Wow! Digital photo frames just seem to be getting more and more unique features every day. Frame manufacturer Skyla has released the Memoir FS80 model digital photo frame that has a built-in scanner that you can use to scan your photo prints, and then display them on the screen.  This means you can now dig out all those old shoe boxes with black and white photographs of grandma when she was ten years old, scan them in, and display them on the Skyla’s 8 inch, 800×600 screen.

The scanner slot is located at the bottom of the Memoir FS80’s black frame, and has a ’scan’ button next to it. Once scanned the photo is saved on the frame’s 1Gb internal memory. The maximum size photo it can scan is 4″x6″ at a not-too-shabby 300dpi, enough for a very decent photo display on a digital frame or computer screen.

The Memoir FS80 has all of the mod cons that most other screen have: slide show transitions, sound, on-screen clock and calendar, and built-in external card reader. It also has a remote control and  can run video as well.  The 800×600  screen resolution is average, let’s hope they up the pixels soon.

This is the first frame from Skyla (the word is a derivative of the word “scilla”, meaning “spring beauty and warm hospitality”), and should be available from end April 2009.  The price is expected to fall within the normal cost of a mid-range digital photo frame.