Written on November 26th, 2006 at 09:11 pm by Darren Rowse
Google AdSense Christmas Gift Arrives – It’s a Digital Photo Frame
Every year Google sends its higher end AdSense publishers (what the cut off is no one really knows) a gift to thank them for participating in the program.
Last year it was a a little pack with a usb hub, usb light, wireless mouse, usb flash drive etc and the year before it was a glowing FM radio.
This year reports are starting to surface of the gift arriving at some publishers homes – it’s a digital photo frame. I can’t find any pictures of it yet but here’s the specs of it according to one publisher:
- 3.6 inch TFT digital photo frame
- 960 x 240 TFT screen, 16 mega-color
- Picture: JPG format
- Audio: MP3, WMA, WAV and records WAV itself
- Video: ASF only
- Media: Internal memory and SD card, comes with sample slideshow in memory
- USB 1.1 interface
- Power: 4 AA batteries or USB 5V or AC/DC power adapter
Us Aussies tend to get these gifts a week or two after everyone else – so if you’ve got one already take a picture and shoot it over to me and I’ll post it.
28 Responses to “Google AdSense Christmas Gift Arrives – It’s a Digital Photo Frame” - Add Yours
Kris
November 27th, 2006 5:03 am
I never knew they did this. Another thing to aim for I guess. Congrats on reaching that level.
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Designer Ella
November 27th, 2006 12:28 pm
Aw you stink!
Stephanie
November 27th, 2006 1:08 pm
Nice! I got the gift last year, but this year’s income is way down with AdSense. Guess I’ll just have to wait and see.
siong1987
November 27th, 2006 4:53 pm
I never know that Google will do this for its publishers. Congratulations for those publishers who have reached this level.
My Hot Image
November 28th, 2006 4:21 am
lucky guys :p
Phillip Molly Malone
November 28th, 2006 7:16 am
Man, I would love to have a Digital Picture frame! I guess going from $3 a month (maximum) to $22 this month on the Back of the Boony Dolls for this years cricket isn’t going to get me a picture frame, is it? ;-)
Oh well, I am coming up on at least one payment at least.
Molly
» The 2006 Google Gift by Jeff Minard, Web Developer
November 28th, 2006 1:56 pm
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Jeff
November 28th, 2006 4:13 pm
Anyone figure out what kind of crazy JPG format this device uses? Nothing I export from photoshop seems to do the trick, and the manual conversion program is too much hassle to do 1 by 1.
Adsense Gift - Digital Photo Frame Picture
November 28th, 2006 8:39 pm
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Angela McCormick
November 29th, 2006 5:11 am
Yay, I got one, it’s the neatest gift! Thank you Google! I was sooo confused though, we spend alot on Adwords and make some on AdSense, so we love Google anyway. :)
After a short little Google search, I found the answer to my question, lol. Congrats everyone!
Angela
http://www.AttachedToBaby.com
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November 29th, 2006 1:12 pm
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simon
November 29th, 2006 5:32 pm
Wow!! I’m waiting for the Digital Photo Frame too…..
Bruce Speyer
November 30th, 2006 3:17 am
Hi, we had no idea this was happenning until a knock at the door this morning from UPS! Saw no picture posted yet, so put one on your women’s health website http://www.obgyn.net. Really excellent. Wonder what this is worth but not selling! Going to our daughter to give her bragging rights! Enjoy- Bruce
http://www.obgyn.net/Google_Digital_Picture_Frame.jpg
funny
November 30th, 2006 6:40 am
I wanna digital photo frame too XD XD
Last year G sent me nothing :( :(
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Concrete Home
December 3rd, 2006 9:20 am
If you can figure out how to display edited photos, please add that info here. I have tried everything i can think of, just get error messages.
DQ
December 5th, 2006 9:41 am
I can’t get images out of Photoshop or Picasa to work either. I can only transfer the original photo from my digital camera. Lame! I found a software product called TVwriter which got it to work… but its not free and is over US$50! Anyone…?
DQ
December 5th, 2006 9:42 am
Oh, the image I got to work was shot out of a Canon XT at 8megapixel! At least it can downsample well enough. But I’ll only be able to put a few photos on if that’s the only way.
Patrick
December 5th, 2006 11:42 am
I got one the other day. Really neat! I agree with the photo formatting…pain in the butt…but I am extremely grateful.
Plamen
December 5th, 2006 10:53 pm
Check this thread for a photo: http://www.googlecommunity.com/about15484.html
Scott S
December 6th, 2006 1:33 am
Got one a week ago. Pics won’t upload. This present is a curse, not a gift. Everyone at the office was jealous, now it sits dead on my desk. I guess the theory is correct. Original photos from any digital source are valid, but once you tweak in photoshop (which is what any real talent does), they do not work. I wish I had a solution. Meanwhile, I’m ready to throw this piece of crap in the trash. All it is is a cheap frame engraved with the Google logo. The universal international plug is the most valuable part in the box.
Scott S
December 6th, 2006 2:09 am
Here’s a photo.
http://www.lnpweb.com/images/Adsense_digital_frame_gift.jpg
DQ
December 7th, 2006 4:28 am
Just read here: http://www.googlecommunity.com/about15484.html that you can use the Windows XP Image Resizer PowerToy. I haven’t tried… but I will soon!
Brian
December 8th, 2006 2:47 am
I just received a package via Fedex and wondered what the hell it was, I hadnt ordered anything from the US… lo and behold a digital photo frame… shame there was no SD card as I use compact flash !
Brian
UK
adam
December 8th, 2006 3:17 am
Save a jpg @ 1024 x 768 , works every time, any kind of pic. Just trying to work out which way to save the asf to get some movies on there too.
tony
December 8th, 2006 1:50 pm
This thing is junk, trying save pic in all size, doesn’t work
Concrete Home
December 11th, 2006 1:38 pm
THE ANSWER>>>>>OK–here is the scoup, save the editied photos again using MS Paint. They will display,no problem. Everyone w/ a PC running Windows has Paint.
Start/Programs/Accessories/Paint
I hear they will also display if saved using Photo Impact.
God jul från Google
December 20th, 2006 11:24 pm
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