states. Followed the directions and the screen shows PC connection established, key is temporarily inoperative!
So none of the keys work and my computer has a listing for a removable disk j and k. Every time I click on these, they want me to install a disk. The instructions are of no help
Well I too, have been had by the photo easyshare 7d. I have spent weeks trying to get some help with this product. But by the looks of these testimonials I am just SOL. This really upsets me, as a professional photographer. I was using this product to advertise my pictures in my studio and just like some of you, I come in one day and my screen is black. The pictures are still running, but the screen is so dark it looks like the power is off. These people need to be sued or Walmart needs to back the customer on this. They can keep the money, but I would like to at least have a working product! I knew I should have trusted a well known brand instead of this junk! Anyone have any suggestions, please email me jmmimagecatcher@hotmail.com-subject: photo easyshare 7d
Sincerely,
Severely frusterated in KY
Circuit board burn up due to crappy workmanship.
Additional comment. Just like many others, my picture showed dark. You faintly see the pictures. They were still running. Everything else was working but there was no clear picture. After all the comments on this page, my daughter decide to open it up. Since she is an expert on circuit boards, she noticed right away, that the board had a burn in it. Had to be replaced or thrown away. Since all the comments on this page again, we decided to throw it away.