Smartphones, tablets, and computers are great for sharing your photos with friends and family. But what do you do when you want to share the latest photos of the kids with Aunt Sarah — who’s never even heard of Facebook, Flickr or Picassa, much less uses a computer? Believe it or not, there are still ‘unconnected’ people in the world.
If you are a company like Isabella Products, you bring those features to the masses with products that make it simple to share your photos regardless of whether your family or friends are a bit, ahem, digitally challenged. Isabella currently makes the Vizit photo-sharing digital photo frame, and even has a kid-friendly tablet in the works for later this year. What they’re unveiling at CES, however, is the Mini™ -- a USB stick that will turn any regular, run-of-the-mill Digital Photo Frame (you know, the one you gave Aunt Sarah last year) into a dynamic photo sharing solution.
Don’t have a Digital photo frame? Don’t worry, the Mini™ will also work with LCDs and those new-fangled TVs with USB ports — for when Aunt Sarah wants to show off those photos on the big screen. When she wants to share her photos with you, she just logs into VizitMe and loads her photos up — then you’ll see all of her updated snapshots on your digital frame or TV, too.
Read on to see even more ways that Isabella’s Mini™ will help you share your memories with friends and family.
Official Press Release:
Isabella Products Unveils Mini™, World’s First Cellular-Connected USB for Photo-Sharing, at CES in Las Vegas
Mini™ adds wireless capability, connecting millions of digital displays to VizitMe.
CONCORD, MA January 5, 2011 —Isabella Products, a leading mobile Internet device and services company, today announced MiniTM, the world’s first wirelessly connected USB stick for photo-sharing. Powered by the AT&T mobile broadband network, Mini is poised to deliver real-time photo sharing to millions of unconnected digital photo frames, displays, and televisions through Isabella’s VizitMe content management service.
Mini will essentially allow users to connect their digital photo frames wirelessly, enabling remote access and management such that new photos can be delivered to the frame in just minutes.
By connecting to the VizitMe content management service, users can directly upload photos to Mini, securely store their photo collection, and manage their friends and family in Mini’s own dedicated online contact list. Mini will also be equipped to receive third party content from partners like Photobucket and LIFE.com. Users can simply plug Mini into their existing digital photo frame or digital television to breathe new life into a previously unconnected device. Mini will be available in Q2 2011 on VizitMe.com and through other select online and offline retailers.
“We are extremely excited to introduce Mini as our next innovative mobile Internet device aimed at connecting families wirelessly from anywhere in the U.S.” said Matthew I. Growney, Founder and CEO of Isabella Products. “The flexibility of the VizitMe.com platform allows us to effectively connect unconnected USB-enabled digital photo frames through a pocket-sized mobile device like Mini so consumers can enjoy real-time photo sharing.”
“Mini is another innovative solution from Isabella that quickly and conveniently connects family and friends through photos,” said Glenn Lurie, president, emerging devices, AT&T. “By connecting over the AT&T mobile broadband network, photo frames no longer need to sit idle. We look forward to helping redefine photo-sharing for families across the nation.”
Family and friends can immediately begin sending photos to Mini through a dedicated email address that connects to the frame in real-time. Mini can be enjoyed with a digital photo frame at home and taken next door where it is plugged into another display device like a digital television for friends and family to collectively watch vacation photos, share in wedding memories, celebrate an anniversary, or recap the year in pictures.
Businesses can use Mini to cost effectively create a digital signage network. Business owners or retailers can remotely manage their existing digital displays or digital televisions by using Mini and VizitMe to remotely update or modify content, target specific locations, provide custom offers, or simply enhance real-time messaging.
For more information about Mini and Isabella’s product portfolio, please go to www.isabellaproducts.com.
About Isabella Products, Inc.
Isabella Products, Inc. is a mobile Internet device company focused on developing innovative solutions for emerging consumer needs. Through its VizitMe content management service, Isabella will effectively and securely deliver and manage real-time content experiences among a portfolio of innovative products. With its initial product, Vizit®, Isabella enables consumers to interact with the billions of unshared images found within camera phones, PCs and the Internet by combining a state-of-the-art touch-screen display with wireless network capabilities. Also part of the Isabella product portfolio is the recently announced FableTM, a handheld, connected children’s tablet for reading, drawing, gaming, and photo sharing. Isabella Products is led by a world-class management team with deep experience in the mobile and consumer electronics industries. For more information, please visit www.isabellaproducts.com.
The Mini will be available Q2 2011 on VizitMe.com, with an expected price of $99.
