Why was the digital picture frame invented?

Answer 1

Reason is to -

Save Paper

Save Trees &

Save The World

Answer 2

It was designed by Simon Riggs in early 1999, he sent the design to a marketing company, he admitted to the employee on the phone, he was unsure what to do with the design. Unfortunatly 1 month later, Sony released a digital photo frame, identical to Rigg’s design. He sued the marketing company and won, but could not sue Sony due to him not copyrighting the idea. He was partially credited in a 2011 documentry, and was for a time acknowledged by the public for the idea