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Re:Introducing the Picwing Smart Frame (YC S08) by robg on Sunday December 21, 2008 @09:32AM (#405429)
Besides, language shapes debate. Why call it what others call their more inferior products? Seems like a good opportunity for a new name/product category.

Feed frame? Stream frame? App frame?

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Re:Introducing the Picwing Smart Frame (YC S08) by aswanson on Sunday December 21, 2008 @10:18AM (#405449)
Go to your nearby Walmart or Best Buy and ask a customer there if feed frame, stream frame, or app frame means anything to them. You need something more basic that the average person would quickly grok. [EDIT: But it's not like I have any better ideas.]
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Re:Introducing the Picwing Smart Frame (YC S08) by robg on Sunday December 21, 2008 @01:29PM (#405570)
A few years ago, would they have responded to "smart frame"? Why be limited in a name (if they can use it) by the poor technologies of others?

Life frame? Live frame? Living frame?

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Re:Introducing the Picwing Smart Frame (YC S08) by aswanson on Sunday December 21, 2008 @03:53PM (#405704)
I like Life Frame. What about Web Frame? Nah, Life Frame beats that one.
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Re:Introducing the Picwing Smart Frame (YC S08) by SwellJoe on Monday December 22, 2008 @04:22AM (#406235)
Feed frame? Stream frame? App frame?

How about...Picwing?

If we're making up words, let's make up one that is defensible, and can be an "iPod" or a "Kleenex" or at least a "Palm Pilot" (ten years ago) or a "Blackberry", etc.

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