LiteOn IT, a well-know maker of optical storage solutions for PCs, announced the release of their first consumer electronics product Skyla’s Memoir Scanning Digital Photo Frame.

The Memoir is a 8-inch frame/scanner that scans prints of up to 4 by 6 inches in size and store the digitized images in its 1 gigabyte of internal memory. Images are scanned at resolutions of up to 600 dpi for playback on the frame’s 800×600 pixel screen.

This device isn’t just for photos, it also play back digital video as well as MP3 audio files, Motion JPEG, MPEG1, and MPEG4 files.

The Memoir is geared with a 5-in-1 memory card reader for digital camera cards and two USB ports that enable you to back up scanned photos to a PC or other USB-based device. (I always prefer to review my digital photos from a PC.) It also features a calendar, and a alarm clock with picture slideshows.

Overall, you can operate this Memoir with ease.

This device will be available for $220 in late December, just in time to display all of those holiday photos.