Do any of you guys actually use your iPads as photo frames when not in use?

[Meever]

The screen certainly looks great for displaying photos and there are all sorts of great apps for it.... but won't it substantially hurt the battery health and screen's longevity to essentially have it on 24/7?

 

[Errk!]

The screen certainly looks great for displaying photos and there are all sorts of great apps for it.... but won't it substantially hurt the battery health and screen's longevity to essentially have it on 24/7?

Yes. And I often turn on photo frame for my 1 year old - she loves to sit and look at photos of the family.

 

[oftheheavens]

i dont

 

[Crosbie]

Sometimes - but it slows down recharge time too much. Hope there might be a firmware fix that improves this - it's what I bought a dock for.

 

[Hammie]

Yes. Only when I am at work and sitting at my desk, though.

 

[Zazoh]

Nope. And I don't use a slideshow screen saver on my other computers either.

I do have two digital photo frames though.

 

[Shoesy]

I don't have the dock, and the apple case seems a bit too wobbly to have on a shelf to me! I'm always a bit scared when I use it to watch videos

 

[Full of Win]

won't it substantially hurt the battery health

Keep it plugged in

hurt the screen's longevity

Sure, it might. But will you see it during the effective life of the device (2-4 years), I doubt it.

 

[antiprotest]

No. And I turned off the feature.

 

[FlashHead]

No, because what good would the picture frame do me while I'm sleeping. If I ever put it down while I'm awake I'll let you know.

 

[Monk Edsel]

No. And I turned off the feature.

How does one disable it? I assume you mean there is no longer a button on the lock screen to activate it?

 

[j3yq]

Not yet, but then again I really have put pics on my pad either.

 

[Blakjack]

No, because what good would the picture frame do me while I'm sleeping. If I ever put it down while I'm awake I'll let you know.

+1

 

[j3yq]

Yes. Only when I am at work and sitting at my desk, though.

Is this so you can disguise it as a difpgital picture frame to your boss?

 

[Chip NoVaMac]

I do....

Maybe post this as a poll...

 

[JohnSFO]

I like that the feature is there, but I don't actually use it. Honestly, I think it would be a distraction. Maybe would use it for a party though!

 

[Hammie]

Is this so you can disguise it as a difpgital picture frame to your boss?

Maybe it is to prevent me from playing on it all day instead of doing work.

 

[ctakim]

No but I thought about it.

 

[MacManiac76]

Not yet, but I have definitely thought about it. Been thinking about getting a stand for the iPad for just that purpose. Then again I think about the iPad getting knocked over while on the stand and possibly damaging it. So a little torn at the moment.

 

[ukyo229]

No, and I think it's a really stupid function, so I disabled it.

 

[mrcc]

I do. Best photo frame out there

 

[danpass]

I have. Would be nice to be able to change the delay time.

 

[WhoDatWayne]

Yes. Only when I am at work and sitting at my desk, though.

Same for me! It works great as such.

 

[PBG4 Dude]

I have. Would be nice to be able to change the delay time.

Or be able to pick the photos used / build photoframe playlists. I have over a thousand pictures on my iPad, I don't always want to start at picture one and march sequentially toward the end of the list every time I activate it.

 

[calvin2006]

I don't have the dock, and the apple case seems a bit too wobbly to have on a shelf to me! I'm always a bit scared when I use it to watch videos

That wobbliness is the biggest disappointment about the case for me. I think the first day I had my iPad the kids were watching a movie with it standing upright in the case on the table, and it fell on the screen on the table. I panicked, but no harm done. I haven't used the stand-up "feature" of the case since then.