One of the greatest features of the eStarling photo frame, in my opinion, is the integration with Facebook. Who do you know that doesn’t have at least 5 photo albums uploaded to Facebook? With a quick setup, you can get all of your photo albums downloaded to the frame automatically.
Using Facebook, there are three easy ways to upload photos to your account: Direct Upload, Java Uploader, and iPhoto Uploader.
I have found that direct upload results in the highest quality images; the photos uploaded this way result in full images that take up the whole space. You get high quality, but you can only upload 5 pictures at a time, and it can be quite tedious.
Java Uploader doesn’t always work for me, and it seems quite slow when I am able to use it. The images uploaded using this method generally come out very small, only a fraction of the size of images uploaded directly.
The iPhoto upload is pretty slick, just go into iPhoto, set up a folder for a Facebook album and drag and drop. Piece of cake. The photo quality with this upload method isn’t bad, the photos are medium-sized, but not nearly as nice as the size of photos uploaded directly.
However, photo quality on your Facebook page and photo quality of Facebook photos on your eStarling are two separate issues, I’ve found. There is a pretty major difference in quality between directly uploaded Facebook photos and iPhoto uploaded Facebook photos as they appear on the eStarling frame. I recommend that you use the Facebook feature on the eStarling for directly uploaded Facebook photos. They will appear sharp and vibrant. For photos on Facebook that weren’t uploaded directly, I recommend simply emailing these images to the frame separately. This way you won’t have to worry about granular images and poor resolution. Hope this helps!
Let me know what kind of experience you guys have been having with the eStarling’s Facebook upload feature. Thanks!
