Now, we don’t normally cover digital picture frames here on PhoneMag, but since this one is being released by T-Mobile, we thought we’d make an exception. The device is to be called the Cameo and it is a digital picture frame that sports its own SIM card and phone number.

Now before your brows furrow too much, this frame is supposed to make it easy to send pictures from your cell phone to the frame for instant viewing. It uses MMS to accomplish this task, however, you have to pay a $10 monthly fee for the service.

While this is certainly an interesting idea, it’s not all that practical and is rather expensive ($100) for only performing an isolated task. Check out the full specs below.  

High-resolution digital TFT screen with 720 x 480 pixels

Displays photos with 262 144 colours

Display dimensions: 130 x 87 mm

Connections:

• GPRS Class 10 (dual band) for transferring photos from a phone

• Mini USB port (for transferring photos from a PC)

• SD/MMC card slot (for transferring photos directly from a camera)

Receives MMS messages

Photo format: JPEG and GIF

Stores up to 500 photos

Automatically adapts the picture size to the screen

Brightness adjustment

Automatically rotates the picture (portrait/landscape)

Adjustable backlight (manual or automatic)

External frame with an interchangeable leather surroundMemory cards accepted:

SD, miniSD (with adapter), microSD (with adapter), MMC, RS-MMC (with adapter), MMC plus, MMC mobile (with adapter), MMC micro (with adapter), SDHC, mini SDHC (with adapter).

[via The Boy Genius Report]