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T-Mobile Cameo Digital Picture Frame (& Last Chance for Sidekick Giveaway!)

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Since Sunday, Tech Savvy Daddy has been reviewing T-Mobile products. Today is the last day you can leave comments on any of Tech Savvy Daddy’s T-Mobile reviews to win a Sidekick and SkinIt package to be given away tomorrow.

Here’s the rundown of reviews.
Did you enter each day??? If not, click on the links below to enter!

Sunday- Motorola Motozine
Monday- T-Mobile G1 with Google Phone
Tuesday- T-Mobile Sidekick
TODAY- T-Mobile Cameo digital picture frame
Thursday, December 25- Winner of Sidekick and SkinIt announced!

Here’s what Tech Savvy Daddy had to say about the T-Mobile Cameo Digital Picture Frame:

T-Mobile has introduced the Cameo digital picture frame that receives pictures over the cellular data network. Plug in the power cord and it’s ready to receive pictures. Give one of these to the grandparents or far-away friends and you can instantly send pictures directly to their frame.

This is a great idea. The thing about digital photos is that they sit around on your computer and you don’t usually print very many of them. You can always email a few to family and friends, but they probably aren’t going to go through the effort of printing them and putting them on the fridge.

Take the grandparents, for example. You could give them a digital photo frame, but then you become the IT support for it. It becomes your responsibility to update the pictures from time to time. If they live far away, that’s not very practical.

With the T-Mobile Cameo, you get a digital picture frame with its own email address. You can send pictures from your home computer or even directly from your camera phone. Very cool.

You could be at the zoo with your kids and snap a great picture. Send it from your phone to the frame. In a matter of minutes, it’s automatically on the frame.

How does it work? The frame essentially has all of the guts of a T-mobile cell phone built into the back of it. It’s just a data interface, it doesn’t make or receive calls. But that’s how it communicates. It uses the T-mobile GSM network to communicate and receive new pictures. Little Miss Techie and Captain Computer got a kick out of coming home to see the pictures we took on our outing on the frame.

The frame costs $100 and then you pay $10 a month for service. For some reason you can’t purchase these on-line from T-Mobile currently, you have to go into a store. I called a T-Mobile retail store and was told that there is NO service activation fee and NO contract…. Just $10 a month.

This is a great gift idea for the far-away relatives, no matter how tech-savvy they are. You just plug the frame in and it’s ready to go.

T-Mobile’s Cameo. “Word-Up!”

Sorry, couldn’t resist.

Today is the last day you can leave comments on any of Tech Savvy Daddy’s T-Mobile reviews to win a Sidekick and SkinIt package.

To enter:

1. Leave a comment about who in your family would most appreciate the Cameo and why.
2. Write a post linking to my site and giveaway then leave an additional comment with your permalink.
3. Twitter about the contest (I’m @techsavvymama on Twitter) and leave another comment.
4. Add me to your blogroll and leave an additional comment letting me know!
5. Subscribe to my feed through e-mail or a reader and leave a comment for an extra entry!

Thanks to T-Mobile for providing the Sidekick and to SkinIt for our giveaway!

Fine print: To be eligible, enter by completing the above tasks and leaving your comments by Wednesday, December 24, 2008 at Midnight. Commenting, posting, and Twittering about eacy day’s post will earn you up to three entries per day. Blogroll and feed subscriptions will earn you an additional entry each only once throughout the duration of this giveaway. Winner will be chosen at random by random.org and will need to reply with their mailing address 48 hours to claim their prize. T-Mobile Sidekick will only be shipped within the United States.

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  1. Emilie says

    My in laws would certainly appreciate it. We live in Minnesota and they are in Texas. Since we have two very small children who are always changing, it gets hard for them to not see them very often. It would be cool to take pics for them and have them show up on the frame for them. Thanks!!!

  4. SeptemberLovely says

    I think my sister would really benefit from the Cameo. She takes alot of pictures of her two daughters, along with friends and family, and alot of her pics never make it past the “My Pictures” folder on her computer. This really is an amazing gadget. Technology has made huge leaps and bounds in the last few years. This frame is really amazing. I love how convenient it is and it really does make your photo display limitless. LOVE IT!

  6. Liz says

    My middle daughter since she lives a couple hours away and always misses things. This way we could send the pics to her. Like when the cat jumped in the 9 foot Christmas tree this weekend and knocked it over.

  7. Patti Lalley says

    My husband’s parents in Scranton, PA would love this! And you aren’t kidding when you say “you become the IT support for” a standard digital frame. Ugh, the ‘”old” kind are too much work!

  11. Lilith Silvermane says

    I would love this for work. I have six kids, and sometimes life goes by so fast that I don’t get to spend a lot of time with them.. this would be nice at work to watch over them while I am working.

  12. holly says

    My dad would love this because he love family photos and this would let him see them all and save him room on his desk
    hollyollyberry[at]yahoo.com

  15. Bhav says

    My parents would love this. They get to see the children only about once a year and I am terrible at sending them pictures…very lazy. This would be perfect since it is soo easy to send the pictures.
    bvbabybv at gmail.com

  16. Joanne says

    My sister would appreciate the Cameo. She loves to take pictures of her twin boys, but they stay in her T-mobile phone where no one can see them unless she sends a picture message.

  19. Rockin' Mama says

    My in laws would love this…they live in Nashville and we’re in Southern CA so they don’t get to see my son as often as they would like

    jasonncaryn at yahoo dot com