Digital Photo Frame Texet TF-618

Last week, I had have to choose digital photo frame as a New Year gift to my mother. I stopped at Texet TF-618 due to its placement of control buttons at the front panel instead of at the backside. All other devices that I saw, have built-in control buttons made as usual mini-knobs, at the back side of them. TF-618 have just opposite design solution: a series of sensor LED-highlighted buttons at the front, just below its screen. This, I suspect, does not significantly raise its cost, but make usability and feel of control much better. I do know that there is small remote infrared control unit supplied with almost each digital photo frame device, including TF-618, but I prefer to have ability to deal with device without it in case it will be lost or accidentally hidden somewhere.