A:AnswerThe frame owner does not have to have a smartphone. You can call anyone who has a frame OR anyone who has the app downloaded to their smartphone.
A:AnswerYes, there will be a banner displayed at the top of the screen indicating a new image. However, this does disappear. You can also go into the main picture folder and the new images will have a tag indicating they are new.
A:AnswerYes, you can connect your Mac to the frame as well. Or copy photos to a SD card / USB memory from your computer and insert that into the frame. You can also copy photos from SD card / USB memory into the internal memory of the frame.