Digital photoframes that allow friends and relatives to send holiday images direct to the owner's mantelpiece are set to replace the humble postcard, according to a high street retailer.
PC World reported a nine-fold increase in year-on-year sales of the wireless slim-line frames which resemble conventional picture frames but can be set to scroll through a series of images.
"If you are on holiday or at a party you can send digital pictures direct to the frame via an internet connection," said PC World marketing chief Niall O'Keeffe.
"We suspect that this will lead to a decline in the postcard as this digital alternative emerges, although whether or not we will see a similar level of sauciness in the pictures is anyone's guess."
Other possible uses for a digital photo frame include:
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