Idea (not sure if this is possible in a firmware update to current Redfly devices):
It seems like even the absolute cheapest, dumbest little devices from ebay can read and display JPGs as well as a few popular video formats from flash memory. Whether it is knockoff portable media players, digital picture frames, etc... I'm guessing the actual device firmware required is farely simple and widely available.
On a recent vacation I took, I was thinking it would have been cool to look through my pictures on the Redfly's screen, but wasn't keen on the slow-down of running everything through Windows Mobile's software to do it. How about implementing a simple viewer that kicks in when there's no Windows Mobile device attached, but just USB mass storage with recognized files? It could just page through them linearly with the arrow keys. It could even just start with a quick JPG viewer that scales photos to fit the screen...
It seems like even the absolute cheapest, dumbest little devices from ebay can read and display JPGs as well as a few popular video formats from flash memory. Whether it is knockoff portable media players, digital picture frames, etc... I'm guessing the actual device firmware required is farely simple and widely available.
On a recent vacation I took, I was thinking it would have been cool to look through my pictures on the Redfly's screen, but wasn't keen on the slow-down of running everything through Windows Mobile's software to do it. How about implementing a simple viewer that kicks in when there's no Windows Mobile device attached, but just USB mass storage with recognized files? It could just page through them linearly with the arrow keys. It could even just start with a quick JPG viewer that scales photos to fit the screen...