Amex Digital has announced 2 new photo frames, the SR-7 and SW-7.  Both frames sport a 7-inch 800×480 LCD and play back a variety of media which includes music, movies and pictures.  They’ve also got the usual LCD photo frame inputs such as media card reader and USB input.  The SW-7 differentiates itself from its brethren by sporting a weather station and the ability to communicate with up to 5 wireless remote temperature sensors.  The SR-7 on the other hand, features a temperature and a radio controlled clock read out just below its main display.

No word on when the frames will ship, but the SR-7 and the SW-7 will go for $129 and $139 respectively.

[Ubergizmo]

Personally I think it’s no ‘biggy’ that Apple left out Blu-ray drives from its latest laptops released this past Tuesday (I’m more pissed about the lack of Firewire in the new Macbooks).  It would’ve driven up cost and more importantly contradicted the purchase of hi def movies found at the iTunes store. Course that probably explains Amex Digital’s announcement today for their portable blu-ray player specifically aimed at Mac users.  It plays and burns Blu-rays and DVDs and supports 12cm and 8cm discs.  No power cord is necessary since it runs off the connected USB port and it looks pretty sleek.

Expect it to cost about $270 with no word on availability.

Official announcement here

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