What
i-mate’s Momento Frame features WiFi connectivity, advanced graphical imaging, streaming content, and displays live information from Windows Vista systems using Windows SideShow gadget technology.
Hardware Specs:
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TFT display with 800x480 resolution
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Built-in Wi-Fi
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Multi-format memory card reader (supports SD, MultiMedia Card, xD Picture Card, SmartMedia and Memory Stick formats)
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USB and mini-USB jacks
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RF remote control
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Support for WMA and MP3 audio playback
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Audio output for external speakers.
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Who
Manufacturer:
i-mate designs, manufactures, and customizes a broad range of high-performance Windows Mobile wireless devices and related peripherals that meet the mobility needs of the world’s most demanding users.
Partner:
Samsung’s SC2440 running at 400-MHz is the processor for the Momento. Samsung Electronics is part of the Samsung Group, South Korea's largest conglomerate, and is the global market leader in more than 60 products..
Inventec Appliance Corporation (www.inventec.com), established in 2000 and based in Taiwan, is one of the fastest-growing manufacturers of handheld devices in the world. Inventec assembles the finished product.
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How
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Windows Embedded CE 5.0
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Platform Builder for Windows CE
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Microsoft Visual Studio 2005
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Embedded Visual C++
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.NET Component Framework
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Windows SideShow
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Windows Rally Technologies
The Momento frame leverages the Windows Embedded CE 5.0 operating system and .NET Framework to provide users a reliable, connected experience with digital imaging.
For consumers, the Momento provides an easy-to-use piece of secure hardware. Its transparent communication to personal PCs or to the Internet to retrieve images allow people to share and display photos. The wireless picture frame also supports storing images on or retrieving from USB drives or memory cards. Consumers program the Momento to pull photos by date, star rating, or common tag and let technology do the rest, ensuring that even photos uploaded to a PC or the Momento’s Internet site seconds ago will automatically stream into the frame’s “show.”
Microsoft OS and tools and its ecosystem of hardware and software vendors enabled rapid development of a user-friendly, smart, connected, and service-oriented device, including leveraging:
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Componentized OS and fully configured platform
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Network and communication infrastructure, including USB 2.0 and 802.11 b/g WiFi components
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API-level access to the WiFi driver
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Drag-and-drop OS components for JPEG rendering and alpha blending
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Audio decoding
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SSL Protocol for enhanced network security
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Power-saving architecture (green device)
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Operating system image stored in read-only memory
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Existing driver for RF remote control
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Core architecture road map that supports future products
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