Yes Valentine’s Day is right around the corner which means millions of people will be looking for roses, chocolates, and gifts for their respective loved ones. Parrot is hoping that you’ll consider of their new photo viewers as a possible gift idea for your loved one. The new Parrot Photo Viewers come in two sizes – a 3.5 inch displayy and a 7 inch display - and supports Bluetooth technology which means you’ll be able to beam your digital photos wirelessly to the frame.

The 3.5 inch Parrot Photo Viewer can store approximately 120 photos while the 7 inch Parrot Photo Viewer will be able to store roughly 500 photos. Photos can be displayed in either a freeze frame mode or as a slide show mode. The frames will be available in either wood or leather and come in a variety of colors. The coolest thing is the Bluetooth support which allows you to transfer photographs from your digital camera, mobile phone, or notebook wirelessly to the display.

Features of the 7 inch photo viewer include:

  • 720 x 480 resolution with support for 262K colors
  • JPEG file format
  • Backlighting adjusts to room brightness via optical sensor
  • Display dimensions – 4 x 6
  • Automatically adjusts picture size to the screen
  • Bluetooth 2.0 + EDR – with support for FTP, OPP, BIP profiles
  • Samsung 2412 processor
  • 512MB of flash memory and 128MB of SDRAM

Features of the 3.5 inch photo viewer include:

  • 320 x 234 resolution with 262K colors
  • Landscape or portrait mode – automatic positioning based on the way the frame is oriented
  • Built in sensor which switches off the frame when the light level drops
  • Leather or white leaded oak design
  • 32 MB internal memory
  • Automatic image resizing
  • Bluetooth 1.2 support
  • Supports FTP, OPP, BIP profiles
  • ARM 9 + 64 MB SDRAM

The Parrot 3.5 inch Photo Viewer is selling for $169.99 while the 7 inch frame is selling for $239.99.

[Check out the 7 inch display]

[Check out the 3.5 inch display]

Here is the press release:

Feb 07, 2007 17:47

The Perfect Valentine’s Gift: Parrot’s PHOTO VIEWER

AUSTIN, Texas –(Business Wire)– Feb. 7, 2007 With Valentine’s Day just one week away, last-minute romantics are searching for the perfect gift for their Valentine. If you’re one of them, consider an exciting new product that combines the latest Bluetooth technology and the age-old appeal of pictures with your friends and those special times together.

The Parrot PHOTO VIEWER allows you to wirelessly transfer digital photos from your camera phone, laptop or digital camera in seconds, making it easier than ever to share memories with loved ones this Valentine’s Day. The vibrant and sharp display screen comes in two sizes, 3.5 inch and 7 inch, which hold 120 and 500 digital photos respectively. Photos can be displayed in freeze-frame mode or as a slide show, and the frames are available in both wood and leather in a variety of colors.

Imagine creating a ‘digital scrapbook’ for your Valentine’s sweetheart by loading pictures of yourselves onto the PHOTO VIEWER before giving it to them.

The 3.5 inch frame retails for $169.99, and the 7 inch frame is $239.99, and last-minute shoppers can find the PHOTO VIEWER online at http://www.MobilePlanet.com.

Parrot (Paris:PARRO) offers the broadest portfolio of Bluetooth-enabled products available and is the world’s leading manufacturer of installed hands-free car kits. In addition, Parrot offers a new line of Bluetooth products for the home and office, including the wireless Parrot SOUND SYSTEM(TM) and Parrot CONFERENCE(TM) speakerphone.

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)-based wireless hands free car kits, having identified this standard’s vast potential as early as 1999. In the first half of 2006, Parrot sold more than 1 million units.

Determined to accompany the mobile telephone’s irresistible breakthrough into our day-to-day lives, Parrot has developed two new products in 2006: the Parrot PHOTO VIEWER(TM), an LCD photo frame designed to display photos transmitted from a mobile telephone via Bluetooth, and the Parrot SOUND SYSTEM(TM), a wireless hi-fi system with speakers linked up to one another using Bluetooth.

Today, Parrot truly has a major international focus: 87% of its sales are generated outside of France, and a large percentage of its production is 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 achieved strong growth in its consolidated revenues, up from 80.9 million euros pro forma in 2005 to 116.4 million euros in the first 9 months of 2006.

http://www.parrotcorp.com Euronext Paris – Eurolist, Compartiment B : FR0004038263 – PARRO

The Bluetooth(R) word mark and logos are owned by the Bluetooth SIG, Inc. and any use of such marks by Parrot S.A. is under license. Other trademarks and trade names are those of their respective owners. 

Parrot, Inc.
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