e-Picture frame

The front end

of this new device looks pretty much the same as your wood-and-glass

picture frame. Routed to its back are some power and phone

connections. Users plug in the cords, set up a photo account at the

Ceiva Website– href="http://www.ceiva.com/">http://www.ceiva.com/–and the

appliance dials into the account overnight to download and display

digital images. The whole unit is powered by an internal processor

with an embedded proprietary operating system and 1 MB of memory. A

V34 modem handles the nightly dial-up. The cost of the frame is

$250, and Ceiva also charges a monthly $3 for Web space.