Great product, been looking for out of the box small inteligent touch screen display (short of building one or hacking) to sit next to bed for: Alarm clock + photo frame, stream DLNA compliant music to, display HTML control page from home control server apps or flash file interface screen, and finaly to be able to simply push an html page (or flash)to device for imediate display of alerts, stocks, whatever I want at the time I want with enough simple xml,html or whater protocol to remote control whats on the screen. Oh yea and push an mp3 file to be palyed imediately so I can have audiable warning or wake up calls.
You have an awesome package and clean interface.. Don't really want to install a custom app into unit in all cases, just want hooks to remote swich unit modes force to display a specific html page or play a file would be fine.
Re; Alarm clock
The above post is right on imho. Picture this little guy sitting in a Suite of the Palms. It could be displaying house restaurant photos, menus, spa treatments, show schedule, even Keno. Set it up with the ability to drive a separate amplifier and speakers (no laptop sounds good) and you have the perfect bedroom alarm. I can't wait for the next generation.
Agree
We are looking into the possible ways to at least open up the application layer to external developers. It will be easier for the future hardware which is generally a full scaled linux/XP computer underneath the frame skin.
The current implementation is still too "customized" to be easily added on top of. We are still debating internally.
Unleash potential
We don't need nor want to have the power (consumption) of a full XP computer.
I think the current platform is just right to run a thin/web client or to (dis)play content from a remote master.
Or, you can just publish the Nano-X interface and let remote applications use iGala as an user terminal.
Basically just let us do arbitrary output (images, audio) and get input (touchscreen) from the frame and I bet it will find dozens of uses in every geek home.
There is no point having such a powerful device and using it at 20% of its potential...
Acknowledged
Point taken.
Yes a small onboard server
Yes a small onboard server that processed simple html parameters to swich modes, force a display of an html page or picture, start playing a remote or local mp3, display a picture would be an easy way to use this display for more then just a basic photo album! That would keep it simple for novices and be a fantastic addition!