Technical Support
You don't usually want to contact them, but when you need to - how do they react?
Flickr's support team normally responds to emails within a few days.
Privacy
While photo websites are about sharing, you may not want to share all of your photos with everyone who happens to stumble upon them. What privacy options do the services provide?
Photo sets can be protected so only family and/or friends are able to view them.
Photos Organization
Most people don't want to just dump all their photos as one big stream. Users normally want ways to organize their photos in a way that makes sense. What organization mechanisms do the services support?
Flickr employs the concept of photo sets and Collections.
Photo Tagging
Photo tagging is about adding data to your photos - who is photographed? Where was the photo taken? What was the event? - All these may be added to the data around your photo, and take sharing to a different level.
Flickr lets you tag photos with keywords, and also integrates with Yahoo Maps for geo-tagging.
Free Account
If you don't have many photos, or don't care how many photos the site shows, you may be looking at a free account. How do the services compete in this aspect?
If you don't want to spend money, but still want your photos on the web, you can start a free Flickr account.
Extras
What add ons do the website provide?
Flickr has a lot of add ons, but not as nice as Smugmug's.
Customization
What if you don't linke the way the website and galleries are laid out? Can you change it? Can you add color or style to the gallery pages?
Flickr is very basic when it comes to displaying your photos.
Low Cost
Both sites have yearly fee, but there are different options. How much will you pay with each service?
A Flickr account costs $24.95 per annum.
Community
This being the Internet, both services have a community around the photos and photo sharing. What can you expect of this community for each of the websites?
Flickr is all about its online photo sharing community.
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Feel factor: 11
good, but not that good.
(score 2/5)
I've always been a Sony fan, especially with their cameras. Sony products tend to be well built and intuitive, which I've always found with their cameras, and so I have been willing to pay the high price charged. I do feel though that Sony's usual high quality, high functionality and ease of use hasn't been carried through to their frames.
When I got this out of the box I noticed it took me ages to figure out some basics, a lot of the menu system is counter intuitive, so i kept having to go back to the user manual to figure out what should be really simple.
I find the control buttons on the back are in a really bad position and i always get fed up operating the frame with the button on the back that I can't see.
The two biggest problems are this though:
1. The screen is the wrong shape for standard photos! My sony camera shoots images in 4:3 yet the frame is 16:10. This means that the high price paid for the frame results in only part of the screen being used. seems a waste.
2. doesn't play video. i know that to many people this doesn't seem like a big issue, but my Sony camera takes video which i can't view on my frame.
the above two issues make my frame only partially useful in displaying what I've taken with my Sony camera. I have a NIX frame as well and I have to say that the NIX frame seems to have addressed all the above issues: it's controls are very easy to use and intuitive, the menu system couldn't be easier to use, the screen is about the same quality as the Sony - but it's 4:3 format, and it plays video. In fact the version I bought for my mom even has an internal battery. I just wish Sony would make a frame that matched the camera i bought from them. It seems that other brands like nix are stepping up to the plate.
Posted on: 2010-05-09
By L. Hill
digital photo frame
(score 5/5)
Purchased this as a Christmas present to go along with the sony cybershot camera. Great frame. Arrived on time and in great condition
Posted on: 2010-04-05
By Judy A. Shaughnessy
Super picture displays
(score 5/5)
Bought as a gift and I am very satisfied with it. Very clear pictures, better than the originals. I used a SD card (2G) for better flexibility in loading photos, and this works well. Loaded digital & scanned pictures and the image quality is almost the same, which surprised me. Lots of display features that can be changed with the remote. "Great unit".
Posted on: 2010-03-31
By Nit Picker
Great gift for grandparents
(score 4/5)
We got this for my in-laws, and it works reliably and was not hard to load with pictures or set up. The grandparents love being able to see a slide show of the kids, and it's easy to add new photo files any time. This is the best frame of its type out there.
Posted on: 2010-03-08
By C.W. Knits
satisfied with sony
(score 5/5)
The digital photo frame made a great gift. We're happy with the clarity of the pictures. Easy set up and multiple options.
Posted on: 2010-02-25
By K. Fonville