Digital photo frames make great gifts and they have come down in price significantly over the last few years. Digital frame maker Ceiva has announced the launch of its latest digital photo frame called the Pro 80 just in time for holiday shopping.

The frame works with Ceiva’s PicturePlan, which allows remote users to automatically push images to the frame via a phone line or a Wi-Fi connection. The PicturePlan service is free for the first year and then $19.99 per year afterwards.

The folks from Sungale gave us a chance to check out their recently released 8″ touchscreen, WiFi digital photo frame and while we were initially excited by seeing the features we felt the actual implementation fell a little short of our expectations.

By reading through the features included in the picture frame we found that the designer was going for much more than just a picture frame, and we liked the direction they were heading. After all the list of functionality includes utilizing the WiFi connection to view weather, YouTube videos, Picasa photos, news, Gmail and internet radio. And of course you can view your photos as a slideshow on the device, but that’s the easy part, right? And this is all accessed through a touchscreen which for the most part usually makes this pretty intuitive and easy to navigate.

Digital Foci is rolling out another new digital picture frame to the masses which is reportedly the highest pixel density frame on the market currently. It is called the Image Moments 6 and you’ll find it pricing around $150.

The Digital Foci Image Moments 6 sports a 5.7-inch VGA LCD screen with a pixel density of some 140 ppi. It is built into a two-tone chrome finish and can play photos, video and music files from multiple sources at the same time, though these sources are via internal memory and inserted memory cards.

Digital photo frame developer Smartpants has veiled what it says is the world’s largest, at the moment, WiFi digital picture frame. It is known as the SP3200WF and there is no pricing or availability information as of you.

The SP3200WF from Smartpants sports a 32-inch picture frame which is 16:9 widescreen and sports a resolution of 1366 x 768. It syncs to a PC wirelessly and includes 256MB of internal memory as well as optional memory card support. It is also Windows Live friendly, working with Microsoft’s Windows Live Photo Gallery application to share and view photos online or directly on the frame.

Kodak’s latest digital picture frame is one sporting a touch sensitive control for navigating images. It is called the EasyShare P520 Digital Frame and it prices around $80.

The P520, on sale in September, is built around its five-inch screen. Chief among features is the “Quick Touch Border,” a function which lets you navigate stored photos with a touch or slide of your finger. Memory is expandable via the SD slot and one can also plug in a USB stick for photo viewing. Two color-coordinated interchangeable mattes – red and sliver - and photo management software are also included.

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A Chinese electronics manufacturer named Strongking is promoting a new digital photo frame which looks like an eyeball. It is called the Strongking GK858 DPF - no word on pricing or American availability.

The Strongking GK858 DPF sports small screen sizes of 1.5- and 1.8-inches, meaning this device itself is relatively small while sprouting a resolution of 128 x 128 or 160 x 128. It can display JPEG and BMP photos and has just 16MB of internal memory. There doesn’t look to be any memory card slots, so don’t plan on storing too many photos.

Nextar is introducing a couple of unusual digital frame designs for those seeking something unique, or scary, to share with their loved ones. The new Nextar Castle and Carriage frames price at around $50 each.

The Nextar Castle and Carriage frames sport 3.5-inch TFT LCD displays framed by either a storybook castle or a pumpkin carriage. Beyond the cutesy looks, these frames function much the same way other typical frames do. They sport a flash media card slot for SD, MMC or Memory Stick cards of up to 2GB capacity and support most types of JPEG files.

Parrot, normally known for its Bluetooth accessories, is adding a new, more stylish product to its line up - a Bluetooth-enabled digital picture frame. The new Parrot Digital Photo Frame by Andrée Putman prices at around $450.

The Parrot Digital Photo Frame by Andrée Putman is the first in a line of new, designer-style products for the company. It is described as being designed by “internationally acclaimed French designer and interior architect, Andree Putman - the Coco Chanel of French interior design” It sports a seven-inch screen and uses Bluetooth wireless technology so you can transfer photos directly from a device such as a mobile phone.

Kodak is introducing some new wireless digital frames which are Internet-connected for display Web-based content. These new frames - the Kodak EASYSHARE W1020 and W820 Wireless Digital Frames - will be available later this year at a yet to be anounced price.

The  Kodak EASYSHARE W1020 and W820 Wireless Digital Frames allow consumers to wirelessly connect through the Internet to photo-sharing sites including Kodak Gallery and Flickr and Internet content manager FrameChannel. These 10- and 8-inch frames allow one to view photos from the selected photo sites, as well as letting one access through some 200 FrameChannel feeds the latest news, weather, traffic, sports scores and more.

D-Link, which first announced its new DSM-210 Internet-enabled picture frame at CES 2008, said today this product is finally ready for retail. The D-Link 10″ Wireless Internet Photo Frame (DSM-210) prices at around $250.

The D-Link 10″ Wireless Internet Photo Frame (DSM-210), besides being your typical digital picture frame, also makes use of a wireless 802.11 connection to load Internet content onto its display. This content, brought over from a company called FrameChannel, draws from over 400 “channels” such as news, weather, sports, trivia, and Really Simple Syndication (RSS) feeds.

With Father’s Day in just a few days Nextar, a consumer electronics company, announced a digital picture frame which is already available at retail. It is called the Nextar N3-505 and you’ll find it running around $50.

The Nextar N3-505 is a 3.5-inch digital picture frame set in a black wood frame. The display is a 262k color TFT QVGA display with a resolution of 320 x 240. The frame itself includes a magnetic stand so it can be adjusted for vertical or horizontal photo viewing.

Viewsonic has a bunch of new digital picture frames coming your way which will saturate a market which already seems to have too many of this type of product. The company is specifically rolling out 10 customizable which will range in size from 7- to 10-inches and price from around $140 to $180 or more, depending upon the specific model.

Viewsonic says its new digital frames - the 10-inch DPX1002, 8-inch DPX802WD, DPX802WD-BW and DPX802BSL-BW and 7-inch DPX702BSL-BW, DPX702WD-BW and DPX702WD feature interchangeable bezels - including wood, black and silver, or black and white. All come standard with 256MB of internal memory, can have photos uploaded to them through a variety of methods and have a built-in battery for wire-free environments.

Digital photo frame company Pandigital rolled out today a new line of frames which offer touchscreen operation as their primary selling point. The new PanTouch line will range in price from around $120 to $250, depending upon the screen size.

The PanTouch digital picture frames will be available in 7-, 8- and 10.4-inch display sizes. The touchscreen operation is guided by on-screen icons which guide users where to touch and swipe to control displayed images, MP3 music and video clips. All frames come with a remote control and are compatible with Wi-Fi and Bluetooth adapters.

Sony is looking to inject its own brand of cool into the digital picture frame market by unveiling this week a new line of frames. The Sony S-Frames will be available in three models and range in price from around $140 to around $250.

The three models in the Sony S-Frames are the 7-inch DPF-V700 and 9-inch DPF-V900 digital photo frames as well as the 7-inch DPF-D70. All frames have WVGA resolution (800 x 480 pixels) along with 15:9 aspect-ratio screens and black bezels. They also include an advanced image processor that scales and displays images up to 48 megapixels.