Comments for Live from DEMOfall: Presto - photos for people who are not online

Live from DEMOfall: Presto - photos for people who are not online

2006-09-26T22:37:02Z

Blogged Live from DEMOfall by Alex Iskold

Presto has launched a photo service which is focused on helping get photos to people who are not online. This might not be a spicy web 2.0 ajax application, but it solves a big problem and does it very well. Here is how it works. Say your grand mother is not web savvy. For $149.99 you purchase an HP Printing Mailbox and then signup for the Presto service, which is $9.99 per month. You install the device in your grandma's house and then login onto Presto.com.

You then create an email address, like mygrandma@presto.com. To ensure that no spam can get in, you add a list of emails that are allowed to send emails to your grandma. That's all. Now anyone with their email address on the list can simply send pictures to e.g. mygrandma@presto.com. The photos are extracted and automatically sent to the Presto device at your grandma's house. If you are busy, then you are done. If you have some more time, you can customize each photo by selecting from numerous templates that add flare and spice to each picture.

This is an example of technology going through several iterations and ending up with really simple and elegant solution.

Comment from Joe Seither on 2006-09-26

2006-09-26T23:34:17Z

Alex,

Thank you for covering Presto! We are very excited to be here at Demo.

I just want to mention that, after more than a year of consumer testing and research, it's clear that the "Wow!" of Presto for our target users will be how simply it helps Grandma get connected to the steady stream of email that flows between family and friends. Most of us probably don't even think about it, but without a computer and an email Inbox, Grandma can be very much 'out of the loop'. Presto solves this problem in a very elegant way, allowing Grandma to feel 're-connected' without the need for a computer and the Internet.

Because emails often contain photo attachments - and Grandmas love family photos - we have been showcasing how we handle attached photos here at Demo.

Presto will often deliver regular (photo-less) emails as well as great free content selected from the Presto Newsstand.

Hope this helps!

Joe Seither
Presto

Comment from Dennis Cluff on 2006-10-21

2006-10-21T15:28:07Z

I inherited a presto pressusre cooker. I haven't had one since my mother used one when I was young. It came with no instructions. Is there a site where I can find the cooking times for different foods so I can begin using this cooker?